• chuck@lemmy.ca
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        6 days ago

        Ladies want you to last 6 minutes now fuck got go crank a few out so I last

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      6 days ago

      ’ is feet or minute depending on context

      " is inches or seconds depending on context

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        6 days ago

        How do you measure things in feet? Everyone’s feet are different sizes, that doesn’t seem like a reproducible way to make anything.

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          6 days ago

          Easy, since Henry the VIII the foot was defined as 12 in. What’s an inch you ask? Well an inch is 3 barleycorns placed side by side. Which 3 barleycorns? That doesn’t matter it’s close enough.

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      That’s weirdly ignorant but that’s ok, everyone can learn something new. ’ is shorthand for foot, which was a historical unit used in various forms for several thousand years.

      Since 1959, the foot has been an SI-derived unit, being pegged to precisely 0.3048 meters thanks to the Commonwealth of nations, including Canada, agreeing with the united states to set the value as a metric unit as part of both nations’ slow but steady moves towards the metric system.

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          6 days ago

          There’s some websites that can set you up but I’m not sure Lemmy is one

          Unless you’re looking for a more… anonymous style of interaction.

          Edit: apparently I’m wrong, several Lemmy users seem to be offering 🍆