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Wait, not like that (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That's not how that happened.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago (7 children)

You must think us Americans are just really stupid because we still use imperial, and violent because we'll only modernize our units for weapons, but you're wrong.

We also use metric units for dispensing soda, and measuring engine displacement.

So we're fat and we're obsessed with cars too!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

We also using when weighing drugs!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

Hey we also use it in medicine to treat all those bullet wounds!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

Also, bullet holes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

.500S&W and .50 Browning would like a word.....

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

12.7×41mmSR and 12.7×99mm NATO have no words.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This is a pretty good video explaining why the imperial system in the U.S. isn't as bad as it seems: https://youtu.be/iJymKowx8cY?si=wcyG7yM150e71Rn4

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Just because it isn't as bad a joke would imply doesn't mean it still isn't really quite bad

Base 12 vs base 10 is pretty much the only objective advantage of USC, and it only uniquely occurs in USC for small construction-scale tasks (i.e. the inch-to-foot scale).

I don't think people critiquing USC are unaware of what this video is saying. We just think it's still worse.

source: 8th gen American who would rather switch to SI

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For anyone thinking of clicking the link, the first 27 are all you need to watch.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

let me just pop my 10 mg pills.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Americans use the metric system.... to define the true values of the entirety of our customary measurements!

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