Americans using the Imperial System

[sweggeh]

Is it just getting sad now? Why don't they move with the times and use a system that isn't stupid as ****?

Places in the world that don't use the metric system -

http://img-9gag-ftw.9cache.com/photo/am0BeZd_700b.jpg

In such esteemed company, which are North Korea and Libera.

[Andrei89]

Is it just getting sad now? Why don't they move with the times and use a system that isn't stupid as ****?

Places in the world that don't use the metric system -

http://img-9gag-ftw.9cache.com/photo/am0BeZd_700b.jpg

In such esteemed company, which are North Korea and Libera.

That does not seem like North Korea to me.

[Andrew Wiggins]

that's where OP thinks north korea is, holy shit :lol

[DeuceWallaces]

That does not seem like North Korea to me.

Well you see, that's because Sweg is a ****ing idiot.

[Giaodollo]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/69/ae/01/69ae0104b424acd26a0f5c4a8588befa.jpg

[KevinNYC]

Americans using the Imperial System
Is it just getting sad now?

Idiots posting shit they don't know about is sad. Where did you think South Korea was ? Atlantis?

Beautiful tropical North Korea
http://www.pyongyangproject.org/static/images/january_program_migration_identity_economy_in_nort h_korea_yanbian_south_korea_hamgyong_rason_hoeryon g_chongjin_pyongyang_project_winter_program.jpg

Off by only 3 million meters

[ButterFace]

OP fail :roll:

[nathanjizzle]

op have you seen Korea and the type of weather they have? so how do you associate that geographically to an area that is the equivalent of florida.

[kNIOKAS]

swaggeh guy a typical american.

[ItsMillerTime]

Even though OP is :facepalm worthy, I tend to agree. There is no reason that we shouldn't be using the metric system. It's infinitely easier to learn than our backwards ass system.

[Velocirap31]

I'm a Canadian and grew up with metric, but as a structural engineer, I actually prefer the Imperial system for most things. The loadings are simple even numbers like 15 and 50 psf; inches is easier to picture than mm as well obviously. Your german invented temperature scale is dumb as shit though and needs to change to celsius.

[ballup]

Even though OP is :facepalm worthy, I tend to agree. There is no reason that we shouldn't be using the metric system. It's infinitely easier to learn than our backwards ass system.
Because it's too damn expensive to change EVERY road sign from English to metric. Then you have the problem of cars primarily showing MPH instead of KM, making the overall average quality of driving worse. Not the most sound idea. Murica too far deep to go back.

For stuff like food products and what not, the change is not as bad. Infrastructure is too damn difficult to change though.

[zoom17]

that's where OP thinks north korea is, holy shit :lol

:oldlol:

[BasedTom]

What a stupid thread

1. That's not North Korea
2. Americans do learn the metric system along with the imperial. Walk into a 4th grade maths class and kids will be learning about basic conversions and shit.

[fiddy]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/69/ae/01/69ae0104b424acd26a0f5c4a8588befa.jpg
*allegedly

[Akrazotile]

*allegedly



http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/wsod.gif

[tomtucker]

Even though OP is :facepalm worthy, I tend to agree. There is no reason that we shouldn't be using the metric system. It's infinitely easier to learn than our backwards ass system.

no doubt......water freezes at 0 degrees celcius, much easier then the fahrenheit scale.........and 1000 meters is 1 kilometer, also easier then miles system..........then we have time, 24 hour clock is also better then 12 hour clock, too many misunderstandings can happen.......also why US military uses the 24 hour clock..........why has it not changed in the US, it would make things easier in the long run ..........:confusedshrug:

[joe]

If we did there there would be a worldwide monopoly on measurement systems and the US government would have to bust it. So no.

[Raymone]

Reporting height in cm is just dumb.

"185cm point guard"
"that center is a legit 213.36 cm'er"

[ButterFace]

Reporting height in cm is just dumb.

"185cm point guard"
"that center is a legit 213.36 cm'er"

Well yeah, but so would reporting in inches. We don't say guys are 79 inches tall.

[Raymone]

Well yeah, but so would reporting in inches. We don't say guys are 79 inches tall.

Meters don't sound any better.

