• Kalash
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    167 months ago

    *Americans.

    The rest of the world doesn’t bother with fractions of “pounds” in the first place.

      • nicetriangle
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        7 months ago

        Metric weights for things like meat is basically always expressed in grams here in the EU. Using fractions is pretty pointless.

      • Kalash
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        7 months ago

        But you don’t need them since the units already neatly divide. You don’t use a quarter kilo, you’d just say 250 gram.

        Ignoring that where I live the weight of the burger isn’t part of the name in the first place. They are just called “royal”.

        • Brokkr
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          07 months ago

          I love the metric system and think we should all use it, but 12 (inches in a foot) and 16 (ounces in a pound) both have more factors than 10.

          I still think metric is the best system, but I wish our ancestors had used base 12 counting so we could all use a base 12 metric system and everyone’s life would be better.