• TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    You’re talking to an American. They use anything but a logical system. To explain to them what a kilometer is, you need to put yourself in their position and go from that. Let me help:

    A kilometer is:

    • ~167 Ford F-150’s,
    • ~1,150 dishwashers,
    • ~5,556 bibles,
    • ~5,263 bananas,
    • ~1,250 AR-15’s,
    • ~0.62 miles,
    • ~3,281 feet,
    • ~39,370 inches,
    • etc.

    To make sense to an American, you need to not make any sense. This includes swapping the period and comma around in numbers, but you already did that.