Mad much that your system is weird?Radeonx said:Because we are America, and we use whatever the fuck we want because we can.
If you disagree you clearly hate freedom and are a communist, socialist, or some evil combination of the two.
Mad much that your system is weird?Radeonx said:Because we are America, and we use whatever the fuck we want because we can.
If you disagree you clearly hate freedom and are a communist, socialist, or some evil combination of the two.
WE SHOULD INVENT A NEW SYSTEM FOR DAYS AND WEEKS!emeraldrafael said:-snip-
Lets hear it metric.
I have nothing to say to this. This is hands down the most idiotic and most poorly put together argument I've ever read. Arguing with you is like arguing with a dolphin. There are suggestions of human-like intellect, but it just lacks the faculties to use any kind of understandable language.emeraldrafael said:snip
I think he was being sarcasticmonkey_man said:Mad much that your system is weird?Radeonx said:Because we are America, and we use whatever the fuck we want because we can.
If you disagree you clearly hate freedom and are a communist, socialist, or some evil combination of the two.
No wayCrazy_Dude said:I think he was being sarcasticmonkey_man said:Mad much that your system is weird?Radeonx said:Because we are America, and we use whatever the fuck we want because we can.
If you disagree you clearly hate freedom and are a communist, socialist, or some evil combination of the two.
This is where it gets complicated. When you say 'imperial ton', you probably mean 'US ton' or 'short ton' (2000lb). What you probably don't mean is 'imperial ton' or 'long ton' (2240lb). Then there is the 'metric ton' or 'tonne'.vxicepickxv said:As for the ton an Imperial ton weighs 2000 lbs. A metric ton weighs 1 Megagram, or 1000 Kilograms. A kilogram weighs 2.2 pounds, so a metric ton weighs 2,200 lbs.
11/15 socket? Find me one of those. It goes by 32nds, 16ths, 1/4s, 1/2s...ApeShapeDeity said:I'm an engineer. Imperial measurement is crap. It's nowhere near as useful as a simple base 10 numeric system.
'Pass me an 11/15ths socket please...?'
Come to think of it, it's not just distance. Weight also. Grams. So simple. It translates well through from tiny amounts to colossal masses.
Measure temperatures in centigrade. It's so much more practical! 0 deg C, is freezing, 100 deg C is boiling (water @ 1 ATM) If you don't like that, then at least use kelvin.
Surely the American scientific community use metric? Why can't the rest of America just get on board with the rest of the world?
In short, imperial sucks. Let it die.
P.S. I have no problem with the conversational use of imperial units. It's where, I believe we need a standard, global system for engineering and science.
Edit: there you go spell, nazis... happy? I've fixed the odd mistake and typo. BTW C.o.l.o.u.r.
Edit 2: For further reading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication - Metrication
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system - Metric system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_system - Imperial system
Oblivious much to the blatantly obvious satire?monkey_man said:Mad much that your system is weird?Radeonx said:Because we are America, and we use whatever the fuck we want because we can.
If you disagree you clearly hate freedom and are a communist, socialist, or some evil combination of the two.
So if the rest of the world were to start slaughtering people....and America was against it....we should join then ;} lets not use peer pressurewill1182 said:I've been thinking about this very subject for the past couple days. Weird.
The US is completely backwards in this regard. Switch to metric already, like the rest of the world.