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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

when the united states shucked off the control of the english, they meant it, in perpetuity, the other colonies, not so much

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

If only we also tossed out imperial measurements and 12 hour time.