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Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Lizardking27@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Bonus points if they get to shit on Americans at the same time.

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  • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Ha ha yeah like when they can’t tell the difference between the UN and the EU lol

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    • Deme@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’m sorry but who are you referring to? I’m sure there’s idiots in every country, but that is quite an outlandish generalization to make if we’re still talking about entire continents.

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      • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        It’s “to whom are you referring?”, Mr Wordsworth :)

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• Deme@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  There is no pride in understanding a nonsensical system of measurements.

  Empathize with stupidity and you’re halfway to thinking like an idiot

  • Iain M. Banks

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  • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You don’t care about that, you just want to feel superior.

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    • Deme@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Oh no. I just want to be rid of the imperial system. I would have no issue with it if it wasn’t a part of my life. Unfortunately I work in a field where imperial units are used world wide (apart from China and Russia for historical reasons). Because of this, I use some of those units myself every day at work. I understand some of them but take no pride in it. The only reason that the imperial system is still used so much is purely by convention. It is inferior to the metric system in every aspect. I do not feel superior to people who use imperial units because as stated above, I am one of them. People who I feel superior to are the ones who delude themselves into thinking that this somehow isn’t purely because of convention. I dislike them because they are forced upon me by international conventions. OP appears to dislike them because recipes written in English force those units into their life.

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      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Op is an idiot. If I read an article in German, which I don’t understand, I don’t rage about it. I either use a translator app or I find a different recipe.

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  • Lizardking27@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Imagine being so small-minded that you refer to everything you don’t understand as nonsense.

    And thanks for the quote. Don’t worry, I have no empathy for you.

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    • Deme@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Oh I understand it pretty well. I just take no pride in that. If I don’t remember something I can always look it up. Doesn’t mean it’s not impractical nonsense.

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