• ramenshaman@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Whoever thought having to say “it’s 13/64 inches long” was a good idea needs to fuck right off.

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        1 year ago

        American are like “cut 37/64 and 52 thousandths of an inch off your 2 by 4 inch piece of wood, that’s obviously not 2 by 4 inches”, and don’t get me started on wire gauge.

      • Patches
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        1 year ago

        Bruh when they invented the inches. They thought that quarter inch precision was good af.