• LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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      3 years ago

      I lost two stone last year. I wasn’t on a diet, I just threw them in the river behind my house.

    • Wanderer@lemm.ee
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      3 years ago

      Honestly think gym culture has been a big change in this. People want to know how much they can’ lift Vs their weight

      • Parrtytime@lemmy.ca
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        3 years ago

        In Canada speed is always kilometres. For distance we don’t really use miles for jogging but most know the conversion if they are avid runners the rest the same. For temperatures it’s Celsius but people in border towns may use Fahrenheit. For weight for people official documents will be kilograms but most people talk in pounds, no stones. For measuring it can be both metric or imperial ie cups. For liquids it always in metric so millilitres or litres but if you go to the pub you can order pints which people think of in ounces and depending on the pub could be 14-20oz.

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    3 years ago

    Distance gets measured in time units too sometimes.

    “I’m about 10 minutes away from there now” for example

  • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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    3 years ago

    On the distance thing, I’ve always seen it as: if you can measure it with your body, it’s feet; else metres.

    My table is two feet long, but my neighbour’s house is ten metres away. It sounds weird and maybe I’m weird, but that’s how it works in my head.

    • TheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.club
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      3 years ago

      As much as I dislike imperial, I’m still used to using Fahrenheit for body temperature. 99 mild fever, but you still have to go to school. 100 stay at home. 103+ you’re dying.