• not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Milk bottles in the supermarkets in the UK are now using weird sizes like 1.136l, because apparently that easier for some old cunt to read.

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      8 hours ago

      I’m guessing that the 1.136 L comes from not wanting to change actual package size when switching to metric. Can’t be a coincidence that 1.136L is 2 imperial pints.

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        7 hours ago

        It’s not too uncommon for that to happen. The smaller glass Coke bottles are something like 290ml from being converted from flozzies (I think some places have a 355ml one)

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      You really recognize these weirdly precise numbers in packaging.

      355ml. 454g. 25.4mm.

      Yeah, suuuuure your chocolate bar is precise to 3 sig figs…

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        6 hours ago

        I wouldn’t actually be surprised if chocolate bars are that exact. The equipment to do it is easily available, and they would be motivated to buy it to save having even 1 extra gram in the package.

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      It’s like this in Canada for years, everything in groceries is strange numbers in ml or g, converted from pounds/qt/whatever units