Comment on People who do not specify units of measurement in international contexts

• Mac@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  However, in modern recipes, the US legal cup of 240 ml (about 8.45 British imperial fluid ounces or 8.12 US customary fluid ounces) is more commonly used.

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  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I like how you just pulled that sentence out of context from the description for ONE country and ignored the dozen other countries with different measurements.

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    • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      …
      You literally pulled up a cherry picked list of where there are discrepancies. You’re allowed to and im not?

      Also, would you look at that: almost all of them have converged to US customary or 250mL, which is within the tolerance for error.

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      • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You literally pulled up a cherry picked list of where there are discrepancies.

        The entire point of this thread from the comment you replied to, is that ‘cup’ is an inexact unit of measurement that varies. My list is providing examples, I’m not seeing the issue here.

        Also, would you look at that: almost all of them have converged to US customary or 250mL, which is within the tolerance for error.

        Except for Latin America, the UK, most of Asia, parts of Europe, etc. 🙄

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