"that center is a legit 2.1336 m" :oldlol:

[Joyner82reload]

OP's just mad his country doesn't use freedom units

[tomtucker]

Reporting height in cm is just dumb.

"185cm point guard"
"that center is a legit 213.36 cm'er"

no, you say that guy is 2 meters and 13........just as easy as inches

[ButterFace]

Meters don't sound any better.

"that center is a legit 2.1336 m" :oldlol:

Obviously you are pretty ignorant about the metric system. None of the countries around the world that use it have this problem.

[riseagainst]

Is it just getting sad now? Why don't they move with the times and use a system that isn't stupid as ****?

Places in the world that don't use the metric system -

http://img-9gag-ftw.9cache.com/photo/am0BeZd_700b.jpg

In such esteemed company, which are North Korea and Libera.


:roll:
:roll:
:roll:

[Raymone]

Kobe Bryant, 6'6" shooting guard

Kobe Bryant, 1m 98.12cm shooting guard :lol

[fiddy]

Kobe Bryant, 6'6" shooting guard

Kobe Bryant, 1m 98.12cm shooting guard :lol
Well saying height in meters or centimeters no says the fractions of cms.
Kobe Bryant is a/one meter 98 cm tall shooting guard.

[robert de niro]

Reporting height in cm is just dumb.

"185cm point guard"
"that center is a legit 213.36 cm'er"
it's smoother and lol no need to report the mm, 213 is enough, cm is already more precise than inches, your lowest unit, and just because we have more units doesn't mean you gotta use them, I know must be weird for you


Kobe Bryant, 6'6" shooting guard

Kobe Bryant, 1m 98.12cm shooting guard :lol
sorry that's not how metric works, just one works for everything, we don't need to use both at the same time like in imperial

[DeuceWallaces]

So is this how you get that dumbass to stop posting for a day?

[Raymone]

"six foot six guard"
"one hundred and ninety eight centimeter guard"
"one meter ninety eight centimeter guard"

metric system, much smoother. :oldlol:

[sweggeh]

FYI, I read North Korea from the source I got the pic from. So laugh it up ****, it didn't come from ya boy.

[ItsMillerTime]

What a stupid thread

1. That's not North Korea
2. Americans do learn the metric system along with the imperial. Walk into a 4th grade maths class and kids will be learning about basic conversions and shit.

Sure we all learn it, but unless you go into a math or science profession you don't really need to use it. So we all forget it and go back to measuring things with our feet. :oldlol:

[fiddy]

"six foot six guard"
"one hundred and ninety eight centimeter guard"
"one meter ninety eight centimeter guard"

metric system, much smoother. :oldlol:


one ninety eight shooting guard
one eighty seven or one eight seven :pimp:

[Raymone]

one ninety eight shooting guard
one eighty seven or one eight seven :pimp:

six six guard.

[robert de niro]

six six guard.
how about 6'10.75"

[ButterFace]

"six foot six guard"
"one hundred and ninety eight centimeter guard"
"one meter ninety eight centimeter guard"

metric system, much smoother. :oldlol:

Do you really have a difficult time understanding that last one? It isn't that complicated.

[ButterFace]

FYI, I read North Korea from the source I got the pic from. So laugh it up ****, it didn't come from ya boy.

Everybody else caught it but you.

[NumberSix]

This might blow some minds, but............

America already did switch to metric.

[ButterFace]

six six guard.

Making the conversion rate simpler from cm to m to km is much more useful than you wanting the imperial system for saying height with 1 less number.

[Raymone]

Do you really have a difficult time understanding that last one? It isn't that complicated.

It's not a question of comprehension. It's a matter of the metric system being hideously inconvenient and awkward for listing height in comparison to imperial.

[ButterFace]

It's not a question of comprehension. It's a matter of the metric system being hideously inconvenient and awkward for listing height in comparison to imperial.

K, but the imperial system is hideously inconvenient in just about every other situation, while the metric system converts nicely.

[DeuceWallaces]

In theory it's better for height because it's more accurate when using hundredths of a meter.

[Joyner82reload]

I really hope noone is arguing in favor of the Imperial System in this thread. The metric system is superior in all facets, then again science if a part of my daily life.

