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Saw this recently on a WAN Show (19:12). How true is this? It sounds wild.

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[–] zesty@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Naw, metric for everything except cooking temp and body weight.

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[–] Braysl@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Ontario checking in, 100% accurate. Actually I would add home temperature (like the thermostat) under F, but body temperature (like checking if you have a fever) under C. Also we're so used Americans using miles for distance/speed we'll sometimes use it in idioms ("They ran out of here at 100 miles per hour!”). I never realized this change between measuring systems wasn't the norm until I started chatting with Europeans.

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[–] Matt_Shatt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I came in here hoping to understand how to measure a Canadian. Height or circumference at least…

[–] kluevo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

the fun thing is that this graph is more-or-less accurate (I don't have a pool so I can't judge that one) for me despite being an American with no connection to Canada.

[–] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I have a better idea: just use metric.

I try to fully metrify my workplace and my teammates are receptive because everyone knows imperial units suck.

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[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

If I had a pool, I would probably hate if I had to set the temperature in black and white; so I would look for a pool that specifically uses Colour.

[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

This is extremely accurate, as far as I've seen in western Canada.

[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

I wish this was all in metric

[–] James@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I always use milliliters and grams for cooking, unless it’s measuring volume of something solid.

I also use time for long distances.

[–] ramplay@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I only use fare height when forced through the means of technology that for some reason hasn't been legislated to provide sane units mandatorily when sold in Canada

The exceptions to this would be lumber. Then occasionally I get pissed off at any Canadian company (or even government form) that refuses to follow our own standards. For instance federally, its recemmoneded to use YYYY-MM-DD unless you're writing out the month with three letters or more in which case you can use the insane states method. Yet consistently in forms I input the date wrong cause they do whatever that other format is

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