• Standard (Measurement) is fucking stupid.
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[QUOTE=rsynv5;21491656]Imperial makes for a good medium distance measurement. Telling someone it's about .356342 of a meter long is a pain in the ass. Also, there was a time when imperial was logical, the problem is most people don't know the logic, and no one's willing to do the research to figure it out. Oh yeah, and metric is [I]french[I]. Who wants to follow the cheese eating surrender monkey system?[/I][/I][/QUOTE] 356342nm, wow was that a hard conversion
[QUOTE=MaverickIB;21491795]Switching over would NOT require re-education or anything like that. Pretty much every American that has finished elementary and a little bit of middle school should know almost everything about the metric system. There would be no need for re-educating people or anything like that, as anyone that doesn't understand the metric system probably didn't go to school and doesn't understand the imperial system either. The problem is that we have a huge country, with an incredibly massive amount of road signs and such. Going through and changing all of them would cost fucktons of money and time. It's hard to even comprehend how many road signs we have, they're all over the place. Then, after spending all of that money to change all of the signs and stuff, what do we get? Nothing, really. Changing might make things easier for foreigners, but it would in no way be worth the massive amounts of money that will be required to change everything. We're past the point of no return.[/QUOTE] Sadly, I think this man is right.
[QUOTE=MaverickIB;21491795]Switching over would NOT require re-education or anything like that. Pretty much every American that has finished elementary and a little bit of middle school should know almost everything about the metric system. There would be no need for re-educating people or anything like that, as anyone that doesn't understand the metric system probably didn't go to school and doesn't understand the imperial system either. The problem is that we have a huge country, with an incredibly massive amount of road signs and such. Going through and changing all of them would cost fucktons of money and time. It's hard to even comprehend how many road signs we have, they're all over the place. Then, after spending all of that money to change all of the signs and stuff, what do we get? Nothing, really. Changing might make things easier for foreigners, but it would in no way be worth the massive amounts of money that will be required to change everything. We're past the point of no return.[/QUOTE] Our country isn't an island.
well. it's up to you americans. the rest of the world will be finding it much easier and simpler using metric while you use an old system that dates not long after you became a country
I feel more comfortable with the metric system, it's better IMHO... :/
[QUOTE=Kalibos;21491365]oh boo fucking hoo, almost every other country on Earth (see below) had to do that too, get over yourself [img]http://www.tofslie.com/hey/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/metric_system.png[/img] get with the times yanks[/QUOTE] Oh well I'll get right on that. Brb calling congress.
[QUOTE=NuclearAnnhilation;21491249]We cant go to metric because we'd have to overhaul our entire fucking system. It's way too much trouble to even be worth it just so we can please some euro asshole like OP.[/QUOTE] America, great leaders and forward thinkers of the world. Oh wait, I'm talking about the hyper-conservative state that resists change and progress in any and all forms (except rewriting the past to make it more acceptable). NM, I meant the rest of the western world. Sorry for the confusion. [QUOTE=sloppy_joes;21491720]It's based on water, how can it be confusing? Suggest a better system.[/QUOTE] He was saying the imperial system is confusing, not the metric system. AKA he is agreeing with you. All I've got to say is many people in Canada measure their height in feet and inches and their weight in pounds, but that is changing slowly. EVERYTHING else is done in metric though. Speed, distance, temperature, weight and volume. It certainly is much easier to do the math with metric. Tried imperial system in math, NEVER AGAIN.
He said the metric system should be restarted.
We Americans are just too damn stubborn. I'd love to head over to the metric system. I have no idea how many feet are in a mile, neither do I know much about measurements with dry and liquid volumes. Hell, in Chemistry we don't even use the Imperial system. Metric is sooo much easier and for the most part, most people probably won't be affected at all since almost no one knows the entire Imperial system ANYWAYS. I say go ahead and overhaul our system.
[QUOTE=Kalibos;21491365] [img]http://www.tofslie.com/hey/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/metric_system.png[/img] get with the times yanks[/QUOTE] I'll tell you what, we'll do it when Liberia and Burma do.
Trying to teach Americans the concept of "multiples of 10" would have disastrous results unless we got mcdonalds to rename the "double quarter pounder with cheese" the "230 gram'er with cheese" then they'd get it perfectly
As an American I prefer the Metric System. It's a rare day I can tell you how many feet are in a mile. Multiples of Ten vs. Whatever the fuck the Old English made up. I think I'll support metric.
I can use them both and so can most people I don't give a fuck.
