ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 month agoYesterday, the temperature was in the 80's.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down132
arrow-up120arrow-down1imageYesterday, the temperature was in the 80's.lemmy.worldParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoAt least they were nice about it and didn’t make some colonial ass slur about “civilized society”
minus-squareParabolicMotion@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoIt wouldn’t be colonial, though. Britain didn’t start its switch to the metric system until 1965. The colonists wouldn’t have been using metric, seeing as they came from Britain. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/weather/2023/02/20/the-change-to-celsius-in-u-s--remains-stalled--here-s-why
Nah, really?!?
At least they were nice about it and didn’t make some colonial ass slur about “civilized society”
It wouldn’t be colonial, though. Britain didn’t start its switch to the metric system until 1965. The colonists wouldn’t have been using metric, seeing as they came from Britain.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/weather/2023/02/20/the-change-to-celsius-in-u-s--remains-stalled--here-s-why