Why are americans so retarded about the imperial system?
In metric, one milliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weighs one gram, and requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade, which is 1% of the difference betwen its freezing point, and its boiling point. An amount of hydrogen weighing the same amount has exactly one mole of atoms in it.
And even worse is the time. When i worked in germany i could work 5.5 hours which is 550 minutes and i could just put down five and a half and be done.
In america on the other hand i work 5.5 hours, this somehow means i worked 330 minutes, and when i write it down this means not really 5.5 but 5.30.
Its so fucking complicated? Why don't just take 100 and be done, everything ads up nicley?
Agreed, I hate KPH, Im a MPH guy and in Formula 1 its all KPM so i dont know how fast they're going.
I blame the EU
Oliver Cruz
its the kikes, look up the height of washington monument
Dylan Lopez
Wait no i dont agree REEEEEEEEEEEE
Burger/Anglo system 4 lyf
Angel Miller
>When i worked in germany i could work 5.5 hours which is 550 minutes >In america on the other hand i work 5.5 hours, this somehow means i worked 330 minutes wat
Jaxson Cook
>the metric system uses time differently than Imperial What
Wyatt Russell
>WAHHHAHAHHA IT'S SO COMPLICATED TO ME
>You're retarded for not using something a simpler measurement grammar I to accommodate my plebeian commie-fried brain.
Henry Williams
>arbitrarily designating things based on water >he doesn't use eV to describe everything >not setting meters = seconds if you're not a theoretical physicist don't even bother talking about units m8
Cameron Torres
how many miles away is the moon again?
Kayden Howard
>how do I memorize it same way you memorize the times tables and school, kid
Henry Allen
>Germany uses metric time Not even France uses that shit and they invented it.
Oliver Stewart
>time is perceived differently and somehow German people work more minutes in 5.5 hours.
It explains a lot, honestly, but you should still consider immolation.
Adrian Hernandez
250k
Matthew Richardson
>metric Slave to the Jew-metric
Dylan Gomez
The way we measure height really is retarded, because it's so confusing. Three different people can claim to be 6feet tall but in reality 1 of them would be 183cm (6feet flat), another 185cm(Strong 6 foot, borderline 6'1), and 182cm. (5'11, borderline 6foot.) In Murica they're all technically the same exact height and will argue about it, because some are noticeably shorter or taller than the other. Whereas everywhere else in the world those three people are recognized as being of different heights.
Henry Parker
or you could not be a subhuman and learn both.
Dominic Price
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Jason Wright
Long story short? People hate change. We spend centuries using the British Imperial system. Everyone understands it and can relate to it and since we are the dominant country economically and culturally, we saw no reason to change. Is it backwards? Sure. It means one the rare occasions I drive in Canada, I have to drive at a ridiculously slow speed with higher number s than I'm used to. It means we backwards Americans don't always understand what everyone else means when the talk about temperature, distance or liquid capacity. But then, we never had a n airliner fall out of the sky because someone confused liters for gallons during the transition. That happened in Canada. Twice.
Ian Stewart
If metric is so great, why do we not use metric time?
John Turner
Time is measured the same in both metric and imperial.
Lucas Sanders
>And even worse is the time. When i worked in germany i could work 5.5 hours which is 550 minutes and i could just put down five and a half and be done.
10/10 OP
Liam Bell
Both systems are arbitrary, you bunch of imbeciles.
Chase Collins
Imperial is popular because it uses real-world quantities that people experience on a daily basis.
A meter is based originally on a fraction of the distance from the north pole to equator and currently on the distance light travels in an extremely tiny fraction of a second. Those are great for science, but neither are quantities which the average person can easily imagine in a relatable way. On the other hand, the foot is immediately relatable - approximately the size of the average human foot. A yard is three feet, about the length of a single pace. It's nowhere near the exactness that science would require, but right away you can quickly and easily estimate distance simply by walking it. A liter or milliliter of water is arbitrary for the average person and generally not a very useful amount, a cup of water is immediately understandable.
As for the time, I have no idea what nonsense you're spouting there. Literally nobody in the world does anything remotely like that.
Michael Williams
>The way we measure height really is retarded, because it's so confusing.
subhumanly retarted but good for memes.
