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BusterBunny · 05-24-2007, 12:05 AM

50 shitty systems of measurment

DC-Sharon · 05-24-2007, 02:10 AM

We still use both here, although we should be 100% metric according to the EU bods

We still buy a pint of milk, or a gallon of petrol, or quarter of a pound of your finest ham please !

But you can say 250 grammes also

soulbleed · 05-24-2007, 02:18 AM

metric rules. it would be such an effort for the Americans to change. cant see it happening.

schneemann · 05-24-2007, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Choose

a lot of American's are too stupid to learn something different!

Yeah, because learning how to divide by 10 is so much harder than learning multiple, incohesive systems of measure.

How many feet in a mile?
How many meters in a kilometer?

Which of the above questions is easier to answer?

GatorB · 05-24-2007, 05:33 AM

First of all we do use metric. We buy our soda in 2 LITER bottles.

Actually ther was a move in the 1970's to have us on the emtric system by 1980. Why it got scrapped I don't know. I just remember having to spend lots of time in 1st-3rd grade having metric shoved up my ass then all of sudden we didn't have to learn it any more.

Why don't the Euros learn our way? Celcius WTF is that? You can't tell anything by that. I can tell 85F is a lot fucking hotter than 55F because it's 30 fucking degrees difference. The difference between 29-12 well doesn't seem too bad yet it the same fucking thing in celcius. If it's 120F degrees in Arizona I know it's WAY fucking hot. Because it's 20 over 100 which is 3 digits instead of 2. 49C WTF, is that hot or not? Who fucking knows?

nico-t · 05-24-2007, 05:39 AM

the same reason why they've only driven their own brand of cars for a long ass time: the idea that everything they use is better.... lately they finally started to realize their cars' quality is way below the level of quality of cars out of all other countries and they slowly start to adapt hahaha...must be hard.
Same thing goes for metric, its so much easier than the miles per hour, feet, inch, elbow or whatever other primitive measuring methods they use now, but they're just too stubborn. (by 'they' i mean the people in charge btw, the working man cant help how his country raises him)

NTM · 05-24-2007, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by wizhard

.......when most of Europe did ?

Ronald Reagan cancelled the switchover because he thought it was an internationalist, globalist commie plot.

NTM · 05-24-2007, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by soulbleed

metric rules. it would be such an effort for the Americans to change. cant see it happening.

Red states could never handle it.

Really, how are you going to sell a system with a scientific basis (ie, bases of 10) to a batshit crazy psycho religious fanatic that wants to pump an embryo full of horomones so it doesn't come out gay?

Porn Farmer · 05-24-2007, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by GatorB

Why don't the Euros learn our way? Celcius WTF is that? You can't tell anything by that.

0 degrees celsius is where water freezes.
100 degrees celsius is where water boils.

You are without a doubt the dumbest shit on this forum.

directfiesta · 05-24-2007, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Paraskass

Metric rocks. Except for highway travel.

60 miles an hour is easier to work out than 100 km an hour.

really .... ??????

NTM · 05-24-2007, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Porn Farmer

0 degrees celsius is where water freezes.
100 degrees celsius is where water boils.

You are without a doubt the dumbest shit on this forum.

urbanpimp · 05-24-2007, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by stev0

They'll convert sooner or later... a lot of the population is stuck on imperial and the government hasn't pushed it on them like other countries have.

Imperial is what is (was) used in Canada and the UK. A Canadian (Imperial) gallon is actually biger than a US gallon.

12clicks · 05-24-2007, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by nico-t

the same reason why they've only driven their own brand of cars for a long ass time: the idea that everything they use is better.... lately they finally started to realize their cars' quality is way below the level of quality of cars out of all other countries and they slowly start to adapt hahaha...must be hard.

and the moon is made out of cheese.

SPACE GLIDER · 05-25-2007, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by After Shock Media

We also tried again not long ago, people bitched that they would never understand it.

Truth be told, we are just fucking stupid about some shit.

No, I'd say the average American simply doesn't want to. Call it lazy, or call it simply not wanting to do something.

Rhesus · 05-25-2007, 02:56 PM

It's a retarded system, and impossible to properly calculate with.

What's even more retarded is that americans often express concentrations in fluids in g/dL instead of mol/L. How can you ever easily and accurately chemically calculate reactions this way?

