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-Daetrax- t1_ixgp6vm wrote on November 23, 2022 at 8:38 AM

Reply to comment by TheWrongFusebox in TIL: The formal name for the Imperial system's measurements of weight (pounds/ounces) is the Avoirdupois system by NPC8705

Ironic considering the origin of SI units.

TheWrongFusebox t1_ixh24y0 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 11:42 AM

Not so much irony as that was the joke. But clearly not a good one.

-Daetrax- t1_ixhue1z wrote on November 23, 2022 at 3:41 PM

No, you were just wrong. Pounds and ounces are not SI units.

TheWrongFusebox t1_ixhxi0s wrote on November 23, 2022 at 4:01 PM

> No, you were just wrong.

No, I wasn't.

> Pounds and ounces are not SI units.

I know.

-Daetrax- t1_ixhycnf wrote on November 23, 2022 at 4:07 PM

Go ahead and reread your original comment buddy.

TheWrongFusebox t1_ixi6r34 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 5:02 PM

I know what I wrote, chum.