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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 5 months ago

A bunch of collective nouns

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A bunch of collective nouns

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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 5 months ago
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  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.net
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    5 months ago

    I’m partial to “fuckton.”

    A fuckton of geese. A fuckton of sheep. A fuckton of ice cream.

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      The only time Americans will use metric /s

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        A fuckton is 2000 fucking pounds. A fucktonne (note the spelling… metric) is 1000 fucking kilograms.

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        Nah, that’s a « fuck-tonne »

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        English fuckton, not metric

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          Metric fuckton has more punch though.

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          What is that, 2016 pounds or 144 stone? British units make no sense…

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        Nah, Americans use metric for selling drugs at the very least.

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          Also for gun calibers (is that the right word?)

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            Too true! ( Yep, that’s the right word)

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          You can’t buy a cup of crack in the US?

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            Volumetric measurements aren’t really good for drugs, the density of the drug may vary depending on quality, origin or manufacturer, in the case of crack and meth. Weight is always better, but then you measure with half, quarter, eighth and sixteenths of ounces. See, we do have to use fractions after all.

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              I guess I have a lot to learn before launching my drug cartel.

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          Drugs, not even ounce

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        Fun fact, in America, a ton is 2000 pounds, which is slightly less than a metric ton. In America if you order a ton of bricks, you’d get less bricks than you would if you ordered it in France.

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          Damn shrinkflation

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