[fiddy]

It's not a question of comprehension. It's a matter of the metric system being hideously inconvenient and awkward for listing height in comparison to imperial.
Wtf? You are whole argument is based on the fact that are not used to it? Never go full retard.

[Akrazotile]

In theory it's better for height because it's more accurate when using hundredths of a meter.



Yeah but guys like OP who round their dick sizes up to the nearest inch will be crushed

[ButterFace]

Yeah but guys like OP who round their dick sizes up to the nearest inch will be crushed

:oldlol:

[fiddy]

Yeah but guys like OP who round their dick sizes up to the nearest inch will be crushed
inb4 majority of ISH poster end up with 12cm *****

[KingBeasley08]

we already use metric when it comes to science. we just use imperial in everyday life. hell, the British use some combo of the two still

[fiddy]

we already use metric when it comes to science. we just use imperial in everyday life. hell, the British use some combo of the two still
because its rational and more convenient

[KevinNYC]

FYI, I read North Korea from the source I got the pic from. So laugh it up ****, it didn't come from ya boy.:lol
:banana:
:roll:
:lol
:banana:
:roll:
:hammerhead:

[Andrei89]

"six foot six guard"
"one hundred and ninety eight centimeter guard"
"one meter ninety eight centimeter guard"

metric system, much smoother. :oldlol:

Except, all you need to say is : " Kobe Bryant, the one, ninety-eight Shooting Guard" and done.

When I talk to friend we dont say : " that dude is one hundred ninety eight centimeters tall". just one ninety eight. one eighty two etc etc.

[ButterFace]

Except, all you need to say is : " Kobe Bryant, the one, ninety-eight Shooting Guard" and done.

When I talk to friend we dont say : " that dude is one hundred ninety eight centimeters tall". just one ninety eight. one eighty two etc etc.

Not everybody is as smart as you. Most of us are though, I think Raymone is the only exception.

[Andrei89]

Not everybody is as smart as you. Most of us are though, I think Raymone is the only exception.


Smart has nothing do do with it, I guess we are just used to it.

Raymone seems quite dumb though.

[ButterFace]

Smart has nothing do do with it, I guess we are just used to it.

Raymone seems quite dumb though.

I'm not used to it. I just know it makes more sense and I know I would have no problem adjusting.

[KingBeasley08]

because its rational and more convenient
yea so whats the point of changing to metric for useless stuff. does saying feet instead of meters make a diff? scientists already using metric

[fiddy]

yea so whats the point of changing to metric for useless stuff. does saying feet instead of meters make a diff? scientists already using metric
Believe it or not i think its it will be quite useful for everyday activities.

[ButterFace]

yea so whats the point of changing to metric for useless stuff. does saying feet instead of meters make a diff? scientists already using metric

I think of it as learning a new language. It just makes it easier if everybody can communicate without having to translate everything. If every country in the world spoke French except us, it might be time to consider learning French and relying on it more.

[KingBeasley08]

Believe it or not i think its it will be quite useful for everyday activities.
how so? no one really has problems with distance. big distance is miles. medium feet. small inches

for temperature, 100 Fahrenheit is really f-ing hot and 0 is really cold

don't get me wrong, we could adjust but it really makes no difference either way. as long as all scientists and engineers are using metric, joe schmoe measuring it in other units in everyday life doesn't really make a diff

even the brits don't fully use metric in everyday life. they use some weird combo of imperial and metric. ppl just use what they're used to

[DCL]

the UK still uses miles, not kilometers.

road signs over there are in MPH.

[falc39]

engineer here... born and raised in the US. I can't stand imperial. It was so stupid when my physics courses was using metric and all my engineer courses was imperial. Occasionally the professor would mix in metric to just to make a question pointlessly more difficult. oh yeah, and surveying was the worse... gawd damn I hated that.

[Raymone]

Except, all you need to say is : " Kobe Bryant, the one, ninety-eight Shooting Guard" and done.

When I talk to friend we dont say : " that dude is one hundred ninety eight centimeters tall". just one ninety eight. one eighty two etc etc.

"six six": 2 syllables
"one ninety eight": 4 syllables

Case rested.

[robert de niro]

"six six": 2 syllables
"one ninety eight": 4 syllables

Case rested.
and 2m is still "six six" that's how imprecise your system is

[bagelred]

They tried to switch us over years ago. Didn't take.

