Funfact, on the wikipedia article of the metric-system was once written that "all civilised countries in the world have adopted the metric system." Sadly this was removed :D

@GamingKing-jo9py

5 жыл бұрын

That meant the us is not civilized

@turdsalami

5 жыл бұрын

@@GamingKing-jo9py yes.. that's the point.

@Milesco

5 жыл бұрын

@@turdsalami : I'm so glad that GamingKing explained that for us! I never would've figured it out otherwise.

@tiedeman39

5 жыл бұрын

@@turdsalami Except for the fact that the US already adopted the metric system in the 1970s

@daveroll6463

5 жыл бұрын

Jaffa Cakes finally someone who spoke up

America is converting to the metric system, inch by inch...

@estephanyortiz1390

8 жыл бұрын

Well, we use it in science

@Geoff69420

8 жыл бұрын

Fun fact -- the US has already fully embraced the metric system. It's just that it's relegated to subtitles in most areas. If you don't believe me, go drive a sports car with a 5.7 liter V8 engine to buy a 2 liter bottle of Coke and a 1.75 liter bottle of whiskey. And when you get home, play Kerbal Space Program or World of Warships. But do refrain from buying or selling a kilogram of coke. Also, 1 inch is exactly 25.4 millimeters Not roughly 25.4mm, not 25.400000000...001mm, not 25.3999.....mm, but *EXACTLY* 25.4mm . Good for converting lengths, areas, volumes and speeds between US and Metric.

@tpmiranda

8 жыл бұрын

Pokémon Go

@amesstarline5482

8 жыл бұрын

You mean "Centimeter by Centimeter"

@caiqcorrea

8 жыл бұрын

well, acctually 25.3999...=25.4 (exactly). there's a way to prove this, but i do not remember how to prove it.

Girl: I only date 6 feet guys Me with only 2 feet: cries in metric system

@rambosclone8410

3 жыл бұрын

lmao

@sannidhyabalkote9536

3 жыл бұрын

@Rohan like you

@ItumelengS

3 жыл бұрын

,🤣🤣🤣

@potatoperson4645

3 жыл бұрын

POGGERS

@celeridad6972

3 жыл бұрын

@King Noice!

Rest of the world: The metric system is ... America: Bigger than a refrigerator but smaller than a really big refrigerator

@NovaRanger007

3 жыл бұрын

LOL, I visualized this in my mind and it's hilarious..

@corywilliamson6238

3 жыл бұрын

Phineas and Ferb. Lol

@averagefalloutNVfan

3 жыл бұрын

Liberia and myammar:

@LePedant

3 жыл бұрын

We know the metric system, we are taught it in science, since it makes the math easier. Check any food product, the nutrition facts on the back is in Metric.

@pionieresvizzero2224

3 жыл бұрын

America and UK...

What about that other favourite American unit the "Football Field"

@sobanya_228

4 жыл бұрын

But they don't even play football.

@ruebo2817

4 жыл бұрын

Sobanya best comment ever! They play American Football, football is a game with a normally round ball and not with something where you think wether the machine producing the "ball" is still ok

@jaymoseley6216

4 жыл бұрын

Its funny because that's the reason yards are so intuitive to most of us is because of football practice. How many sports are that repetitive and distance centered where everyone that's ever played knows exactly what 10 yards is for the rest of their life lol.

@stevx007

4 жыл бұрын

and also empire state building

@RR-ir6ss

4 жыл бұрын

So true! Hahahahaha

> Be American > Decide you want freedom from the British Empire > Gain freedom and kick out the Imperialists > Keep using the Imperial System to measure stuff...

@jacobguillerey4476

4 жыл бұрын

That summs up the whole revolution actually... They just didn't want to pay taxes.

@fot6771

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobguillerey4476 >be a colonial american >don't want to pay taxes >revolt >pay more tax for defence against previously allied native tribes

@obligatoryusername7239

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobguillerey4476 It was more than that. Forcible housing of British soldiers, a lack of Parliamentary representation, and over reaction by Britain to events like the Boston Tea Party led to calls for independence.

@jacobguillerey4476

4 жыл бұрын

@@obligatoryusername7239 True... But I'm just annoyed that it's most often represented as "the right thing to do" when in medias. That's all ^^

@rodrigosantosvaleriano1859

4 жыл бұрын

Interestingly, Napoleon made Continental Europe switch to drive on the right, so Britain refused to adopt the idea, and the US then adopted to reinforce its non-aligeance to Britain, the metric system though, which is far more useful, they didn't adopt and now Britain did.

