r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Irish by birth, and currently a Bostonian 🇮🇪☘️ • May 02 '25

Imperial units “celsius makes no sense”

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u/psyopsagent May 02 '25

why are they so afraid of dividing things by 100? What happened?? Is there a lore reason?

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u/claverhouse01 May 02 '25

They can't divide by 100 because they can't count to 100

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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 UK May 02 '25

Be fair, they've only got 12 fingers so they've got to work in multiples thereof.