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[–] palordrolap@kbin.social 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Do North Americans really give their weight in lb? You'd think they'd short hand it like to like 15 stone or whatever since weight is one of those things that doesn't really need to be exact and will change by a lb or so based on the time of day and what you've eaten.

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No, we give our weight in pounds instead of ounces because weight is one of those things that doesn't really need to be exact and will change by a couple dozen ounces or so based on the time of day and what you've eaten.

[–] palordrolap@kbin.social 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No, see, here ounces compare to millimetres. If height and weight fluctuate over centimetres and pounds, and they do, lesser units should be disregarded, right?

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 5 points 5 months ago

Stone isn't a measurement in America, it's inorganic material. The next-heighest commonly known weight is a ton, or 2000 lbs. Not very helpful.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A better example would be if europeans really gave their weight in grams. I don't think they do, they use kilo's cause they don't really need the precision of a gram for something like that.

[–] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

because grams are small, but 174cm makes more sense than 1.7m

[–] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Agreed, since 1.65 and 1.74 both round to 1.7m, but 9cm is a pretty significant height difference.

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

"Small" is extremely relative, I'd say centimeters are small too.