I am an American. I work for a Danish company who set up their very first factory here a few years ago. Being Danish, they use the Metric system. As such, despite being on American soil, I handle and work with Metric all day long. Honestly, it is extremely easy and convenient. You get far, far more precise measurements. It honestly really is superior.

@LautaroTessi

3 жыл бұрын

Not just precise. Easier. Not to mention the simplicity of working with different magnitudes in metric.

@sharonjuniorchess

3 жыл бұрын

Halving and then halving again and so on is much easier to do. That's why the other systems evolved. They are all powers of two not 10.

@LautaroTessi

3 жыл бұрын

@@sharonjuniorchess well no. Sure for doubling or halving it will be useful, but that's it. I've studied numeric calculus (that's how computers make calculations) and powers-of-two system is way more difficult than decimal.

@sharonjuniorchess

3 жыл бұрын

@@LautaroTessi actually there is a good argument for teaching arithmetic to young children using base 2 as they can handle larger numbers much more easily and it has very long and sound history of being used to measure and count things. I teach this approach to young children (primary level) and it improves their number sense.

@a.y.102

3 жыл бұрын

@@LautaroTessi SI units also provide benefit when you work with multiple dimensions. For example with mass, length, time, energy, and power: Good luck on trying to calculate power in horse power, with length of one thing is in feet, length of another thing in mile, mass in pounds. On the other hand, in SI units: 1 N = 1 kg * 1 m * (1 s)^(-2) 1 J = 1 N * 1 m 1 W = 1 J / (1 s)

Fun fact... The US actually almost switched in 1793. Thomas Jefferson wanted to standardize measures because at the time we were using a bit of a hodgepodge between English and Dutch systems depending on state. Having heard of the Metric system, Jefferson inquired into it and France sent a man named Joseph Dombey with some Metric prototypes to help demonstrate the value of the new system. Dombey's ship was blown off course by a storm, and it ended up in the Caribbean where it was hijacked by British privateers. Dombey died in captivity on the island of Montserrat and the prototypes were auctioned off, never making it to Jefferson. So that's why the U.S. doesn't use metric in a nutshell: Fuckin' pirates.

@johnharrison7585

Жыл бұрын

Jefferson was also wrong about the French.

@calixthefishkeeper1121

Жыл бұрын

wow had to use the f word there but did u really have to ROLF

@wardasz

11 ай бұрын

Fun fact - US does use metric. The US goverment define imperial units using metric (f. eg. the deffinition of inch is "distance equal to 25,4mm")

@JustCurious.2

11 ай бұрын

No, that's not a valid reason

@Helperbot-2000

11 ай бұрын

@@JustCurious.2 a valid reason for what?

American schools already use 9mm

@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149

4 жыл бұрын

Oof

@kilerman6969

4 жыл бұрын

noice

@rubengivoni6823

4 жыл бұрын

Daaamn

@indevious9659

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t get it

@bigsmoky4729

4 жыл бұрын

@@indevious9659 9mm is a type of bullet.

I'm happy Americans at least use seconds. Imagine saying "I'm gonna be there in 50 times the time an American football flies into a goal from the other side of the field"

@shaftdiggity

4 жыл бұрын

A day is 86.4 kiloseconds. No thanks, metric system.

@Tomartyr

4 жыл бұрын

Americans are so happy you still use Imperial time measurements..

@ruebo2817

4 жыл бұрын

Luke Wunderlin ? You also dont say the gas station 316.800.000 thou away, or do you? You should just regard the units you use everyday, and that arent kiloseconds or thou.

@Tomartyr

4 жыл бұрын

@Nidhogg There is actually a metric time with decaseconds, kiloseconds etc.

@gauravbharatha9110

4 жыл бұрын

Luke Wunderlin u can use megaseconds then it would be 8.64 megaseconds per day

Imperial system isn't as annoying as writing the month before the day in dates Edit : I am not talking about y/m/d I am talking about m/d/y

@notyouraveragecomment1328

3 жыл бұрын

Word!

@alba2162

3 жыл бұрын

Day month year rains supreme

@kokichiouma4777

3 жыл бұрын

@@thetoadoftheturf7516 I agree

@AAlrayes13

3 жыл бұрын

@@thetoadoftheturf7516 Actually I would say the second one. The first one may sound normal in english but it sounds really weird in my language. It's the same as writing the address, we write : building, street, city... not : street, building, city...

