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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

He wants to do the math twice!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

How much is that in bananas?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I don't get why Americans and some other countries don't use metric system. Guys! x10, x100, x1000 or mm, m, cm, km is way easier than 🦢, ", ', mile, yard or whatever weapon you use to hurt yourself lol. I know scientists get that, but its easy for them to convert anyway. Imagine that 120 cent is 1$ haha

I'm familiar with both, but only use inch for screen size and for some specific pipes that are made in ". And yeah, the guy from the picture is 188 cm tall or 1,88 m. Don't think anyone use 10th of the mm for that and even if they did they would probably say 1879,6 mm

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There's no real reason for it other than familiarity (and maybe some silly tribalism among certain people). I think if switching systems was as easy as flicking a light switch, most Americans would be fine with it. However, the mental effort it would take to unlearn the old system (especially for those in construction/carpentry and similar jobs) and the amount of tax money it would take to change signage just doesn't seem worth it. Personally I'd like to see us slowly update signage to include both measurements and teach only metric in school, but it's so far down the list of priorities that it's unlikely to happen any time soon.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

That is one of the many many ways someone gets shot in American schools.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Man it's been 2 days since I saw this and it fucking gets me every time. 🀣

Now every time I remember how tall I am, I also* remember this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

All these comments, and I'm wondering who would ask someone about their height like this...it's pretty easy to estimate someone's height just by observation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Eh, I've seen it as a smalltalk topic, to just want to know what the height is precisely, especially when someone is particularly tall.

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