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The fact that there's this much debate over 2/5ths of a pound of meat when I do see a distressingly large number of scales in ounces is just one more reason why the metric system is superior by every conceivable measure. This post brought to you by an American, in case anyone is doubting my authority on the stupidity of Freedom Units. And also, to be clear, the poster asking for 2/5ths is the rear end in a top hat. edit: lovely snipe. Mods, please change either my name or the thread name to "2/5ths of a pound of meat"
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Warmachine posted:The fact that there's this much debate over 2/5ths of a pound of meat when I do see a distressingly large number of scales in ounces is just one more reason why the metric system is superior by every conceivable measure. I like the thread title, and changing a name requires an admin (and I cba to bother them) so, no.
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Dec 26, 2019 20:28
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Motronic posted:Liquor. What’s that old joke about Episcopalians? Where there’s 4 there’s a fifth?
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Dec 26, 2019 20:58
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Synthbuttrange posted:
This is what happens when the floor gets tiled first, then the engineer moves the wall outward 5cm. The floor tiler makes adjustments. Now the engineer moves the wall 5cm more, etc...
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Dec 26, 2019 22:01
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Warmachine posted:The fact that there's this much debate over 2/5ths of a pound of meat when I do see a distressingly large number of scales in ounces is just one more reason why the metric system is superior by every conceivable measure. Metric doesn't stop someone from ordering 181 grams (18/100ths, 9/50ths of a kilo?) of bologna to be an rear end.
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Dec 26, 2019 22:17
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B-Nasty posted:Metric doesn't stop someone from ordering 181 grams (18/100ths, 9/50ths of a kilo?) of bologna to be an rear end. This is justifiable homicide.
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Dec 26, 2019 22:18
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Ashcans posted:As a 3/5s compromise go, pretty harmless.  This didn't get the love it deserved
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Dec 26, 2019 22:24
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corgski posted:The kind that knows asking for three fifths is in bad taste. I don't understand, I order chicken thighs like that all the time.
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Dec 26, 2019 23:23
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Not really DIY, but not really OSHA and here seems to gather all blue collar fuckery https://imgur.com/a/VayM9xx They were setting up to work on the utility poles this fall. Along most of the street they spray painted markings in the road and put little plastic markers in the grass. And then there's here, where they filled half a pumpkin with asphalt and marked that instead. It has gotten more and more illegible as the structural gourd has declined HelleSpud fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Dec 27, 2019 |
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Dec 27, 2019 00:29
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stupid puma posted:That’s my thought too. There’s a reason why timers rarely use large scale tile for a shower floor. I feel like this would have been a good situation for the use of a covered drain trough if they really felt the large floor tiles were necessary. Exactly lol
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Dec 27, 2019 00:41
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mycomancy posted:Jesus Christ what kind of psychopath asks for two-fifths of one pound of meat? Is that tare weight?
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HelleSpud posted:Not really DIY, but not really OSHA and here seems to gather all blue collar fuckery Sorry, wrong thread, that's amazing.
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Dec 27, 2019 02:40
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Late to the fraction chat, but I literally just got back from the grocery - the guy in front of me at the deli counter asked for $11 of cajun roasted turkey breast. It took exactly as long as it sounds like it would. 
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Dec 27, 2019 03:27
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Goober Peas posted:Late to the fraction chat, but I literally just got back from the grocery - the guy in front of me at the deli counter asked for $11 of cajun roasted turkey breast. It took exactly as long as it sounds like it would. Stupid, but still not as stupid as the goon going up to a counter and asking for 7.345345345345345 ounces of meat.
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Dec 27, 2019 04:34
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lol just lol lol to all
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Dec 27, 2019 05:01
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Jaded Burnout posted:I like the thread title, and changing a name requires an admin (and I cba to bother them) so, no. Yo it took at least three extra seconds of my time to figure out cba meant can't be arsed. That's valuable poopin' time I can never get back now. Do you think you can just come in here with your fancy British acronyms you tosser? You absolute rotter? Get outta here with your high-falutin' limey bollocks - this is MURKA. We use MURKAN words. The fuckin' nerve. P.S. so how's the house going
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Dec 27, 2019 05:27
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mycomancy posted:Stupid, but still not as stupid as the goon going up to a counter and asking for 7.345345345345345 ounces of meat. Goon would have been way cooler if they'd asked for like .696969 pounds of meat. Or .420420 pounds or something.
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Dec 27, 2019 08:10
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Super Soaker Party! posted:Yo it took at least three extra seconds of my time to figure out cba meant can't be arsed. I live to educate. Super Soaker Party! posted:Do you think you can just come in here with your fancy British acronyms you tosser? You absolute rotter? This switch in class voice gave me whiplash. Super Soaker Party! posted:P.S. so how's the house going I sometimes feel like I'm in the sad-music prologue of an episode of DIY SOS, but otherwise it's coming along about as well as it can. Living in a TODO list still takes a mental toll.
