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45m, for most of the world, means meters. When I first read the title I thought that was awesome! Just around the block. But reality disappoints.
by lom 4y ago
45m, for most of the world, means meters.
When I first read the title I thought that was awesome! Just around the block. But reality disappoints.
- LAC-Tech 4y agoFor some reason in my head I immediately read it as "45km". Because that seemed like an appropriate amount of distance for it to be weird.
- ddalcino 4y agoAs a US citizen, I read it as 45 miles, which is as terrible as I would expect from Facebook.
- groby_b 4y agoAs a European expat in the US, I settled for minutes. Edit: Turns out I was right? Weird world.
- bckr 4y agoWhat's interesting is that, when driving, minutes and miles are partially interchangeable, since 60mph is a pretty average driving speed on the highway.
- jkaplowitz 4y agoThis type of distance is also measured in time units (including minutes) in Canada. Here's an overall Canadian measurement flowchart showing when they use imperial, when they use metric, when they use ambiguous volume-based Canadian cooking units that can either be metric or Canada-specific customary volumes, and when they use time: https://preview.redd.it/dsmht7np3gl31.png?width=681&format=png&auto=webp&s=508db2b18252766b1b1dfe50bcd2eb836e77863e https://preview.redd.it/dsmht7np3gl31.png?width=681&format=p...
- LAC-Tech 4y agodo Americans commonly use "m" for "miles"? I thought "mi" was more common.