# Rant against unit of measure nazis, check your ignorance

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 3, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-unit-of-measure-nazis-check-your-ignorance/745080 "2016-02-03T19:03:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Niply\_Elder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@The\_Niply\_Elder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Niply_Elder)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-unit-of-measure-nazis-check-your-ignorance/745080/26 "2016-02-05T08:35:35Z")

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> [@How can 128 ounces = 133.5 ounces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-128-ounces-133-5-ounces/744876/53):
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> Nitpick, weight and mass are fundamentally the same thing due to the Einstein equivalence principle. The defined way of measuring them may be slightly different but they measure the same fundamental property. As they are defined mass is a measure of the energy required to move an object and weight is the observed force of an object being accelerated due to gravity which is the same fundamental force in this universe.

Honestly I think you should pit yourself for stating in GQ that weight and mass are the same thing. And your lame-brained attempt at explaining general relativity just takes the cake. :rolleyes: you know the cake from johneegee’s cookbook spreadsheet.😃

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