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minus-squarejanNatan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 个月前Look, Americans are not familiar with kilograms. However, we do know grams… because… reasons.
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 个月前Its literally 1000 grams, kilo means 1000. Just like kilobytes. It’s like when you read that someone has 1k dollars, or 1kk = 1m = 1,000,000. You should be as familiar with kilograms as grams… It’s literally just a multiplier.
minus-squarejanNatan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 个月前I was making a joke because drugs are sold in grams here.
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 个月前Yeah I got that. Still, it’s basic math.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 个月前I guess it’s because they use to nab people for way smaller amount of drugs so they used the same unit even in case of huge haul for consistency. Still weird tho, SI units are made to be completely consistent at all times.
minus-squarejanNatan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 个月前I’m making a joke. Americans know what a kilogram is.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 个月前Well they did have some pretty embarassing mistakes even at NASA level, so it’s hard to tell
Look, Americans are not familiar with kilograms. However, we do know grams… because… reasons.
Its literally 1000 grams, kilo means 1000. Just like kilobytes. It’s like when you read that someone has 1k dollars, or 1kk = 1m = 1,000,000.
You should be as familiar with kilograms as grams… It’s literally just a multiplier.
I was making a joke because drugs are sold in grams here.
Yeah I got that. Still, it’s basic math.
Still it’s just a joke.
I guess it’s because they use to nab people for way smaller amount of drugs so they used the same unit even in case of huge haul for consistency. Still weird tho, SI units are made to be completely consistent at all times.
I’m making a joke. Americans know what a kilogram is.
Well they did have some pretty embarassing mistakes even at NASA level, so it’s hard to tell
Crackers!