I just realized while cooking that a measuring-cup cup (as measured out as 250mL in a glass measuring cup) is the same amount(s) as one of the actual plastic baking measuring cups that go inside each other like Russian dolls lol

I thought they were different somehow (something something imperial metric yadda yadda yaddda)

Your turn to come clean Lemmings!

**EDIT: to clarify, I mean volumetrically for measuring liquids

  • spittingimage@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Every time I drive into the city centre I pass a sign for the Eastport exit. You never hear about Eastport on the news and I figured it must be the most boring part of the city - until I finally realised it was the sign for the East motorway exit to reach the sea port. 😟

  • GarlicToast@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    I thought that getting a degree in computer science may allow me to buy a home. That was wrong, unless you join a startup early, you will not buy a home.

    I thought that doing a masters in bioinformatics will screw me economically when I saw the salaries of my CS peers that went to the market. That too was wrong, doing a multidisciplinary masters left no free time, so SO doesn’t want kids.

    I thought global warming will screw us only decades away, but that too is false. Don’t have kids and economics won’t matter in a few years (< 10, probably 3-5).

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    A cup is 8 ounces, 237ml.

    “Measuring cups” come in a variety of labeled sizes.

    I’m sorry, you thought a cup wasn’t… a cup?

    • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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      8 months ago

      A cup is 8 ounces, 237ml.

      It depends. It’s usually standardised by country; 200ml, 240ml and 250ml are common values.

      OP is likely from a Commonwealth country while you’re probably from USA. If that’s correct: note that your country has two measurements for cups, 237ml and 240ml.

  • netburnr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Having a tooth pulled wouldn’t be that expensive.

    Now I see why Noone in America goes to the dentist

      • nizvicious@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Wow I had one of mine removed and it costed 580 Euros, been putting off going because they checked the other teeth and had to get two fillings total bill was 1,140 Euros. Sucks because I was told when this happened two years ago that I’d need the other one pulled out soon and after that costing just over half my months pay, I have been putting it off.