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What's the dumbest thing you thought as an adult that you recently learned was wrong? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by cheese_greater to c/asklemmy

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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

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[–] Telodzrum -4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

But, I am able to get 0.3 grams consistently with a scale.

You are consistently able to get your scale to read 0.3 grams. That is not the same as being able to consistently get 0.3 grams or have the same mass of a substance read out at 0.3 grams.

People should be required to do more lab work before just posting bullshit online.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Do you enjoy shifting goalposts?

[–] Telodzrum -2 points 10 months ago

I didn't move the goalposts at all. Literally all of my above comments mention the paucity of both accuracy and precision of any kitchen scale.

[–] papalonian 4 points 10 months ago

Why are you declaring the inaccuracy of their scale as if it's fact? You don't even know what kind of scale they're using and you end your comment with some grade-A "everyone is dumb except for me" crap like you somehow shut down their entire argument.

Not to mention how easy it is to test what you're arguing about. I literally just did this a few days ago with my roommate who was trying to bake some brownies. 3 scoops of flour placed on a scale resulted in 3 different readings that had a range of ~15g. I don't care how inaccurate you're going to claim my scale is, that's a very large discrepancy.