• FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    10·
    5 days ago

    The only thing I learnt living in england is I weigh approximately 8 stone(s).

    Still don’t fucking understand miles, because I lived somewhere with transport and never got a car.

    • Taalnazi@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      A kilometre is about 1/10,000th the distance from the North Pole to the Equator.

      A mile is 1,760 yards. Why? Because I said so!

    • Skua@kbin.earth
      10·
      5 days ago

      Honestly just consider it to be 1.5 km. It’s close enough for most circumstances

      • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        The Fibonacci sequence is also handy (since the golden ratio is not too far off the miles km conversion.

        2 mi ≈ 3 km

        3 mi ≈ 5 km

        5 mi ≈ 8 km

        Etc

        1 mi = 1.609344 km Golden ratio ≈ 1.618

    • Venator@lemmy.nzEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      I understand miles because of car journalists always using 0-60mph times 😅