The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 1 day agoIn Finland, they advertise the largest container of mayonnaise as "American Size"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1754arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1753arrow-down1imageIn Finland, they advertise the largest container of mayonnaise as "American Size"lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 1 day agomessage-square138fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoLiter? Americans aren’t even consistent with their weird systems of measurements. Why is it not marked as 568.3844 fl oz? Or 0.244 football fields or 38.38383 yards or smth
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoIt’s 64oz, or a half gallon, i.e. the smallest unit of milk anyone would buy.
minus-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoAll food and drinks are sold in metric amounts which typically are also very close to an imperial measure.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoAmerica labels things in freedom and metric. What doesn’t make sense to be is using volume and not weight.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoYeah, I had to look up a converter to figure out how many grams a mayo-ounce is.
Liter? Americans aren’t even consistent with their weird systems of measurements. Why is it not marked as 568.3844 fl oz? Or 0.244 football fields or 38.38383 yards or smth
It’s 64oz, or a half gallon, i.e. the smallest unit of milk anyone would buy.
All food and drinks are sold in metric amounts which typically are also very close to an imperial measure.
America labels things in freedom and metric. What doesn’t make sense to be is using volume and not weight.
Yeah, I had to look up a converter to figure out how many grams a mayo-ounce is.