#measurement

[eggable]

If only there was a word for how long a foot-long hotdog is

[prokopetz]

I fully understand that it's more useful this way because most people have no intuition for the mass or volume of aerosols, but it's still funny as hell that the nutritional information of non-stick cooking spray is listed in terms of calories per second.

[its-where-the-wild-things-are]

[incognitopolls]

US Americans and any other country that uses the imperial system, in what situations do you usually use metric?

Cooking/baking/crafting

Describing the weather

Describing a person's height or weight

Describing the height, length, or weight of objects

Sports (e.g. "running a 10k," 400 meter dash)

In medical contexts (e.g. donating blood, measuring dosage)

Talking to people who use metric– I look up the conversion so they don't have to

In my job (e.g. chemist, nurse, engineer)

I use metric in at least 2–4 of these contexts

I use metric in 5–7 of these contexts

I use metric in all 8 of these contexts (and/or more than are listed here)

My country primarily uses the metric system, show results

Voting ended onFeb 8

Imperial units include feet/inches/miles, cups/pints/gallons, ounces/pounds, etc.

Metric units include meters (kilo-, centi-, milli-, etc), liters/milliliters, kilograms/grams, etc.

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[facts-i-just-made-up]

The “angstrom” is a measurement named for Anders Ångström, who was himself nearly twenty angstroms tall.

[bellypovs2]

See how far you've come 📏😌

(so fascinated by measuring tape lately)

@mamahorker @ginger-ly @chubbylilbaby @marinarathefatty @fatfelix @thickunicorn-xl @anonymous-belly @thedumplin @kellijellibellii

[janmisali]

how tall are you (rounded to the nearest meter)?

0 meters

1 meter

2 meters

3 meters

4 meters

5 meters

6 meters

7 meters

8 meters

9 meters

10 meters or taller

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Voting ended onDec 24, 2024