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HengeGuardian t1_iy7rx8u wrote

Okay, was anyone going to tell me that the US & Canada don't use A4 as the measurement for a standard piece of paper, or was I just supposed to read that in this article about white paper no longer being sold in China?

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unrealcyberfly t1_iy7t0b6 wrote

The US doesn't use any sane method of measurement. So why would they use it for paper?

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Two sheets of a5 are one sheet of a4. Two sheets of a4 are one sheet of a3. The ratio of the sheet stays the same. Easy, beautiful.

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peensteen t1_iy9zkqk wrote

Meh, the metric system has no soul. It's something a robot would come up with. Imperial measurements are like a little puzzle to solve, having to remember how many teaspoons are in a pint.

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aishik-10x t1_iya1pkd wrote

I’ve come across many Americans who unironically believe this.

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peensteen t1_iyad1x8 wrote

It's a pain in the ass, but we don't really have many traditions to cling to. We don't have royal weddings, ancient languages, or castles.

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710AlpacaBowl t1_iya6beb wrote

Nice try be we all know the real imperial system uses giraffes, bananas, and beer cans

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sebjapon t1_iy83sfg wrote

I learned it when doing my masters. Every international papers are in the “letter” format so you get a warning every time you try to print something in A4, and have to switch all your software settings to “letter” format output or you can’t even submit papers.

It felt like the mom and the autistic meme where you wonder “why USA can’t be normal?”

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