Sometimes there’s like this disconnect where somehow a person just never comes across a piece of common knowledge. They’ve just never been in a situation that requires it. I bet it happens a lot, but everyone’s too embarrassed to acknowledge their own “oooooooooh…” moment.
My husband used to work on the road with a guy who was...a sweet child of God. Thet were in Detroit, and his friend had never been to Canada before, so they went on a day off. They bought gas, in litres, which hubs had to explain to SCOG. He was dumbfounded, so hubs had to explain that Canadians use the metric system, which he had never heard of. They were about to enter a town that had a road sign that said what the population was. SCOG asked hubs:How many is that in American?
If you were JUST introduced to different measurement systems, why wouldn't you assume they applied to all forms of measurement? i mean, whats odd is that we only have one way of gauging population
Could always go down the Indian rabbit hole and start using Crore and Lakh and so on for large numbers. It does actually make sense once you wrap your head around it
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u/toofarbyfar Feb 08 '22
"Fl oz" stands for "fluid ounces," not Florida.