• gaycomputeruser [she/her]
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    7 months ago

    Na that makes perfect sense for what i assume to be the intended use - measuring the amount of soil you have.

    • niph [she/her]
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      7 months ago

      It would, except.. they use it to measure the amount of water in swimming pools.

        • niph [she/her]
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          7 months ago

          Yeah my metricpilled brain instantly noped out when I found that out

      • roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        7 months ago

        I've also heard it used in relation to water rights. For example, sometime has the right to extract a certain number of acre-feet from a stream over some amount of time.