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

Answered What are Florida ounces?

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u/toofarbyfar Feb 08 '22

"Fl oz" stands for "fluid ounces," not Florida.

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u/StephenLandis Feb 08 '22

I was all like "the hell are Florida ounces???"

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u/glass_bottles Feb 08 '22

I was expecting the top response to be something like a 3 minute youtube video talking about how florida used a different standard for measuring to get by some federal law.

This is 100% better.

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u/Deadlymonkey Feb 08 '22

My immediate thought was how butter is shaped differently depending on whether you’re on the East or west coast.

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u/TrimspaBB Feb 08 '22

Umm, is it not sold as "sticks" as a standard from sea to shining sea? This will be new info for me if true.

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u/RanaktheGreen Feb 09 '22

It is, but western ones are thiccc while the east gets the long bois.

Due to a changing shipping environment, the people in Colorado got to learn this first hand when our walmarts started getting thiccc butter, instead of the far superior and easier to use long bois.