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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 2 years ago
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    Don’t mention A4 paper, it scares the Americans. If any of them could read, they would be very afraid right now.

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      A4

      Is that a type of rifle? I’ll take 12!

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        You’ll get either 8 ½ or 11 and you’ll like it.

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      Using entirely reasonable standards that most of the rest of the world has adopted is too hard for us for some reason.

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      Today I’m going to use paper to feel superior to someone else.

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        To be fair, simply not having to live in the US already gives that rush.

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        Amateur, we professionals don’t have to use anything for that

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      This week on “Things Non-Americans Think Americans Don’t Know About!”

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        Right?

        Like just because we export all our media to you (because it’s better) and make fun of our stereotypes in that media, doesn’t mean that most of us are like that. Believe it or not we actually have cool stuff that’s uniquely American.

        And the reason you see Kraft singles is because we don’t want to share our BBQ with you.

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            We can’t do everything for you guys. We’re holding down the imperial system almost single handedly. Help a brother out.

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            You’re proving my point though? Those all look like C rate game shows that show up in the worst time slots here in the states.

            If you said Doctor who, like 15 years ago, then I’d give you a solid maybe.

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                Tell me what country you’re from, then, so I can look up how to roast it in the book of Places No One Gives a Shit About.

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                    Nah, I’m trolling you because you’re stupid.

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              American here, you’re straight up wrong. We have no equivalent to their panel shows. Comparing them to game shows is like comparing open heart surgery to being stabbed.

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            America has the Squid Games reality show and Mr Beast. They’re kind of like Taskmaster if the point of Taskmaster was dangling life changing money in front of poor people.

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                That is the joke, yes.

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      Hey now, I can read…but, what’s this A4 paper you speak of?

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        8/11.5 but more metric

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          sips tea and extends pinky

          Am I doing metric right?

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            Actually no, the Brits shit on us for it but by most approaches they’re actually even worse than we are

            The bruvs be usin’ STONE out here and acting like they get to crack wise

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          8/11.5

          Not sure if a joke or an actual paper size

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            Actually a size. More commonly referred to as “letter” sized. It’s 8x11.5 inches, which is pretty close to A4, but it’ll confuse printers if you mix the 2 up.

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              but it’ll confuse printers if you mix the 2 up.

              So far all printers I’ve seen can switch between both. The real problem is your Writer/Word document, because after the slight reformatting it’s now all over the place.

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              It’s actually 8.5x11 not 8x11.5

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          You mean 8.5/11?

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          More Square root, you mean!

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          You mean 8.5x11

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        It’s a size of paper with an aspect ratio of 1:√2, and the short edge that is 21cm long. The long edge will then be 21√2 = 29.7cm. The aspect ratio has the interesting property that it can be halved and doubled while remaining constant.

        This has been your ISO fact of the day.

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          Subscribe to ISO facts

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            ISO 7304-2:2008 defines a standard for cooking spaghetti. Subsection 3.9 “Completeness” closely resembles “al denté” but isn’t true al denté; as 3.9 states “no white core visible” when a noodle is inspected crosswise with a razor blade. Al denté phase is sensed via the teeth for texture differential of the inner and outer part of a spaghetti. No agreement has been reached by international consortium of Italian food preparers and dentists as to which tooth is to be used. Thus, the standard must be reviewed every 5 years by sensory analysis.

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