100% tariff on the MM/DD/YY date format.

@JdeBP @renwillis @Natasha_Jay @stux @amiserabilist @wendinoakland in a Hard Metric nation such as the UK, measurements may well be given in both forms, SI units and the older Imperial, but the metric indication will be given first, and the outmoded indication will be given in brackets, afterwards. For example, the English measurements might be:
250ml (1 household utensil you might randomly have in your cupboard)
1l (42 hands)
750mm (56.3 horses)
56.3km (750 ankle chains)
720nm (1 sunny day)
0.5cm (your dick)
600kg (42 cats)

Then we get onto the proper stuff – paper sizes
A1 folds in half to give you A2 which folds in half to give you A3, which folds in half to give you A4, which folds in half to give you A5, which etc.
Do you really want to see the absurdity of the old paper sizes invented by basically cretins? Yes? Here then:
baph.org.uk/resources/reference-material/old-english-paper-sizes/
(Admittedly a lot of those sizes were for books rather than actual reams you’d encounter casually, but still…)

@Natasha_Jay

You forgot AM/PM, inches, feet, ounces and miles

@aaronmccollum @Natasha_Jay all the world has April Fools Day on the 1st of April, only US has it on 4th of January…

@NickGates

sometimes you don't find out if Vallejo is East Bay, North Bay, or not Bay at all, you just move on.

@wendinoakland @glasspusher

is Vallejo East Bay, North Bay, or not Bay at all?

@NickGates

sometimes you don't find out if Vallejo is East Bay, North Bay, or not Bay at all, you just move on.

@wendinoakland @glasspusher

is Vallejo East Bay, North Bay, or not Bay at all?

@NickGates @amiserabilist @glasspusher Oakland responds:

@wendinoakland @NickGates @amiserabilist

awesome. I played cello as a kid

@glasspusher @NickGates @amiserabilist It’s supposed to be a violin, but Señor Tardigrade’s fiddle’s in the shop

100% tariff on the MM/DD/YY date format.

@wendinoakland @NickGates @amiserabilist well he sure the hell is holding it wrong. I like the idea of the world's smallest cello

plus, nobody puts their bow below the bridge

"let me explain your joke to you..."

@NickGates @amiserabilist @glasspusher Oakland responds:

@wendinoakland @NickGates @glasspusher

100% tariff on the MM/DD/YY date format.

@wendinoakland @NickGates @amiserabilist well he sure the hell is holding it wrong. I like the idea of the world's smallest cello

plus, nobody puts their bow below the bridge

"let me explain your joke to you..."

@glasspusher @NickGates @amiserabilist please, don’t fck with my tardigrade.

@wendinoakland @NickGates @amiserabilist

Turns out the constellation Aquarius is the Water Bearer, not the Water Bear. So sad