@AnonymousCaveman

3 жыл бұрын

@@thetoadoftheturf7516 no you say 27th of January which is why the day is first

"ill be there in a bit" "ok but how close are you" "about the lenght of the screech of an eagle divided by the amount of times i've fired a semi-automatic shotgun in the last 17 seconds"

@abdullahibnadam5816

3 жыл бұрын

This measurement has to be calculated in the ideal condition of a school

@ShustnovikGaming

3 жыл бұрын

As an Australian, this is actually how we see Americans.

@darkiee69

3 жыл бұрын

That's about three freedom eagles and a Budweiser

@Niinsa62

2 жыл бұрын

I was told once that the Finnish word for a mile, whatever that word was, translates as "a dog's bark". Meaning that a mile is the distance a dog barking could be heard. Here in Sweden we have "a stone throw", or "ett stenkast", which is a much shorter distance. Not an official measurement, but everyone will understand what you mean.

@Dwg256

2 жыл бұрын

595

Thank you, that's why it's so annoying when major science channels or documentaries use pounds or miles...

@tvremote9394

8 жыл бұрын

ikr it's infuriating. whenever i see a documentary that only uses imperial units i have to use my phone to convert them to metric units so i can understand.

@siaw0000

8 жыл бұрын

+Allison Koester I think you are getting the wrong point here. Seeing people use imperial units in a science paper or documentary is frustrating largely because the metric system is what people SHOULD use for all science and hardcore math related materials, not just because they are hard to convert for some.

@siaw0000

8 жыл бұрын

+Allison Koester In other words, just because you have memorized how to roughly convert units (big praises to you by the way. I tried but some units are still way too different) doesn't mean that it isn't wrong and moreover, unprofessional, to use imperial units under these contexts. I do get that the director of a documentary or something like that intended for an American audience might decide to use imperial units because it makes it easier to understand for the audience though.

@ZealousX7

8 жыл бұрын

+Xiran Wang That's like saying english should be spoken when talking about science because that's what everyone uses. As an American, we can't just switch over to the metric system, although you're correct in the matter that all science and math related measurements should be metric, it's not that easy. Especially when no one in America uses the Metric System.

@siaw0000

8 жыл бұрын

+Kaneki I'm very sorry to inform you that I can't just fuck off because I'm one of your very fellow Americans living in the States. I knew someone would be stupid enough to assume that I live in China just because of my name and be so racist about it, so I didn't state that to give you a slap in the face. Besides, the metric system is the international system of units, even in the states where we don't use it, it is the official measurement for any science related material, so there's nothing wrong with the word "should". Anyone who goes to SCHOOL would understand that. But obviously you don't because you are an uneducated, racist bitch. Oh by the way, I muted you, so there's no need to reply. HAVE A NICE DAY.

Who needs the metric system when you have donuts per eagle

@endermax195

4 жыл бұрын

Or football fields per gunshot

@jhenwiener9725

4 жыл бұрын

Or pizzas per yee-haw

@david-dn8hr

4 жыл бұрын

@@endermax195 I'm sure thats schools per gun shots

@coolguyx14

4 жыл бұрын

burgers*

@Helperbot-2000

4 жыл бұрын

Nukes per world war

So the French helped the Americans to get rid of the British, yet the Americans kept the British method of measuring things? What a weird way to celebrate your independence...

@thenoob3aerfos850

3 жыл бұрын

AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

@NesrocksGamingVideos

3 жыл бұрын

"Whateva, I do what I want!"

@jakobbauz

3 жыл бұрын

@@NesrocksGamingVideos Yes, obviously. But that doesn't change that it's weird, does it. ;-)

@sushrutmishra

3 жыл бұрын

they also kept the guns~

@USSResolute

3 жыл бұрын

If you watched the video, you would have noted that, at the time of American Independence, the French had not spread the Metric system, so it makes perfect sense actually.

This comment section is basically people roasting the U.S like no tomorrow

@everythingisawesome2903

3 жыл бұрын

😆

@TheFerretofEarth

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much yeah

@JoyImpending

3 жыл бұрын

*cries in actually living in america*

@takeit1229

3 жыл бұрын

As an American, there's no excuse for our stubbornness and it's leading to the US falling behind in math and the sciences globally.

