The full quote in dirty imperial units:

I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I’m free.

– The Fast and the Furious

How was this translated to metric?

  • otp@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    As a kid, I thought mile, inch, and ton were all fake units of measurement that didn’t have any actual distance attached. Just used metaphorically.

    • An inch is a distance you can measure using your thumb and index finger (from the same hand)
    • A mile is a distance you could walk, but would probably rather use a vehicle
    • A ton is too much weight to even fathom lifting.

    Then there’s cup, ounce, and pint, which I thought were just words for containers that have an approximate size. Yard and foot to a lesser extent. Acre must’ve been a plot of land of indeterminate size.

    Getting into cooking, I’m hating that teaspoon and tablespoon are a thing (along with a pinch and a dash). They don’t even seem to line up at all with my tablespoons or teaspoons…I need to own special spoons that are labeled “tablespoon” and “teaspoon”, otherwise the measurements will be wrong!

    And given the unit conversions of all this junk, I’m not convinced my former understanding is much worse than reality.