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Cake day: June 30th, 2023
  • ThePyroPython@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.world•I'm afraid we've been bamboozled
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    3 months ago

    May I present to you, how to measure like a Brit

    Flow chart showing the uses for metric and imperial in the UK

    It’s great fun especially when you’re trying to work out how fuel efficient your car has been when your tank and fuel pump is in litres and the fuel efficiency is in miles per gallon.

    Oh and you’ll have a jolly time following a recipe from more than 20 years ago trying to remember what the hell “Gas Mark 4” is in centigrade for fan or convection ovens.

    Oh and my personal favourite for the industry I’m in: when designing a PCB your component sizes will use imperial codes, your wire diameters will be in AWG, your track widths and PCB dimensions will be in millimetres, but your copper thicknesses will be in ounces despite the final weight for the assembly will be in grams.

  • ThePyroPython@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.world•Awkward doge
    3218·
    4 months ago

    Hot take: If you’re immature enough to be embarrassed buying condoms, you shouldn’t be having sex.

    Seriously, the checkout assistant couldn’t give two shits about you, you’re just another face they’ll forget the second you walk out the door and that’s if they have their brain switched on while working what is a very repetitive and mind numbing job.

  • ThePyroPython@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.world•Yep, it's pretty normal
    2056·
    4 months ago

    This is particularly American sensibility about not drinking alcohol casually around children. It’s very strange. In the UK and Europe, if a kid is having a birthday party at their house it’s completely normal for the adults to be having a casual beer or wine and socialising whilst the children play, obviously not drinking to get drunk and within the legal limits for the driver.