@tanyathon7616

3 жыл бұрын

@Saber Fox This isn't about global leadership, this is about science lmao

When you use „meters“ instead of „bullet velocity of an AR-15 in football fields per fareinheit“ Americans: **confused screaming**

@ianmontgomery7213

4 жыл бұрын

they are metres not meters - you record things using meters.

@myes344

4 жыл бұрын

Dont forget Scoville

@zachwrenn

4 жыл бұрын

@@ianmontgomery7213 I've been writing it wrong for 16 years

@davidyadav2503

4 жыл бұрын

@@ianmontgomery7213 both are correct

@tstcikhthyss

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidyadav2503 No, they're not. The unit is officially defined as "metre" by the BIPM. Similarly for the "litre". And for "deca-".

The problem with imperial system can be simplified by this question: Your foot or my foot?

@tranmanhuc6235

5 жыл бұрын

And do you collect stones?

@sbarz106

4 жыл бұрын

His foot.

@Rogerioapsandrade

4 жыл бұрын

Your gallon or my gallon? Your inch or my inch?

@icarusunited

4 жыл бұрын

And how many pounds as well?

@NoobyBoy81

4 жыл бұрын

Nido Hime but is it ur right foot or left foot

Every time an American says something like “It’s 95 degrees out”, I almost have a heart attack as someone who uses celcius primarily.

@jesusalbertodelorenzosanta9711

2 жыл бұрын

If someone told that to me I'd assume he's talking about an angle

@jessicao-o165

2 жыл бұрын

@@jesusalbertodelorenzosanta9711 like that one joke when Americans say if your cold go to a corner it’s always 90 degrees and when I was younger I’m thinking ??? I also hate how I’m British and we use metric system yet people still say I’m five foot 5 or whatever, I only understand cm and meters. Just say you’re 160 or something, it’s more accurate and we use cm ok our rulers anyway so you should know how to visualise it but you don’t.

@AlphaOmegon

2 жыл бұрын

95 is armaggedon outside

@LowYummy

2 жыл бұрын

Hey guys sorry for the scare but that’s around in the 20s for you, like 25? I’m not good at Celsius but I know most of your temperatures stop at the 30s and than after that it’s unlivable

@LowYummy

2 жыл бұрын

@@jessicao-o165 well yeah but we need to be different so no, we won’t change.

10 millimetres in a centimetre 10 centimetres in a decimetre 10 decimetres in a meter, etc, etc. The metric system makes sense. But the imperial system? 5280 feet in a mile??? 12 inches in a foot??? Huh???

@Smoerni

3 жыл бұрын

​@no name You dont make any sense.

@TheMjollnir67

3 жыл бұрын

@no name A measurement system has to be efficient and quick... What is faster, "converting" 38654 yards into miles, or 38654 meters into kilometers?

@monkeydui7241

3 жыл бұрын

It makes sense when you’re taught it

@monkeydui7241

3 жыл бұрын

Is 5,280 too big of a number for you to comprehend?

@sujoms

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMjollnir67 38654 meters into kilometers , me as a European: Immediately: 38.654 (00) km..... wow magic. :D ( I can even physically imagine the distance, based on my experience).... it would take 38.654 km/h for me to make this way in an hour. I can immediately calculate even how long it will take me to get to a location that is 38.654 kms away from me by walking.... But with the 38654 yards into miles ... I had to look it up on google, and I was laughing hard on seeing how hard it is to convert... 1 yard = 0.000568181818 miles HAHAHAHAHA lol :D .... 1 miles is 1760 yards (facepalm)

I'm doing what one writer below suggested: Since the USA won't switch as a country, I decided to switch my household. Scales are in kilograms, temperature gauges in celsius, tape measures are millimeters, centimeters and meters. My beer comes in .47 liter cans. My bike computers read in kilometers. I'm slowly beginning to think metric.

@agoogleaccount9608

6 жыл бұрын

Kurt Jensen lol .47 litres Our cans are usually 250, 355 or 440 ml

@qwormuli77

6 жыл бұрын

He can convert his household, but he can't convert the grocery store nor the breweries.

@pedroluizb

6 жыл бұрын

@*A Google Account In Brazil we have normally 273 ml, 350 ml aaand 473 ml cans of beer. Weird. Where u from?

@qwormuli77

6 жыл бұрын

In Nordic countries it is 330ml, 0.5l and 1.5l, with a sprinkle of other sizes for thing's like energy drinks. The common sizes change quite a bit from area to area, but at least the units stay the same.

