RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAmericans using anything but the metric systemsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1622arrow-down124
arrow-up1598arrow-down1imageAmericans using anything but the metric systemsh.itjust.worksRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoTo be fair, when people give me measurements in Metric, I just get confused as I have no frame of reference
minus-squareRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year ago1 meter ≈ one large step 1 centimeter ≈ width of an index finger
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agothat helps with the centimeter, not so much the meter
minus-squareLoudWaterHombre@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoIts the width of 100 index fingers
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago1 meter = roughly 1 european badger (with tail)
To be fair, when people give me measurements in Metric, I just get confused as I have no frame of reference
1 meter ≈ one large step
1 centimeter ≈ width of an index finger
that helps with the centimeter, not so much the meter
Its the width of 100 index fingers
1 meter = roughly 1 european badger (with tail)