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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

The 24-hour clock might be the only military-grade thing Americans won't buy.

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The 24-hour clock might be the only military-grade thing Americans won't buy.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

As an American who uses the 24-hour time, so many people use 12-hour I basically still use 12-hour.

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The US military also uses loads of metric things. “Real Americans” won’t touch those, either. Apart from 9mm guns and ammo.
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  750ml Bourbon
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    Except we refer to that as “a fifth”.
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      What’s it say on the bottle?
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      ~~A fifth of what? (genuine question)~~
      
      Ah, ¹/₅ gallon ≈ 750 mL

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