@ImmaterialDream

6 жыл бұрын

I guess we should trust you cus you are an engineer. :o

“In metric, one milliliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weighs one gram, and requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade-which is 1 percent of the difference between its freezing point and its boiling point. An amount of hydrogen weighing the same amount has exactly one mole of atoms in it. Whereas in the American system, the answer to ‘How much energy does it take to boil a room-temperature gallon of water?’ is ‘Go fuck yourself,’ because you can’t directly relate any of those quantities.” Wild Thing by Josh Bazell.

@Meirstein

7 жыл бұрын

The full answer actually is, "Go fuck yourself, I know to throw the spaghetti in the pot when it starts boiling." Seriously, unless you're a scientist who needs to heat one cubic centimeter of water one degree centigrade, the argument is moot. Imperial measurements are much more useful in everyday life.

@armi999

7 жыл бұрын

By 'Imperial measurements are more useful in everyday life' I think you mean that's what you are used to. You can make the same argument about Metric if that's what you are familiar with. Metric has the advantage that behind the superficial weights and measurements you can calculate some amazing things because of the way the system has been built.

@jamescaldwell6205

7 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, but in everyday life, would you say the amount in joules or calories and measure out the fire to exactly boil water? there is no real life application of that (unless you're some extreme scientist). everything else in the metric system is fucking genius compared to the idiotic imperial

@aymericst-louis-gabriel8314

7 жыл бұрын

James Caldwell the metric system is better simply because it scales the same way our numbering system does: in base ten. (Not even considering the coherence of the system that is supper useful when you cook)

@ProfessorTenebrae

7 жыл бұрын

+Meirstein That's cute. For a start - centigrade isn't actually a metric SI unit. Kelvin is. You may convert between them. However, the main point is, at no point have imperial units ever been more useful in everyday life. So you wanna bake. Sure 2 cups of flour seem easier but in reality baking has to be far more precise than, a specific size cup of flour. So I have to have a bunch of randomly sized cups in my kitchen to make american recipes. Why not just use weight? Use grams? I don't have a measuring jug for water? That's fine. 100ml of water is 100g of water . Simple. I can measure water with a scale. Trying to convert american cups in a recipe to weight? Tough. Can't be done half the time. 1 cup of rice will not weigh the same as 1 cup of water. Or flour. 1 cup of bread flour won't even be the same as 1 cup of self-raising flour. Why the ambiguity? Why not just, 250 grams of this flour. Easy. And this makes substitutions simple. Don't have self-raising flour? Measure 240 grams of plain flour, and add 10 grams of baking powder. Or so on. Never in my entire life have I looked at a recipe that has used imperial units and gone, oh, this will be easier. Oh, scooping a perfect level cup of sugar is so much easier than just pouring it into a bowl till the number tells me to stop.

Everyone: maintain a distance of 1 meter from each other People who doesn't use metric system: maintain a distance of 1 crocodile from each other

@joeyk107

3 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't it be 2 meters?

@josepho3366

3 жыл бұрын

Are these people not normal people?

@jerrardbeasley4247

3 жыл бұрын

Are we talking a baby croc or a full grown croc? Do Alligators count?

@forwarduntodawn.

3 жыл бұрын

@@jerrardbeasley4247 Uh.. bigger than a regular croc but smaller than a really big alligator.

@metaltyre4894

2 жыл бұрын

Works for the 'florida man'

"some regard the metric system as a symbol of global conformity". This is maybe the advantage of a system, rather than using individually defined units like the height of your great-grandma, or the length of your uncle's arm

@Helleuw123

2 жыл бұрын

but which great grandma? on your fathers father side fathers mother side, mothers mother side, or mothers father side?

@Eugenetra7

2 жыл бұрын

@@Helleuw123 And even if we define that person, her height would still not be stable during her life.

@kemcolian2001

2 жыл бұрын

what about the almighty smoot?

@abstractn7819

Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, yesterday I was about to miss the bus and had to sprint the last 150 arms to the stop to get in time.

