sznowicki@lemmy.world to Learn about America, straight from Americans.@infosec.pubEnglish · 25 days ago
sznowicki@lemmy.world to Learn about America, straight from Americans.@infosec.pubEnglish · 25 days ago
How come Americans use penguins or school buses for measuring length and distance but still use kilowatt for power and not let’s say thrown stone per mile?
If this is a real question, you’ve taken a joke literally. Journalists compare the size of unfamiliar things to the size of familiar objects in an often-misguided attempt to make them more relatable to their audience.
It’s a joke