ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years agoYesterday, the temperature was in the 80's.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down133
arrow-up120arrow-down1imageYesterday, the temperature was in the 80's.lemmy.worldParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square35linkfedilink
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoAt least they were nice about it and didn’t make some colonial ass slur about “civilized society”
minus-squareParabolicMotion@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoIt wouldn’t be colonial, though. Britain didn’t start its switch to the metric system until 1965. The colonists wouldn’t have been using metric, seeing as they came from Britain. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/weather/2023/02/20/the-change-to-celsius-in-u-s--remains-stalled--here-s-why
At least they were nice about it and didn’t make some colonial ass slur about “civilized society”
It wouldn’t be colonial, though. Britain didn’t start its switch to the metric system until 1965. The colonists wouldn’t have been using metric, seeing as they came from Britain.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/weather/2023/02/20/the-change-to-celsius-in-u-s--remains-stalled--here-s-why