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Dec 27, 2019 09:11
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Sometimes I ask for a third of a pound of cheese AITA
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Dec 27, 2019 09:49
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I don't... i don't understand... fractions of a pound? Am I the only one who orders two pounds of deli meat and a pound of sliced cheese and then proceed to eat them rolled up, no bread, just dipped straight in the mustard jar, 2 AM, in my underwear, in front of the open fridge door, like an animal?
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Dec 27, 2019 10:06
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rndmnmbr posted:I don't... i don't understand... fractions of a pound? Am I the only one who orders two pounds of deli meat and a pound of sliced cheese and then proceed to eat them rolled up, no bread, just dipped straight in the mustard jar, 2 AM, in my underwear, in front of the open fridge door, like an animal? It's not the fractions, it's the bizarre combo of pounds (a poo poo system based on the number 4) and using a fraction with a 5 in the numerator.
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Dec 27, 2019 14:10
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Seriously who asks for 2/5 of a pound of anything lmao E: The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it. brugroffil fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Dec 27, 2019 |
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Dec 27, 2019 14:34
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Super Soaker Party! posted:Do you think you can just come in here with your fancy British acronyms you tosser? You absolute rotter? Get outta here with your high-falutin' limey bollocks Ese you gone done sound like a jive turkey, oy vey
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Dec 27, 2019 14:35
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brugroffil posted:Seriously who asks for 2/5 of a pound of anything lmao The absolute best part was how condescending Nevits was in his op about how stupid this deli counter girl was that he had to explain fractions and got a blank stare, when she was staring at him because he just asked for something incredibly stupid and nonsensical.
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Dec 27, 2019 14:39
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I legit order quarters and thirds 😰
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Dec 27, 2019 14:42
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Submarine Sandpaper posted:I legit order quarters and thirds 😰 People like you should be .25ed.
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Dec 27, 2019 14:49
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PainterofCrap posted:Is that tare weight? Can't you see perpetuating this conversation will tare us apart?
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Dec 27, 2019 14:54
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Nenonen posted:People like you should be .25ed.
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Dec 27, 2019 15:44
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Submarine Sandpaper posted:I legit order quarters and thirds 😰 Quarter is totally fine because, again, the whole point of ounces is to cleanly get quarters, eights, and sixteenths of a pound.
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Dec 27, 2019 15:47
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It's not like poo poo from the deli is sliced in .01 pound increments, so you can always just ask for "a little less than a half pound" or "a little more than a quarter" or just, you know "six slices" if you need to be exact. Don't make me go off on a tangent about how the metric system makes tons of sense for educated people, but imperial measurement made more sense for an uneducated population to get close enough.
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Dec 27, 2019 18:16
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stealie72 posted:Don't make me go off on a tangent about how the metric system makes tons of sense for educated people, but imperial measurement made more sense for an uneducated population to get close enough. Explains why you still use it then 
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Dec 27, 2019 18:56
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wesleywillis posted:Goon would have been way cooler if they'd asked for like .696969 pounds of meat. Or .420420 pounds or something. I want 420.69 ounces of meat
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Dec 27, 2019 19:27
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Pound of white American thick cut, half pound of turkey normal cut, eighth of pancetta sliced micron thin.
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Dec 27, 2019 19:50
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rndmnmbr posted:I don't... i don't understand... fractions of a pound? Am I the only one who orders two pounds of deli meat and a pound of sliced cheese and then proceed to eat them rolled up, no bread, just dipped straight in the mustard jar, 2 AM, in my underwear, in front of the open fridge door, like an animal? it is the only way else renounce your goonship
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Dec 27, 2019 20:53
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Suspect Bucket posted:Pound of white American thick cut, half pound of turkey normal cut, eighth of pancetta sliced micron thin. Gonna need that in thousandths.
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Dec 27, 2019 21:13
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sleepy gary posted:Gonna need that in thousandths. Learned the other day that ten-thousandths are referred to as "tenths" by machinists, which is nice and helpful.
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Dec 27, 2019 21:16
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Jaded Burnout posted:Learned the other day that ten-thousandths are referred to as "tenths" by machinists, which is nice and helpful. Also known as "mils"! EDIT: whoops, my bad, off by a factor of 10. This would never have happened if we used the metric system. TooMuchAbstraction fucked around with this message at 21:44 on Dec 27, 2019 |
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Dec 27, 2019 21:18
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Also known as "mils"! I thought a mil was a thou D:
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Dec 27, 2019 21:20
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Jaded Burnout posted:I thought a mil was a thou D: Also slightly confusing-getting lumber quoted as $/MBF which is thousand board feet not million board feet.
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At least we all agree on what a billion is these days. (1 week of the US military budget)
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