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    6 days ago

    That’s weirdly ignorant but that’s ok, everyone can learn something new. ’ is shorthand for foot, which was a historical unit used in various forms for several thousand years.

    Since 1959, the foot has been an SI-derived unit, being pegged to precisely 0.3048 meters thanks to the Commonwealth of nations, including Canada, agreeing with the united states to set the value as a metric unit as part of both nations’ slow but steady moves towards the metric system.

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        6 days ago

        There’s some websites that can set you up but I’m not sure Lemmy is one

        Unless you’re looking for a more… anonymous style of interaction.

        Edit: apparently I’m wrong, several Lemmy users seem to be offering 🍆