• ceviem@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Distance gets measured in time units too sometimes.

    “I’m about 10 minutes away from there now” for example

    • TheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.club
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      2 years ago

      As much as I dislike imperial, I’m still used to using Fahrenheit for body temperature. 99 mild fever, but you still have to go to school. 100 stay at home. 103+ you’re dying.

  • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    On the distance thing, I’ve always seen it as: if you can measure it with your body, it’s feet; else metres.

    My table is two feet long, but my neighbour’s house is ten metres away. It sounds weird and maybe I’m weird, but that’s how it works in my head.

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      2 years ago

      I lost two stone last year. I wasn’t on a diet, I just threw them in the river behind my house.