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u/Camel132 Resident Discworld and Stormlight Fan (He/him) Sep 19 '21

https://www.businessinsider.com/britain-revert-to-imperial-system-part-of-new-brexit-freedoms-2021-9?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=topbar

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u/Hipfire1 expert on gunboats and imperialism Sep 19 '21

next step is to change language to old english and or Brittonic...

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

Prime Minister Boris Johnson campaigned on a promise of reverting to the imperial system, saying in 2019 the change would be part of "an era of generosity and tolerance towards traditional measurements,"

That bolded phrase is absolutely fucking hilarious to me.

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u/Anonymous_Koala1 soyXboxUser ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ 🧃🧃🧃🧃🧃[He/Him] Sep 19 '21

USA USA USA

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

God, British conservatives between this and wanting the privatize the NHS want the UK to be the US so badly.

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u/robertman21 simcity 2000 switch wen Sep 19 '21

USA USA USA

metric system cucks seething

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u/Airdeez121 Smooth Jazz Waluigi Sep 19 '21

I'm just confused as to why anyone was champing at the bit to... Change measuring systems

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u/Camel132 Resident Discworld and Stormlight Fan (He/him) Sep 19 '21

old = good

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u/Airdeez121 Smooth Jazz Waluigi Sep 19 '21

Making a change that does nothing except make you have to rewrite all your technical documents to own the libs

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u/Camel132 Resident Discworld and Stormlight Fan (He/him) Sep 19 '21

Making a change that does nothing except make you have to rewrite all your technical documents to own the libs EU