>In metric, one milliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weighs one gram, and requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade, which is 1% of the difference betwen its freezing point, and its boiling point.
PEAK IMPLICIT
Robert Gomez
>10 milimeters is 1 centimeter >10 centimeters is 1 decimeter >10 decimeter is 1 meter >10 meter is 1 decameter >10 decameter is 1 hectometer >10 hectometer is 1 kilometer
this is the metric system for measuring distance, its the same for measuring weight and fluids. so now you americans know how it works. never forget it.
Justin Adams
>Both systems are arbitrary
no they are not,!!!!!! read OP 2nd sentance again. Translating from mph to kmh makes me pissed of with your stone age measurements...at least you dont drive on the wrong side of the road.
>its the kikes, look up the height of washington monument
yikes, what was it again?
Christian Sullivan
>implying we dont use metric here
Well, parts of Kentucky do.
Logan Campbell
Wait, what the fuck are you trying to tell em there's places that have hundred minute hours? That's bullshit. Anyway, you're arguing the difference a between a practical system of measure and a scientific system of measure. And for most people most of the time the more practical system will be better. The relation of one unit to another doesn't matter if the unit itself isn't useful.
Brandon Jenkins
> Wait, what the fuck are you trying to tell em there's places that have hundred minute hours? That's bullshit.
We have 100 minutes in a hour you fucking idiot, thats why we get so much work done.
Andrew Cooper
My country officially aligns with metric, but you can ask any canadian how tall they are and they'll all give you a measurement in feet and inches. We also measure volume in cups.
Wyatt Torres
some companies really do that, it is called "Industrieminuten" (~"industrial/industry minutes") where 100 minutes = 1 hour
the more, the better if a word has less than 100 letters, it is not grossdeutsch enough the same applies to minutes
Ryan Cruz
Huh. I mean, base 10 is pretty useful, but it seems like having to convert time back for pretty much anything not involved in your company would be just as much a hassle.
Gabriel Rodriguez
Here's a hint: 432^2 = the speed of light in miles/second
I can't imagine you realize the significance.
Dylan Adams
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Colton Rogers
>why is the most successful country in the history of the earth, the foundation of the world economy, using such a silly system
This is how silly you metricians sound.
You don't fix what ain't broke.
Samuel Stewart
In germany 1 hour is 100 meters and 1 meter is exactly 100 seconds, while in america everything is mixed up.
Justin Wilson
>You don't fix what ain't broke. then why do the entire military and all scientists in the US use the metric system?
Jose Cruz
That's what I mean. All the important industries already adapted, who cares about the general population?
By your logic, the entire world should only learn English since it dominates international commerce. But clearly there are more reasons to keep the language diversity than otherwise, partly because it simply isn't a problem at the local level.
Christopher Gutierrez
Because in farhenheit, we have more degrees than you. Joking aside tho, metric bastards talk about mass like they know what it is, when the fucking wiki page says scientists don't even agree on what it means. So what is a kilogram? Weight? Density? Matter? Volume? Flattards argue about it all the time, and as far as I can see, our system out systems you and your decimal garbage any day. Metric was created to try and simplify things, then the SI was created to hide conspiracy related shit. That should be a good summation. Good luck on your journeys.
Aaron Miller
do you see us shitposting about how we wan't you to use our system? no. you don't see it. faggot.
Thomas Clark
But I digress, the point here is that our system is based on real world observations that have been simplified, not some made up shit. 1 pound of water raised 1 degree farhenheit is 1 BTU. So fuck off. Your system has just as many as ours.
Levi Hughes
The Imperial system works for us. No reason to change it. We use both systems here interchangeably anyway. We buy gallons and liters and the imperial system makes more sense for distance than metric (1,000 two step paces ~ 1 mile)
Besides, there's nothing stopping you from learning both systems which is what we do here in America.
Carter Peterson
No, because there is no single logical reason to use your shitty system.
