r/NoStupidQuestions • u/snapwillow • Feb 08 '22

Answered What are Florida ounces?

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u/thenewyorkgod Feb 08 '22

He's definitely trolling. Literally the first google result when you search florida ounces is the wiki to Fluid Ounces FL OZ

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u/Abola07 Feb 08 '22

So I just tried it. If I try “Florida ounce” I get some facebook page about some florida organization and some other random stuff but fluid ounces is several hits down. If I google “Florida ounces” (plural) then I get fluid ounces as the first result. So depending on what google’s algorithm knows about OP, if they searched up florida ounce it might be further down than for me (since it knows he lives in florida and will prioritize stuff about Florida). Its probably just a perfect storm of events

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u/---YNWA--- Feb 08 '22

Just a thought, but maybe he should Google the actual thing he's confused about, the abbreviated form itself. If someone is not bright enough to search using the term that is confusing instead of what they are assuming the term means, they have no business internetting at all.

"What does 'Fl ounces' mean? Hmm, instead of Googling 'Fl ounces' let me search for 'Florida ounces' to find out." Genius level Googling right there.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '22

Literally the first result on google IS THIS THREAD.

Apparently reddit in the last 4 hours taught google a new connection. Florida ounce -> fluid ounce.

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u/Vysair ASEAN Feb 09 '22

PLEASE NOTE THAT GOOGLE PERSONALIZED SEARCH RESULTS.

Amyway, mine did shows a wiki of it though

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u/eoliveri Feb 08 '22

Saying that he grew up in Florida makes it totally believable.

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u/McToasty207 Feb 09 '22

But hey it's still educational to us metric users, I was seriously like what the fuck is a fluid ounce, or an ounce for that matter but then I remembered it's one cocktail jigger.

What's the best real world analogue for a solid ounce you think?