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ddalcino | 3 years ago

As a US citizen, I read it as 45 miles, which is as terrible as I would expect from Facebook.

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groby_b|3 years ago

As a European expat in the US, I settled for minutes.

Edit: Turns out I was right? Weird world.

jkaplowitz|3 years ago

This type of distance is also measured in time units (including minutes) in Canada. Here's an overall Canadian measurement flowchart showing when they use imperial, when they use metric, when they use ambiguous volume-based Canadian cooking units that can either be metric or Canada-specific customary volumes, and when they use time:

https://preview.redd.it/dsmht7np3gl31.png?width=681&format=p...

bckr|3 years ago

What's interesting is that, when driving, minutes and miles are partially interchangeable, since 60mph is a pretty average driving speed on the highway.

LAC-Tech|3 years ago

do Americans commonly use "m" for "miles"? I thought "mi" was more common.