@daridon2483

11 ай бұрын

​@@abstractn7819Next time, try to get to the bus stop 3 thumb-suns earlier

A lot of simplistic comments on here about inches and feet vs millimeters and meters but the metric system ties up a lot more than that. Energy, power, electricity, pressure, force, volume, mass, flow - all are tied together in a logical sense. Simple example - for everyday use, 1gram of water (at 4degC) has a volume of 1cubic centimeter so 1 cubic meter of water has a volume of 1,000 liters, has a mass of 1,000 kg and exerts a pressure of 0.1kg (100 grams) per square centimeter. Easy to calculate and easy to visualize. Compare that with - How many US gallons of water are in a cubic yard, what is the mass in pounds and how much pressure does it exert in pounds per square inch? Or another one - Convert metric tons to grams - 1.3 tons x 1,000 x 1,000 = 1,300,000 grams. Now quickly tell me how many ounces are in 1.3 US tons? The point is, anyone can use metric values without looking up tables, making conversions or calculating anything. Can you do that with the imperial system? Anybody? From your head, not by looking it up..... Thought so.

@KarishmaChanglani

6 жыл бұрын

Preach!

@madensmith7014

6 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons why lots of American kids are complaining about math.

@beth8775

5 жыл бұрын

@@madensmith7014 Honestly, when you grow up with the weirdness, you're just used to it. Most Americans will find it surprising how easily you can do those conversions because the convolutedness is just a fact of life for us. The big reason kids hate math so much now is the ridiculous way it's being taught. 10×10=100 no matter what measurement system you use, but my kids can't do double digit equations without drawing boxes because they aren't *allowed* to do it any other way at school. They aren't made to memorize basic math tables so they just know them.

@chaeyoungsbestie414

5 жыл бұрын

I guess? But also, most people aren’t trying to figure out how many ounces are in 1.3 tons. In fact, that information is completely irrelevant. Kids in the US learn the metric system in science classes and we use the metric system when doing anything stem related. We use our system when navigating everyday things, like driving a certain amount of miles, how many cups of flour this recipe needs, what’s the temperature outside, etc etc. Nobody is thinking “okay so I got a gallon of water but I need 657 ounces so how many more gallons of water do I need??” That’s just not something anybody would ever deal with.... and if they did, the Internet is there for them to utilize and they could get their answer in a couple of seconds.

@michaeldavis2531

5 жыл бұрын

@poruatokin What you just said is extremely arbitrary. No one how cares how much energy is required to increase the temperature of water which weighs one gram, That is useful in chemistry, but we aren't going to use that in every day life seriously and frankly, no one cares. "How many ounces are in 1.3 tons" Who cares, SERIOUSLY!? Who cares. Ounces and Tons have completely different relations to each other. You wanna measure the weight of something small use ounces, the weight of a car, use tons

If I’m going to the US, I might just as well just invent my own system. 1 henry mile is how far I can run in 5 henry minutes, and 1 henry gallon is how much water I drink after running 5 henry miles. I mean the imperial system is basically invented in the same way right?

@omarfazli

5 жыл бұрын

But 'henry' is already a unit ( for electromagnetic inductance)😄

@ramiabdellahmokrane9442

5 жыл бұрын

Genius but " Henry" is already taken

@mohamedameri360

5 жыл бұрын

Henry is already taken, try Henry_69420 instead?

@danielchale6596

5 жыл бұрын

@@mohamedameri360 or XxHenryxX

@henrybricks2953

5 жыл бұрын

using my *OUR* name?

Ted-Ed: * tells the importance of the Metric System Americans: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that"

@josepho3366

3 жыл бұрын

*Americans, Liberians, and Myammese.

Metric is just so much more logical than imperial or other units. I've never understood why people hang onto the other ways.

@goofygrandlouis6296

Жыл бұрын

Brain deficit.

@8stormy5

Жыл бұрын

Because, for almost all applications a person can expect to routinely encounter, insisting upon units only in Base 10 is arbitrary and counterproductive to how humans actually use things.

@adam872

Жыл бұрын

@@8stormy5 well on that basis all measurements are arbitrary to a degree. I'm curious as to the applications you refer to as well.

@aaronthenorm5400

Жыл бұрын

Because it was developed by scientists!

@iqbalindaryono8984

11 ай бұрын

​@aussiefaradayWhat kind of psycopath keep track of numbers using their fingers? /s I can't really think of a scenario where I personally would need to use my fingers over a piece of paper, phone, or any other number tracking device.

I hate it when the Discovery or Science channel tells you something in miles, or uses football fields, or the size of Texas as measurements. No wonder people aren't getting any smarter. Apparently everything is the size of Texas or football feilds. There are no other options, haha.