Ian Martin
kek
Josiah Bell
>n metric, one milliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weighs one gram, and requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade, which is 1% of the difference betwen its freezing point, and its boiling point. An amount of hydrogen weighing the same amount has exactly one mole of atoms in it. i think my school life would have been much easier if someone had explained that to me this way. i never did well in science and math because nothing made sense. thanks for the general knowledge, user
Kayden Mitchell
And our time is based on the real world as well, in divisions. 60 minutes, 360 degrees compass bearing, 24 hour solar cycle, our shit has realistic. It's not hard to jump around and understand why we use our system just like it's not hard to jump around to understand yours. Ours just so happens to be based in reality.
Oliver Perry
>By your logic, the entire world should only learn English since it dominates international commerce stop reading my mind! :) and to be honest everyone is already doing it: in the past French children were taught German at school and the Germans were taught French - nowadays both are learning English
Zachary Thomas
UK space agency courtesy of Jeb the kerbal.
Ian Sanchez
I like both systems. Both systems are nice!
Ayden Wilson
why tho?
Luis Powell
>In metric, one milliter of IMPURE water
ftfy
Lucas Perry
American SAE and British imperial are not the same...
To be honest, everyone that wants to do business does learn English. Not to mention every country to some extent teaches it to their kids.
Jayden Roberts
Fuck off euro nigger Take your globalist republican garbage I'll keep my British imperial system GOD SAVE PUR GRACIOUS MILE LONG LIVE OUR NOBLE FAHRENHEIT GOD SAVE THE POUND
Liam Jackson
Metric can be handy but once I started working in precision fabrication stuff for a while I had no issue with imperial. The fractions can be handy and when you start getting down to very fine measurements, you use thousandths of an inch anyway.
Sebastian Clark
Celsius is much better but I agree with the rest.
Owen Rodriguez
Like, just jewgle "x to y", imperial was fine, but is outdated.
Thomas Ward
Just as anyone that wants to do science learns metric.
(lol, "do science")
But it shouldn't be forced. Having more than English and more than metric helps.
I think I can speak for all of Sup Forums when I say we can all agree that diversity is our strength.
Jonathan Flores
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Isaiah Murphy
You're a retard globalist shill Fahrenheit is superior and is the system HM the queen grew up with and used exclusively for the majority of her life
Jack Brooks
The Empire State Building is fine, but is outdated
Benjamin Butler
BrE water =/= AmE water BrE - H2O AmE - bear that's why the metric system doesn't work for murricans
Noah Walker
>Celsius is much better No, it isn't. What the difference between 30 and 70 degrees? Enough to kill you. Why is your scale so small?
Jackson Parker
>We have 100 minutes in a hour you fucking idiot, thats why we get so much work done.
Holocaust deniers btfo!
Brandon Walker
Exactly! I posted a link further up you can read if you want about why it's easier, but for those who don't click it, it basically says it's easier using the imperial system because it's based on everyday thing we interact with
Jackson Baker
Well fuck we need new dirt, cause it's old.
Luke Martinez
Hardly, that is the standard measurement here, its just what I know. I've ended up with a fucked up mix of both systems.
Charles Baker
Both systems have advantages and disadvantages. If you want to know more then feel free to look into it yourself.
Also >And even worse is the time. When i worked in germany i could work 5.5 hours which is 550 minutes and i could just put down five and a half and be done. In america on the other hand i work 5.5 hours, this somehow means i worked 330 minutes, and when i write it down this means not really 5.5 but 5.30. I think I just became stupider reading that, I think everyone in this thread is dumber for you having written that out.
Moon missions were mostly done with metric so it's a rather poor argument. Stop using it.
Zachary Peterson
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Benjamin Jones
all the real scientists use kelvin anyway
Luis Jenkins
it just works
Blake Cook
>"pintje" >english term stopped reading there
Carson White
>When i worked in germany i could work 5.5 hours which is 550 minutes
what the hell
Zachary Martin
Even Britain got cucked and gave up it so heritage. You invented imperial and gave it up for a sissy faggot French Bolshevik republican system.
Jose Thomas
"English" as in the english/imperial measurement system, not the language
Grayson Phillips
>Needs freezing point to be 0 and boiling to be 100 otherwise their shit memory can't remember 32 and 212
Matthew Torres
standard "pint/pintje" usually is 250ml and not a whatever an imperial pint is
