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[Tathanen]

And just for good measure, same "scientifically logical" vs "day-to-day useful" applies to distance measurement as well. Centimeter to meter is a huge jump. And I sure don't see anyone actually using decimeters. Plenty of things are "a foot" long, though. With inches, feet, and yards, you have a pretty fair increase in units for day-to-day measurement.

I don't have much argument in favor of miles vs kilometers, though.

uh no

I think it's actualy counterproductive to be one of the last 3 states worldwide to retain such a complicated unuseable system

It's not really all that much of a problem, though, since the scientific community in the US DOES use the metric system. We just use one for day-to-day, and one for science. Aint no thang!

 

[Milamber]

It's a biggie when I go to the supermarket & look at the Import US aisle & can't tell whether the expiry dates are giving me month or day first.

 

[Salsa]

It's a biggie when I go to the supermarket & look at the Import US aisle & can't tell whether the expiry dates are giving me month or day first.

fun fact: Robin Williams is a huge Evangelion fan and was trying to get a part when there were live action movie talks

 

[Tathanen]

It's a biggie when I go to the supermarket & look at the Import US aisle & can't tell whether the expiry dates are giving me month or day first.

Yes but by wanting to import goods from the US you are conceding its superiority anyway, so I accept your apology.

 

[Milamber]

Yes but by wanting to import goods from the US you are conceding its superiority anyway, so I accept your apology.

 

[Tathanen]

http://i.imgur.com/BidH3.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

What does this have to do with the grocery store.

 

[Milamber]

What does this have to do with the grocery store.

That's my line, really. Date confusion over supermarket products does not make the US superior.

 

[Prophet Steve]

It's pretty easy to bias a graph like this. Look, I can change the subtitle beneath Farenheit to "ambient weather temperatures in temperate regions" and 0-100 is a wonderful scale. How many of us are measuring the melting and boiling points of water in our every day lives? I can even make the date pyramid work, if you use "numerical capacity of units" instead of "quantity of time represented." 12->31->9999. Which is more relevant in writing nice-looking dates, you have more dates in x/xx/xxxx format the US way than the other way, where you end up with much more xx/x/xxxx.

BUT HEY LOL WORLD GROUPTHINK

We are using those temps pretty often in cold lands since it indicates when it is gonna freeze outside. Also, with dates we put a zero for one number dates.

 

[Tathanen]

That's my line, really. Date confusion over supermarket products does not make the US superior.

Just bein silly, mang.

We are using those temps pretty often in cold lands since it indicates when it is gonna freeze outside.

Well sure, which is why I said "temperate regions." Which largely applies to the continental US. Aint gonna claim it's particularly functional beyond that, nor that it's a better scale outside of that latitude range. But within it, it is, which is why the US can get away with it!

Let's embrace diversity! Who wants a homogenized world, anyway! We speak a billion languages that impede our ability to communicate measurement already, who cares if the numbers themselves are consistent.

Vive la différence!

 

[dragonlife]

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[Clydefrog]

That's my line, really. Date confusion over supermarket products does not make the US superior.

I have never seen this gif before

 

[G.O.O.]

 

[Lunchbox]

fucking fahrenheit
I needed several minutes to realize what is actualy meant with "61F"

really?

get a grip, USA, and change to the better side

when whatever country you are from topples us and becomes the greatest empire in human history, we will switch over to your "better" side.

until then, we run this

 

[British Monsoon]

until then, we run this

Ah, more delusions of grandeur.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Now I want a cat beard.

 

[Murkas]

when whatever country you are from topples us and becomes the greatest empire in human history, we will switch over to your "better" side.

until then, we run this

Was waiting for something like this!

It always happens!

 

[iamaustrian]

when whatever country you are from topples us and becomes the greatest empire in human history, we will switch over to your "better" side.

until then, we run this

oh wow. it's a line that makes me laugh hardest in a "pics that make you laugh" thread.
weird

 

[Clydefrog]

pussy touching pussy

 

[Milamber]

when whatever country you are from topples us and becomes the greatest empire in human history, we will switch over to your "better" side.

until then, we run this

I don't think you know what empire means.

 

[nomis]

when whatever country you are from topples us and becomes the greatest empire in human history, we will switch over to your "better" side.

until then, we run this

If by "empire" you mean "e-peen of military spending", then yes. Americuh has the greatest in history.

 

[moniker]

And just for good measure, same "scientifically logical" vs "day-to-day useful" applies to distance measurement as well. Centimeter to meter is a huge jump. And I sure don't see anyone actually using decimeters.

Say what? Decimeter is used all the time.

 

[GhostWriter24]

All your picture proves is that Time Magazine is a shitty publication, nothing more.

Most Americans know full well the negative impact the Middle-East has on our nation.

 

[Clydefrog]

don't defile this pic with captions, thx.

 

[GhostWriter24]

 

[Chris Murphy]

http://i.imgur.com/P9R07.jpg

Very good.

 

[TCRS]

"gooby pls" hahahaha!

 

[Brobzoid]

shoulda said pls

 

[BGBW]

http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/4034572_460s.jpg

 

[Log4Girlz]

 

[smurfx]

 

[Clydefrog]

 

[Maklershed]

really?

get a grip, USA, and change to the better side

I can get on board for the other stuff but the calendar part doesn't make sense. The months are the small part. They should be the top of the triangle. Then the days. Then the years.

 

[Loach]

I can get on board for the other stuff but the calendar part doesn't make sense. The months are the small part. They should be the top of the triangle. Then the days. Then the years.

How many hours are there in your months?

Spoiler

I have no funny pictures sorry

 

[ThaneKrios]

 

[strafer]

 

[Gui_PT]

I'll agree with the metric system being far more logical, but sorry to tell you: fahrenheit > celsius.

Nope

 

[Sofo]

I can get on board for the other stuff but the calendar part doesn't make sense. The months are the small part. They should be the top of the triangle. Then the days. Then the years.

I agree if you look at them numerically, but if you think about it, a day is shorter than a month, and that is shorter than a year. Or you could say, days form months and months form years.

 

[BGBW]

I can get on board for the other stuff but the calendar part doesn't make sense. The months are the small part. They should be the top of the triangle. Then the days. Then the years.

Did you just say months are shorter than days?

 

[damn that's nice]

 

[Maklershed]

Did you just say months are shorter than days?

I'm saying numerically there are less months than days, less days than years.

 

[damn that's nice]

I'm saying numerically there are less months than days, less days than years.

 

[Milamber]

If we go by that logic then lets now make it MM:HH:SS also.

 

[Maklershed]

 

[ThaneKrios]

 

[Kinyou]

When I say a date out loud, I sure don't say "fourteen July twenty twelve," either.

 

[okdakor]

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

 

[shanshan310]

I lol'd.

 

[Arjen]

And just for good measure, same "scientifically logical" vs "day-to-day useful" applies to distance measurement as well. Centimeter to meter is a huge jump. And I sure don't see anyone actually using decimeters.

1 dm^3 is 1 Liter, pretty damn usefull.

 

[Boozeroony]

1 dm^3 is 1 Liter, pretty damn usefull.

1 dm^3 water = almost 1 kg