Meanwhile in America

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• TabbsTheBat@pawb.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Anything but the metric system

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  • ickplant@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Give me freedom units or give me death!

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    • TabbsTheBat@pawb.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “What is this commie ‘meter’? Give me measurements in the feet of the dead monarch whom my ancestors rebelled against!” Or something like that :3

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  • ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    /c/anythingbutmetric

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• ImWaitingForRetcons@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This actually seems quite reasonable, it can give you a pretty good idea of how strong winds are if you’ve not experienced the distance between 40kmph and 60kmph before

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  • Tonava@sopuli.xyz ⁨50⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Yeah numbers are pretty hard to conceptualize unless you already know what they mean. The addition I would do is put the actual numbers there as well at the same time, so you could get a good reference with an example

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• CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Rate your mental health with the Trash Can Scale

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  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    down the street.

    I’m getting better though. I lost my trashcan recently but now I’m found.

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• IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Wait until you learn about the Waffle House Meter…

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  • Bahnd@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Index, its the Waffle House Index! And its very important to FEMA.

    Wikipedia

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    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      was

      it was important to FEMA. before they were defunded.

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    • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Image

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m curious to see how Trump will manipulate this index to further his climate change denial.

      “Those were fake waffles. We have the best waffles. Fried chicken too. Nobody has more waffles. So many waffles. You can eat them all. ”

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• DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It may be counterintuitive, but a bin is more likely to be down the street, than in the neighbor’s yard. Because the wind will blow the bin along the open street more easily than it will force it up a curb or driveway.

  I’ve found my bin halfway down the street several times here in NM. I’ve never had it end up in the neighbor’s yard.

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  • ickplant@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s a great point actually. I guess we can’t really trust the “trash can wind meter.” What is this world coming to?

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• fristislurper@feddit.nl ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is just the Beaufort scale with extra steps

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  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Not to be confused with Sea State

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    • fristislurper@feddit.nl ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I love that the highest waves are phenomenal

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  is this in empty or full cans

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• scytale@piefed.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In my area, they use outdoor trampolines as measurement.

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  • ryedaft@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If it’s really windy your trampoline has impaled more than one elderly neighbour

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• hddsx@lemmy.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  kts please

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• Bahnd@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I prefer the French Toast or Waffle House Indexes for unofficial silly weather measurement.

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