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Swizec on Sept 17, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pirates of the Caribbean (Metric Edition) (2017)

But that’s just cosmetics. The system itself is defined in metric.

Btw a kilogram is about 2lbs. And funnily in europe we would often order “half a kilo of X” when buying groceries.

gbin on Sept 17, 2023 [–]

In France, we can ask for "une livre de beurre" which directly translates to "a pound of butter" which has been standardized to 500g (half a kilogram). So yay! You can use one freedom unit in France ;)

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