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I'm afraid we've been bamboozled (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[-] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

No we are a mixed people thank you very much

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago

I thought you guys were independent?

Why do you need a former master to tell you to switch?

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[-] PanArab@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

The US wanted to rid itself of as much English influence as possible, she even changed the spelling. Odd that she held on to Imperial.

[-] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago

Imperial is slightly different. We use US customary measures.

[-] Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

This is one of my favorite facts.

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[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

You forgot "and we continue to use Imperial and archaic things like 'stone' " too.

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[-] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

We bamboozled ourselves. The Brits woke up to the fact the metric system was better and changed. Sure they still have their idiots who like the old system there but they ignore them. Whereas here we let that small minority rule. That is why we are using a broken old system and why we are the only country that is. Because we let the stupid rule in order to beat some imagined enemy.

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