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minus-squaresurvivalmachine@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAs the old saying goes, “Europeans think 100 miles is a long way, Americans think 100 years is a long time.”
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoEuropeans don’t know what 100 miles is.
minus-squaresurvivalmachine@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThat’s a common misconception. Europeans hate standard measurements, but they aren’t dumb. They can do conversions.
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agofair enough but we don’t really have a feel for how far a mile is without converting it to kilometres first
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWe don’t have to, because we don’t live in the 3 countries that use them.
As the old saying goes, “Europeans think 100 miles is a long way, Americans think 100 years is a long time.”
Europeans don’t know what 100 miles is.
That’s a common misconception. Europeans hate standard measurements, but they aren’t dumb. They can do conversions.
fair enough but we don’t really have a feel for how far a mile is without converting it to kilometres first
We don’t have to, because we don’t live in the 3 countries that use them.