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Re:Dutch men confirmed as world's tallest by Freak_NL on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @08:27AM (#12165084)
> A.) 188 cm > B.) 1.88 m

Those are exactly the same for anyone even remotely familiar with standard units.

Whether feet or centimetres are easier to grasp is a matter of what you are used to — its purely cultural.

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Re:Dutch men confirmed as world's tallest by douche on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @09:12AM (#12165328)
Of course they are. People can tend to struggle mightily with decimals and fractions, however.
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