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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I disagree to a point (only with the first panel): I don’t think patriotism requires that one think their country is the best (and thinking that your country is generally/objectively the best is a little sketch). Liking your country best is another story.

As a parallel, I like imperial units best. I find them more intuitive and I’m used to estimating them. I think metric units are more suited to scientific work and, if I really had to choose, I’d probably consider them the objectively better system. I think I’m the equivalent of patriotic about imperial units, whereas someone who thinks they’re inherently better would be nationalistic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I too feel this way about imperial units.

I like to call them "freedom units", because they remind me that I'm free to continue to make an objectively poor choice, each time I measure something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Well I like to call them freedom units because I'm free to steal other peoples jokes >:3

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