However, parts of the metric system are intertwined in our culture. Bottles of soda are in liters. They have 5k or 10k runs. The nutritional labels are in grams...like 10 grams of fat. Olympic races are in meters obviously.

It probably didn't take in America because conservatives thought it was a liberal, communist, socialist plot or something....

[CavaliersFTW]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/69/ae/01/69ae0104b424acd26a0f5c4a8588befa.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/4cadS6Q.gif

[tomSR.]

the UK still uses miles, not kilometers.

road signs over there are in MPH.

and they drive on the wrong side of the road as well............fukking idiots :banghead: :facepalm

[tomtucker]

without cheating......how many americans here can tell at what temperature in fahrenheit water freezes

[KNOW1EDGE]

without cheating......how many americans here can tell at what temperature in fahrenheit water freezes

I believe it is 32 degrees

And why would America spend hundreds of millions of dollars to change our system? To "conform" to the rest of the world? Lol No, I think our system is just fine.

[tomtucker]

I believe it is 32 degrees

And why would America spend hundreds of millions of dollars to change our system? To "conform" to the rest of the world? Lol No, I think our system is just fine.

yes, it would take alot to change it...but the military has alot of power, surprised that they have not suggested the change, most take time getting recruits familiar with the 24 hour clock, and kilometers is also used in the military, right ?.

[SyRyanYang]

It's not a question of comprehension. It's a matter of the metric system being hideously inconvenient and awkward for listing height in comparison to imperial.

Just when I thought OP was stupid (cough*american*cough) enough.

This guy

took it to another level of stupidity

[StephHamann]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGaotz8d6Hw

Op as dumb as Barkley

[BasedTom]

I believe it is 32 degrees

And why would America spend hundreds of millions of dollars to change our system? To "conform" to the rest of the world? Lol No, I think our system is just fine.
How would it take hundreds of millions of dollars? It's not like they need to do studies and research how to convert between the two systems- it is already known, and like I said before, 3rd graders are capable of doing it.

It isn't like it isn't already prevalent in the USA, for example most gyms have the weight in kg listed next to the weight in pounds

[Raymone]

I cringe whenever I hear or read height being reported in metric.

And to a lesser degree, weight.

[KNOW1EDGE]

It would cost a ton of money because all of the books, road signs, etc etc would have to be thrown away and we would have to pay for new ones.

Across the entire united states, paying for materials and paying people to make these changes would cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

And for what? So we can be more like the rest of the world? Pretty pointless reason for my taxes to be speant on conforming.

[fiddy]

It would cost a ton of money because all of the books, road signs, etc etc would have to be thrown away and we would have to pay for new ones.

Across the entire united states, paying for materials and paying people to make these changes would cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

And for what? So we can be more like the rest of the world? Pretty pointless reason for my taxes to be speant on conforming.
For the sake of rationality, it is an one-time effort. several hundred millions of dollars (lets assume that would be the cost) is nothing compared to the military budget of the U.S. Not to mention the U.S. is already loosing money for not converting to the metric system.

[KyrieTheFuture]

It would cost a ton of money because all of the books, road signs, etc etc would have to be thrown away and we would have to pay for new ones.

Across the entire united states, paying for materials and paying people to make these changes would cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

And for what? So we can be more like the rest of the world? Pretty pointless reason for my taxes to be speant on conforming.
Are you under the impression that road signs are extremely expensive?

[KNOW1EDGE]

Are you under the impression that road signs are extremely expensive?

You obviously underestimate the amount of road signs in the United states that would have to be changed. Easily a million, at maybe $10 a piece and gotta pay someone $10 to take the old one down and put the new ones up. There's atleast 20 million on road signs.

Then how many books do we have to change?
How many companies have to rehaul their whole systems.

If you actually put some thought into it, it's extremely obvious that it would cost hundreds of millions of dollars and is completely pointless.

Most ISH posters don't bother to actually think about it, or they can't grasp the concept and enormous amount of money it would cost

[Balla_Status]

Last time I checked all speed limits in England are still in miles per hour and distances are in miles.

USA is 100% imperial. Australia is 100% metric. England uses both. Which country sounds the most ****ed and confusing? England.

Metric system is the best though and USA should switch over.