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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Perhaps we forgot that after changing to grams and kilograms.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't pin this on the metric system when the misinformation is largely coming from Uncle Sam.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You have a point, but to be faaaaaair, the quote is attributed to Benjamin Franklin about fire prevention in Pennsylvania towns.