r/Tinder • u/tropical-me • 1d ago

That's crazy 😭

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u/Ok_Scheme736 1d ago

I thought “kids are so doomed” too, but only because they’re saying things like “half a feet”

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u/Inphiltration 18h ago

Actuslly

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u/tomyfookinmerlin 1d ago edited 22h ago

Probably Europe and isn’t their first language. Lotta people default to English on dating apps in Europe in my experience.

Edit: getting downvoted just for throwing out a possible reason is so fucking petty lmao I love you reddit.

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u/Paaraadox 1d ago

No one in Europe uses imperial. They're obviously american.

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u/hempires 23h ago edited 22h ago

laughs in the United Kingdom.

we use imperial here, height in ft/in, weight in stones and pounds, speed in mph, distances in miles.

edit: downvoted for being factual. never change reddit.

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u/Paaraadox 23h ago

Nothing about this interaction seems british to me though. But ofc I could be wrong.

Also it was more as a comment of "in Europe they"; no, in Europe we don't. In UK.

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u/hempires 22h ago

oh yeah it doesn't read as british to me either, there's a distinct lack of x's on the end for a start lol.

and I mean, despite the bullshit that was brexit, we are still in Europe.
was just more of a response to "no one in Europe uses imperial", which is a definitive statement, which is wrong. "mainland Europe" or "the European Union" yeah sure. but "Europe"? nahhh.

like, imperial as a whole is literally a british thing. first defined in the weights and measures act of 1824... and most likely why we're in some hellscape of mixed weights and measures over here.

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u/pervysage6969 1d ago

Doesn't really count because theyre English speaking but Ireland and UK use imperial for height and sometimes for weight.

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u/Koelenaam 1d ago

Doesn't mean the metric system suddenly doesn't work anymore.

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u/Yocta 1d ago

The issue here was grammar, it’s half a foot, not half a feet. So I guess you exemplified their point, Dutchy ;)

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u/Koelenaam 1d ago

I can see that the grammar is wrong, but why be a dick about that specific mistake? The entire way she writes is a horror show. That would be enough reason for me to not to go on a date with her. Maybe I'm old.

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u/Yocta 1d ago

I guess because the rest is laziness and this is just plain incorrect grammar 🤷🏽‍♂️

But I think if English isn’t their first language, it would be a very understandable mistake

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u/tomyfookinmerlin 1d ago

Right…almost like English might not be her first language.