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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Facepalm@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

How much is a "Florida ounce" ?

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How much is a "Florida ounce" ?

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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Facepalm@lemmy.world · 1 month ago
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  • snooggums@lemmy.world
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    Thanks copilot!

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
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      They wasted so much electricity coming up with that nonsense when they could have just said it’s FLUID and maybe directed you to some kind of remedial education center.

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      Hey, that’s my doctor

    • Ogmios
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      deleted by creator

  • saltesc@lemmy.world
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    This confused the fuck out of my metric brain.

    • argh_another_username@lemmy.ca
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      Fl oz. It’s not Florida, but fluid.

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        TBF most of Florida is

    • heavydust
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      No, that’s easy, 10 fl oz is equal to 3 psm (3 pissing marmots). And 100 fl oz is equal to 1 hesh itm (1 horny elephant shit in the morning).

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      Yea, it confused me for a bit too long, as someone outside the US.

  • TTH4P@lemm.ee
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    We call them “Flounces” actually.

    • deeferg@lemmy.world
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      I’ve chosen to read it as “fluid ounces” for years, never once questioning “how is a fluid ounce different from a regular one?”.

      • freshcow@lemmy.world
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        Fluid ounce is a measure of volume (8 fluid ounces per cup) ounces is a unit of weight (16 ounces per pound)

        • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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          measures your solids in fluid ounces

        • deeferg@lemmy.world
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          The most confusing part of this to me is having this feeling of only remembering seeing floz on orange juice boxes, so it could have been Florida for all I knew. Thanks for the clarification that I’m only going partially insane!

      • orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        It’s the Murikan way to copy milliliters, which are the same as cubic centimeters volumetrically.

        Fluid ounces are cubic nurples.

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          Huh? I just did a conversion and it says 1 fluid ounce equals 30 milliliters

          • orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            The conversion process takes many computing cycles. I don’t recommend typing it into Google too many times or it will cause brownouts in North Dakota.

      • CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
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        By pure coincidence, you’ve chosen to read it the exact way it’s meant to be read.

  • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca
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    If you only see the abbreviation fl oz and happen to live in Florida, I can see making the connection. People don’t talk about ounces being both a volume (fl oz) and weight (oz) measurement. Go metric and you don’t have to know!

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    1 Florida Ounce is how much meth 1 Florida Man smokes before making 1 headline.

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    Subreddit is wrong, there are stupid questions.

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    I know it means “fluid ounces” but every single time I see it my brain says “floral ounces”.

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      I just read it floz. Doesn’t mean anything to my European ass, anyway.

      2 flozes? Sure. Might as well be that.

    • Retreaux@lemmy.world
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      Whoa mine does too I wonder why that is? What an odd assumption for a brain to make

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        My theory is something like fluid -> fluoride -> floral but who knows

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      My French brain reads that as “Eiffel Oz” (like the wizard of Oz and the Eiffel tower).

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    With the metric system, this would not be an issue.

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    I wonder if they like putting Kentucky Jelly on their toast.

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    When I was growing up in FL it was ‘five fingers’, but later was standardized to 28.35g.

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    That, in a nutshell, is a good indirect explanation for you if you’re still unsure how it could happen that Trump got elected for a second term.

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    That took me too long

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    Growing up in Miami, I made that mistake too.

    … When I was six.

  • Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world
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    Oh grow up and use liters like normal people.

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    They’re like regular ounces, just more irregular.

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