[QUOTE=MaverickIB;21491795]Switching over would NOT require re-education or anything like that. Pretty much every American that has finished elementary and a little bit of middle school should know almost everything about the metric system. There would be no need for re-educating people or anything like that, as anyone that doesn't understand the metric system probably didn't go to school and doesn't understand the imperial system either. The problem is that we have a huge country, with an incredibly massive amount of road signs and such. Going through and changing all of them would cost fucktons of money and time. It's hard to even comprehend how many road signs we have, they're all over the place. Then, after spending all of that money to change all of the signs and stuff, what do we get? Nothing, really. Changing might make things easier for foreigners, but it would in no way be worth the massive amounts of money that will be required to change everything. We're past the point of no return.[/QUOTE] I actually have to disagree with you. Yes there's not much to benefit from it, but we do benefit some things. For one, you can put some more people to work. You got people making brand new signs, you got people taking the old signs down and putting up new signs. Now, those few people with more work can go out and purchase more things. What do you think improvements in the nation are for? Not everything that we spend money on needs to return money. So IMHO we're not past the point of no return, we're past the point of giving a shit.
I don't know the metric system and neither does most American's so it would be bad to switch
[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;21492043]He said the metric system should be restarted.[/QUOTE] He meant the conversion to the metric system should be restarted (it has effectively stalled in the US)
[QUOTE=Dr Pepper;21492167]I don't know the metric system and neither does most American's so it would be bad to switch[/QUOTE] If you know multiples of 10, you should know the metric system. That's what it revolves around.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21492118]Trying to teach Americans the concept of "multiples of 10" would have disastrous results unless we got mcdonalds to rename the "double quarter pounder with cheese" the "230 gram'er with cheese" then they'd get it perfectly[/QUOTE] Or they can just rename it to "Royale with cheese"... ;)
what kind of goddamn number is 5280 for a mile?
[QUOTE=Dr Pepper;21492167]I don't know the metric system and neither does most American's so it would be bad to switch[/QUOTE] It's actually incredibly simple, working with multiples of 10 and a logical progression, all based on water. It's actually a very natural way of thinking and it doesn't take long to sort out. It's also much easier to use in math because literally no conversion or division is necessary. Majority of the world's scientists use it exclusively because of this simplicity.
There's also the issue of science. Science, math and engineering is all done in metric as a standard. [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter[/URL] There's a case where confusion between the old and outdated standard and metric measuring systems destroyed a 300 million dollar satellite. Seriously, It wouldn't be that much trouble to change would it? It may cost a fair bit but the pro's would definitely outweigh the cons.
[QUOTE=Dr Pepper;21492167]I don't know the metric system and neither does most American's so it would be bad to switch[/QUOTE] uhm i tihnk there's like 10 americans in this thread who just said they know the metric system and they think it's far superior just because you don't know doesn't mean the rest of americans don't know aswell
[QUOTE=Dr Pepper;21492167]I don't know the metric system and neither does most American's so it would be bad to switch[/QUOTE] No offense, but you don't speak for most of Americans. Also, you probably know more Metric than you think. I know a bunch of measurements just in my basic daily routine are Metric. Such as that can of beans you see in the grocery store has both Imperial and Metric system on it.
Very few people I know even know how long a centimeter is. I hate our customary system. Metrics are so much simpler and easier to use, and it makes it easier to talk to people from other countries. The only challenge with switching would be people getting used to temperature measurements other than Fahrenheit.
The metric system IS easier to learn from the beginning than the other system. That's a goddamn fact.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21492118]Trying to teach Americans the concept of "multiples of 10" would have disastrous results unless we got mcdonalds to rename the "double quarter pounder with cheese" the "230 gram'er with cheese" then they'd get it perfectly[/QUOTE] It's too bad you're wrong.
Move to Celsius or Kelvin while you're at it.
[QUOTE=Cuel;21492355]uhm i tihnk there's like 10 americans in this thread who just said they know the metric system and they think it's far superior just because you don't know doesn't mean the rest of americans don't know aswell[/QUOTE] It isn't even hard to "know" the metric system... [editline]04:11PM[/editline] It's all Greek or Latin roots or something, if you know ANYTHING about those you should be able to do metric fine
[QUOTE=Cuel;21492355]uhm i tihnk there's like 10 americans in this thread who just said they know the metric system and they think it's far superior just because you don't know doesn't mean the rest of americans don't know aswell[/QUOTE] 10 people means 330 million amirite?
Metric is great for measuring things that need to be made or are of great importance, due to how arithmetic is easier with it. But if i wanted to describe how tall someone was or how big my member is, i would go for imperial because of its relate-ability to the human body and the ease of comprehension that comes with that.
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