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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Facepalm@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

How much is a "Florida ounce" ?

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How much is a "Florida ounce" ?

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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Facepalm@lemmy.world · 1 month ago
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  • snooggums@lemmy.world
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    Thanks copilot!

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
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      They wasted so much electricity coming up with that nonsense when they could have just said it’s FLUID and maybe directed you to some kind of remedial education center.

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      Hey, that’s my doctor

  • TTH4P@lemm.ee
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    We call them “Flounces” actually.

    • deeferg@lemmy.world
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      I’ve chosen to read it as “fluid ounces” for years, never once questioning “how is a fluid ounce different from a regular one?”.

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        Fluid ounce is a measure of volume (8 fluid ounces per cup) ounces is a unit of weight (16 ounces per pound)

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          The most confusing part of this to me is having this feeling of only remembering seeing floz on orange juice boxes, so it could have been Florida for all I knew. Thanks for the clarification that I’m only going partially insane!

        • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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          measures your solids in fluid ounces

      • orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        It’s the Murikan way to copy milliliters, which are the same as cubic centimeters volumetrically.

        Fluid ounces are cubic nurples.

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        By pure coincidence, you’ve chosen to read it the exact way it’s meant to be read.

  • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca
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    If you only see the abbreviation fl oz and happen to live in Florida, I can see making the connection. People don’t talk about ounces being both a volume (fl oz) and weight (oz) measurement. Go metric and you don’t have to know!

  • blitzen@lemmy.ca
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    Subreddit is wrong, there are stupid questions.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    With the metric system, this would not be an issue.

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    I wonder if they like putting Kentucky Jelly on their toast.

  • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
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    When I was growing up in FL it was ‘five fingers’, but later was standardized to 28.35g.

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    That, in a nutshell, is a good indirect explanation for you if you’re still unsure how it could happen that Trump got elected for a second term.

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    That took me too long

  • Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world
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    Oh grow up and use liters like normal people.

  • jia_tan
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    Sounds like something someone from Florida would say

  • Grass@sh.itjust.works
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    I was thinking this was going to be something like a logsday post but then I realized it was just as weid but different.

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