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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately this is a bit like the imperial system where you get multiple units of measurement. There is the standard foot-long, which is twelve inches, and there is the $5 foot-long™, which is only 11 inches

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Which is also further befuddled by bragging teenage boy foot long which is around 5"