That’s weirdly ignorant but that’s ok, everyone can learn something new. ’ is shorthand for foot, which was a historical unit used in various forms for several thousand years.
Since 1959, the foot has been an SI-derived unit, being pegged to precisely 0.3048 meters thanks to the Commonwealth of nations, including Canada, agreeing with the united states to set the value as a metric unit as part of both nations’ slow but steady moves towards the metric system.
What The Fuck Is A Kilometer, also known as WTF Is A Kilometer, refers to an American catchphrase that is satirically patriotic by being aggressively ignorant of the metric system. This is because the United States doesn’t use the metric system (kilometers) and instead uses the imperial system (miles). The phrase’s first usage was in a moldy meme featuring George Washington with a bald eagle and a giant firearm.
Only it started as being satire, but now it’s also used by some people trying to be patriotic
Actually the US is pretty heavily metric. There just isn’t much purpose to making everyone change millions of road signs and millions of cars so they match.
That’s weirdly ignorant but that’s ok, everyone can learn something new. ’ is shorthand for foot, which was a historical unit used in various forms for several thousand years.
Since 1959, the foot has been an SI-derived unit, being pegged to precisely 0.3048 meters thanks to the Commonwealth of nations, including Canada, agreeing with the united states to set the value as a metric unit as part of both nations’ slow but steady moves towards the metric system.
Easy, since Henry the VIII the foot was defined as 12 in. What’s an inch you ask? Well an inch is 3 barleycorns placed side by side. Which 3 barleycorns? That doesn’t matter it’s close enough.
I mean if he’s 6’ tall I’m dtf. Otherwise get lost scrub.
Not sure what unit of measurement this is, but most reports list his height as ~186cm
That’s a hair over 6’
Okay? Still not sure what unit that is.
This sub is for Canada, where every unit of measuring length is based on the meter!
Apparently six apostrophes is equal to 182.88 cm. Seems like a rather arbitrary value to me.
That’s weirdly ignorant but that’s ok, everyone can learn something new. ’ is shorthand for foot, which was a historical unit used in various forms for several thousand years.
Since 1959, the foot has been an SI-derived unit, being pegged to precisely 0.3048 meters thanks to the Commonwealth of nations, including Canada, agreeing with the united states to set the value as a metric unit as part of both nations’ slow but steady moves towards the metric system.
Did I really need to put in a /s on comment on a meme post??
So you did know all that but were just playing dumb in a petty show of patriotism? Color me shocked and appalled.
The comment asking what a foot is, was building off the joke in the post image which was asking what a mile is, which itself is a reference to an American line https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/what-the-fuck-is-a-kilometer
Only it started as being satire, but now it’s also used by some people trying to be patriotic
fwiw I got your sarcasm 😄
The inch is exactly 25.4mm btw, it’s metric all the way down!
Touché!
Actually the US is pretty heavily metric. There just isn’t much purpose to making everyone change millions of road signs and millions of cars so they match.
What’s a ’ ?
Minutes.
Ladies want you to last 6 minutes now fuck got go crank a few out so I last
That’s weirdly ignorant but that’s ok, everyone can learn something new. ’ is shorthand for foot, which was a historical unit used in various forms for several thousand years.
Since 1959, the foot has been an SI-derived unit, being pegged to precisely 0.3048 meters thanks to the Commonwealth of nations, including Canada, agreeing with the united states to set the value as a metric unit as part of both nations’ slow but steady moves towards the metric system.
Now SI units are getting pegged? When’s my turn?
There’s some websites that can set you up but I’m not sure Lemmy is one
Unless you’re looking for a more… anonymous style of interaction.
Edit: apparently I’m wrong, several Lemmy users seem to be offering 🍆
Foot
No, that’s 🦶
Ohhhhhhh Ankle
’ is feet or minute depending on context
" is inches or seconds depending on context
How do you measure things in feet? Everyone’s feet are different sizes, that doesn’t seem like a reproducible way to make anything.
Easy, since Henry the VIII the foot was defined as 12 in. What’s an inch you ask? Well an inch is 3 barleycorns placed side by side. Which 3 barleycorns? That doesn’t matter it’s close enough.
Literally your second post in 2 years of Lemmy?