• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      20 hours ago

      Metric Conversion Act of 1975

      Sorry. Who is we?

      ‘We’ - context clues - would be easily guessed to be the subject of the jab in question, as the form suggests a riposte of sorts, to be the US. And, in fact, they did: they maintain their copy of the One True Kilogram and derive their imperial measurements from that golden kilo. See, they were secretly imperialists the whole time!

      Oh shit. Don’t say Golden Kilo to Cheesy Don or he’ll try and sell shares.