American measurements

[dwemthy@lemmy.world]

In parallel!

[dasus@lemmy.world]

Good guy, very standard.

[5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Try not to suck any dicks on the way to the parking lot!

[grass@sh.itjust.works]

my forst thought would have been dicks lumber down the street but I dont know if they put their name on the wood

[someguy3@lemmy.world]

Really nailed in good there.

[anomnom@sh.itjust.works]

What’s even more annoying is that a 2x4 (pronounced two-by-four) isn’t 2 by 4 inches. It’s 1.5 x 3.5 (sometimes even a 1/16 under).

It’s all because of some unfinished lumber bullshit, but it’s still not as confusing as pipe and hose fitting sizing at least.

[perishthethought@lemm.ee]

37???!?!?

[chozo@fedia.io]

pronounced two-by-four

Unless you're in the south, in which case it's pronounced "tuba-fur".

[stinky@redlemmy.com]

silly americans have units of time where there are 60 seconds in a minute, 24 hours in a day, 365 days in a year, and every four years there's an extra leap year! LOL backwards hicks

[gofsckyourself@lemmy.world]

More pixels

[anomnom@sh.itjust.works]

And I also forgot about the Mainers and their two-by-faws

[cm0002@lemmy.world]

Can you make it bigger? I don't want to have to get my reading glasses, they're in the other room

[joel_feila@lemmy.world]

I was hungry

[fantasmanacasca@lemmy.world]

[gofsckyourself@lemmy.world]

[cm0002@lemmy.world]

Sorry, I'm still having trouble reading it, can you make it a little bit bigger? Maybe also change the colors a bit, like inverted or something

[gofsckyourself@lemmy.world]

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[dx1@lemmy.world]

It's because the actual cut is 2x4, and the wood shrinks. The typical shrinkage is known and accounted for. It is a treat when a house has an actual 2x though, i.e., it was cut divided by the shrinkage ratio, or cut dry.

[shardikprime@lemmy.world]

The European mind cannot comprehend that as wood expands, dicks also expands

This makes total sense