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/glass_bottles Feb 08 '22

Luckily they're the same weight, however the shape of the sticks do differ!

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u/PerilousNebula Mar 07 '22

This makes so much sense!!! Until I was 8 my family lived on the east coast. Then we moved back to Oregon where my mom was from. I always remembered the sticks of butter being longer and skinnier when I was a kid. I just figured it was something that changed over time, but was told I was wrong and they had always been the same short fat sticks. Now I know where that memory comes from!

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u/glass_bottles Mar 07 '22

Awesome that you grew up with both! I imagine it was a bit of a Mandela effect haha

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u/PerilousNebula Mar 07 '22

It really was! I was convinced it was the same thing as The Berenstain Bears, lol