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Due to rising production costs, many groceries aren't manufactured in the pint/quart/liter sizes they used to be, but now often come in awkward reductions such as "14 oz" or "0.75 liters".
I propose the following new standard units to refer to these:
1 petite pint = 14 fl oz
1 short quart
= 28 fl oz
1 efficiency gallon = 4 short quarts
1 skimpy dozen = 11 pieces
Metric prefixes: append "s" for "scanty", e.g.
1 scantiliter (sl) = 0.75 liter
1 scantigram (sg) = 0.75 gram
1 scanticentimeter (scm) = 0.75 centimeter
1 recession cup = 0.8 cups
1 recession teaspoon = 0.8 teaspoons
1 recession tablespoon = 3 recession teaspoons
1 optimized square inch (osq. in.) = 1 circular inch = 0.7854 square inches
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Somebody needs to be accountable for the
shrinkage, and to help us to understand the new
sizes. It's frustrating. A can of tuna used to make
enough for 2 or more sandwiches. Today, you get
one measly one. |
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I think the US has already baked this. Their gallon is
only 3.78 litres, as opposed to the old Imperial gallon
of 4.54 litres. Hey! You Yanks! You're getting ripped
off already! |
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1 measly one (mo.) = 0.754 |
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This is gonna make life awkward in the pet
industry... "I'll have 0.82 cats, please." |
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Today only! 18% off everything! |
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