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   anna (navi@social.vlhl.dev)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 18:47:03 JST anna
   my mom just tried to convince me that 1 cup is 200 grams
   
   not 1 cup of what i was measuring, but 1 cup in general, as in 1 cup of anything is always 200 grams
   
   and when i questioned her on it she said she didn't wanna discuss because i'm too stubborn??
   
   sorry mom but your physics ain't physicing
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 18:48:21 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @navi Alternate universe with US customary units and everything being the same density
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     anna (navi@social.vlhl.dev)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 18:56:39 JST anna

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
     @lanodan i'm imagining now what kind of physics would exist in a universe with constant density
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 18:58:46 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @navi I feel like this could give a headache to a physicist.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 21:08:31 JST 翠星石

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     @navi Show her the freedom of GNU units;
     You have: 1 cup milk
     You want: grams
     * 242
     / 0.0041322314
     You have: 1 cup sugar
     You want: grams
     * 200
     / 0.005
     You have: 1 cup butter
     You want: grams
     * 226.79619
     You have: 1 cup molasses
     You want: grams
     * 318.93214
     
     Sure one "us cup" of sugar is defined to be ~200 grams, but nothing else is.