Rhesus · 05-25-2007, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by GatorB

Why don't the Euros learn our way? Celcius WTF is that? You can't tell anything by that. I can tell 85F is a lot fucking hotter than 55F because it's 30 fucking degrees difference. The difference between 29-12 well doesn't seem too bad yet it the same fucking thing in celcius. If it's 120F degrees in Arizona I know it's WAY fucking hot. Because it's 20 over 100 which is 3 digits instead of 2. 49C WTF, is that hot or not? Who fucking knows?

Holy shit, this is the dumbest thing I've heard in a while...

baddog · 05-25-2007, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by schneemann

Yeah, because learning how to divide by 10 is so much harder than learning multiple, incohesive systems of measure.

How many feet in a mile?
How many meters in a kilometer?

Which of the above questions is easier to answer?

We know how long a foot is. we don't know how long a meter is.

baddog · 05-25-2007, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by directfiesta

really .... ??????

Yes. At 60 MPH I am doing 1 mile every minute.

Dirty Dane · 05-25-2007, 03:08 PM

Its all Bush's fault

After Shock Media · 05-25-2007, 03:21 PM

Ok lets tell the truth. If your in a room and ask about grams, kilos, ect and somebody knows, hey might be a drug dealer.

directfiesta · 05-25-2007, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by baddog

Yes. At 60 MPH I am doing 1 mile every minute.

at 60Km/hour, I am doing one kilometer every minute ....

baddog · 05-25-2007, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by directfiesta

at 60Km/hour, I am doing one kilometer every minute ....

Except I have no idea how far a kilometer is, so that doesn't help me much.I see the war movies where they say, "they are about 5 kliks ahead." I never know WTF that means.

Do I need to hop a Jeep, or is it walking distance?

baddog · 05-25-2007, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by After Shock Media

Ok lets tell the truth. If your in a room and ask about grams, kilos, ect and somebody knows, hey might be a drug dealer.

Now those weights I know. And I can convert them to ounces and pounds with ease.

nico-t · 05-25-2007, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Porn Farmer

0 degrees celsius is where water freezes.
100 degrees celsius is where water boils.

You are without a doubt the dumbest shit on this forum.

howard · 05-25-2007, 05:53 PM

WHY?

were morons here

stickyfingerz · 05-25-2007, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by directfiesta

really .... ??????

Let me help you, how many minutes in an hour? Did Europe change their system of time too? lol

CWeb · 05-25-2007, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz

Let me help you, how many minutes in an hour? Did Europe change their system of time too? lol

There must be self-satisfaction in pointless posts... or just a troll tendency

directfiesta · 05-25-2007, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz

Let me help you, how many minutes in an hour? Did Europe change their system of time too? lol

You really are dumb ....

Do you know on what the " system of time is based ... "

Try comparing apples with cabbage ... you should be at ease with that.

stickyfingerz · 05-25-2007, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by CWeb

There must be self-satisfaction in pointless posts... or just a troll tendency

Wonder if this nick will be banned soon haha.

CWeb · 05-25-2007, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz

Wonder if this nick will be banned soon haha.

The pointless troll speak?

stickyfingerz · 05-25-2007, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by CWeb

The pointless troll speak?

Go fuck a monkey webby you fat old fag.

CWeb · 05-25-2007, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz

Go fuck a monkey webby you fat old fag.

The troll's charm is overwhelming... yet another pointless post in a thread.

nekrom · 05-25-2007, 07:11 PM

Temperature measurements in celcius.

0-10c = freezing your nads off
10-15c = bloody cold
15-20c = cold to mild
20-25c = nice warm day
25-35c = hot
35-40c = fucking hot put on the air-con
40+c = move to tasmania
-N

BlackCrayon · 05-25-2007, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by wizhard

.......when most of Europe did ?

I never saw the benefit of any country switching to metric. Whats the point?

EBORG9 · 05-25-2007, 09:29 PM

Why should we..the whole world speaks our language and converts to our standards, not the other way around.
Haven't you figured out who's boss around this rock yet?
Besides...I'll take $3.35 a gallon, over 2.95 GBP's a litter any day.

JP513 · 05-25-2007, 09:34 PM

Because we Americans are too stubborn to realize when another system is better and more sensible than what we're already used to. And in the rare instance when we DO realize it, we're too lazy to want to change.

