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[โ€“] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We've been in the process of switching to the metric system since 1976, and officially (semi-)adopted it in 1991.

Unofficially, people are stubborn and anti-Europe.

If it makes you feel better, some cooks, all scientists and and all people involved in the drug trade are fluent in metric.

[โ€“] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Me, an american, carrying a 9mm and buying 3 grams

[โ€“] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Hell yeah brother.