chapotraphouse

13519 readers

973 users here now

Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.

No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer

Gossip posts go in c/gossip. Don't post low-hanging fruit here after it gets removed from c/gossip

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net

MiraculousMM@hexbear.net

KenBonesWildRide@hexbear.net

Nakoichi@hexbear.net

itsPina@hexbear.net

corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net

PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net

ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net

EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net

InsidiousTrackers@hexbear.net

sweet_pecan@hexbear.net

a_little_red_rat@hexbear.net

153

Nate Plastic (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago by FuckyWucky@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

53 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] niph@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I recently found out about the “acre foot” as a volumetric measurement and instantly died at the stupidity

[–] gaycomputeruser@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Na that makes perfect sense for what i assume to be the intended use - measuring the amount of soil you have.

[–] niph@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It would, except.. they use it to measure the amount of water in swimming pools.

[–] gaycomputeruser@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What!!!!???!??

[–] niph@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah my metricpilled brain instantly noped out when I found that out

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I've also heard it used in relation to water rights. For example, sometime has the right to extract a certain number of acre-feet from a stream over some amount of time.