CWeb · 05-25-2007, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by EBORG9

Why should we..the whole world speaks our language and converts to our standards, not the other way around.

Dreaming much lately?

The commerical language of the world is English and the metric system is the basis of measurement.

jryan89 · 05-25-2007, 09:35 PM

Fuck europe and the metric system! HA......

EBORG9 · 05-25-2007, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by CWeb

Dreaming much lately?

The commerical language of the world is English and the metric system is the basis of measurement.

I'll still take my gas in gallons

directfiesta · 05-25-2007, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by EBORG9

Why should we..the whole world speaks our language and converts to our standards, not the other way around.
Haven't you figured out who's boss around this rock yet?
Besides...I'll take $3.35 a gallon, over 2.95 GBP's a litter any day.

Nasa uses metric ...

And educate yourself a bit; this way you will be an educated redneck instead of just a plain stupid one ...

http://standards.nasa.gov/history_metric.pdf

CWeb · 05-25-2007, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by EBORG9

I'll still take my gas in gallons

Is it my fault you are years behind?

directfiesta · 05-25-2007, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by EBORG9

the whole world ... converts to our standards, not the other way around.

you need to invade a few other countries ....

Three countries use non-metric measurement systems; Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States

Good company there ....

CWeb · 05-25-2007, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jryan89

Fuck europe and the metric system! HA......

Europe? The world uses the metric system - apart from around two or three backward nations

EBORG9 · 05-25-2007, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by directfiesta

Nasa uses metric ...

And educate yourself a bit; this way you will be an educated redneck instead of just a plain stupid one ...

http://standards.nasa.gov/history_metric.pdf

I could never be a redneck, no matter how dumb I may sound in this thread.

FYI, we learned the metric system in school, and then they just stopped teaching it. The argument at the time is that the U.S. lacked the funds to convert at that time, and it would put the already struggling auto industry in turmoil.
It was the Carter administration (1976-1980), we were in a recession, just coming off Vietnam 1965-1973), and unemployment was at 18%.
I was there, so there goes the dumb redneck comment, huh?

Nothing like actually living history

aico · 05-25-2007, 09:49 PM

Because then we would have to rename Football to 30.48cm Ball

CWeb · 05-25-2007, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by EBORG9

FYI, we learned the metric system in school, and then they just stopped teaching it. The argument at the time is that the U.S. lacked the funds to convert at that time, and it would put the already struggling auto industry in turmoil.

Seriously ... yep, can see that. The other ongoing and increasing problem is that it would cost even more now to convert - crazy money.

EBORG9 · 05-25-2007, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by EBORG9

I could never be a redneck, no matter how dumb I may sound in this thread.

FYI, we learned the metric system in school, and then they just stopped teaching it. The argument at the time is that the U.S. lacked the funds to convert at that time, and it would put the already struggling auto industry in turmoil.
It was the Carter administration (1976-1980), we were in a recession, just coming off Vietnam 1965-1973), and unemployment was at 18%.
I was there, so there goes the dumb redneck comment, huh?

Nothing like actually living history

To specify, I was there, and living in Detroit, MI, so I saw first hand what changing the standard of measurement would have done to an already horrible economy. In the 70's the Auto industry was our leading industry in America.
It was just bad timing, and if we had tried to change at that time, it would have been a disaster.
The amount of money, not just for education, but to re tool Ford Chrysler, and GM, and train all of the employees..not to mention the military, shipping, the highways, the entire infrastructure of the country was just not there.

That's why we didn't switch, and it was probably the smartest decision that the Carter Administration made in the whole term.

stev0 · 05-25-2007, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by GatorB

Why don't the Euros learn our way? Celcius WTF is that? You can't tell anything by that. I can tell 85F is a lot fucking hotter than 55F because it's 30 fucking degrees difference. The difference between 29-12 well doesn't seem too bad yet it the same fucking thing in celcius. If it's 120F degrees in Arizona I know it's WAY fucking hot. Because it's 20 over 100 which is 3 digits instead of 2. 49C WTF, is that hot or not? Who fucking knows?

aico · 05-25-2007, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by GatorB

Why don't the Euros learn our way? Celcius WTF is that? You can't tell anything by that.

Ya the 0° = Freezing and 100° = boiling, is a tough concept to grasp.

CWeb · 05-25-2007, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by aico

Ya the 0° = Freezing and 100° = boiling, is a tough concept to grasp.

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