@GhostInTheShell29

6 жыл бұрын

We measure large volumes with Olympic size swimming pools for some reason as well.

@suntanironman

6 жыл бұрын

There is nothing wrong with making comparisons to better help visualize extremely large numbers.

@jimfrans2547

6 жыл бұрын

then why use texas or american football field? i believe most people living on this planet doesn't know and doesn't care on how big texas or american football field are! most of us believe in universal metric system! please accept that, americans!

@suntanironman

6 жыл бұрын

Jim Frans I'm just guessing here, but since the Discovery Channel and Science Channel are both America-based networks, the shows in question that mikedrz was talking about were probably made in America. So they are likely doing measurements and comparisons to cater specifically to their American audience. Texas and football fields are easy comparisons for Americans to visualize. Many American know how long a regulation NFL football field is without the need to look it up (120 yards including the endzones). It is a good, easy thing to use as a comparison. And before anybody says anything: I live in Japan and I'm well aware that content from the Discovery Channel and Science Channel are shown outside of America. Discovery content is fairly popular in Japan. Often the audio is just dubbed into Japanese and the units are all changed into metric. If it isn't dubbed into Japanese, it will be subtitled into Japanese (and will use metric in the subtitles). And sometimes the visuals are changed as well with comparisons that are easier to understand for a Japanese audience. (Maybe use Hokkaido instead of Texas or what have you.)

@sapturnus

6 жыл бұрын

In Brazil a Texas-sized farm is a medium one. We measure things in Argentinas.

The vikings measured distance in "Hølpråtts". It's the distance you can carry an English peasant woman against her will, while the locals are shooting arrows at you.

@riccobastien3787

7 жыл бұрын

Tore Bolhoej : :-) In american / imperial units it's equivalent to 1 and 7/16 th of a football field .

@Nitro2416

7 жыл бұрын

Where you got that info from? And please tell me it's not imaginary, because it's sounds just too funny for being false.

@rollespil1000

7 жыл бұрын

Nitro2416 It's 100% historically accurate. They measured speed using the same basic element: The number of Hølpråtts a viking could cover in an hour, when hauling his drunk friend around in a wheelbarrow... looking for a better tavern.

@riccobastien3787

7 жыл бұрын

Tore: The precursor of the imperial system !! Only better ... :-)

@KarstenOkk

7 жыл бұрын

This is absolute baloney obviously.

Such a beautifully made video, the art, the animation, the narration, the lesson. And to realize that there are thousands of videos like this on this channel alone, the more people are able to discover these gems, the better. Thank you to everyone who has worked on this channel, i appreciate it whole heartedly.

Last time I was in Myanmar I only came across the metric system on use. It's true that they do not have an official measurement system but the default on use day to day is certainly metric

@pingpong3311

10 ай бұрын

Yep. Myanmar and Liberia are converting to metric. Just isn't adopted as their official system yet.

American: "One gallon of milk" Also American: "Two-liter soda bottles"

@puncheex2

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Who says conversion isn't happening?

@kuniosaiki

4 жыл бұрын

*Litre

@ThisIsMyRealName

4 жыл бұрын

@@kuniosaiki - the American spelling is liter the British spelling is litre

@kuniosaiki

4 жыл бұрын

This Is My Real Name I know but liter looks like litter spelt wrong, very odd. Practically everyone except Americans spell it as litre, just another thing for them to be special at. (I think my Pseudo passive-aggressiveness was lost on people lmao)

@ThisIsMyRealName

4 жыл бұрын

@@kuniosaiki - you should read about Noah Webster and how he changed the spelling of words and why. Just an interesting part of American history. It explains why certain words are spelled so differently. English and "American" English changed because of him.

2:24 "At first, people used new units _alongside_ old ones" An irritating practice that continues to this day in England.

@frisianmouve

6 жыл бұрын

My first time to England: You lost a stone? Why would i care for you losing a stone? Do you collect stones?

@zooker7938

6 жыл бұрын

My, you've grown a whole foot! What? I haven't grown any more feet! I have two feet and have grown 0.3048 metres!

@sycops1

6 жыл бұрын

I believe things like speed limit signs will never be changed from MPH. I remember reading about a study that said the cost just to change the speed limit signs would bankrupt the country, or something like that.

@brandonwiebe2647

6 жыл бұрын

Sycops lol! You’re talking about the US. They can’t go bankrupt they own the global banks. And btw Canada converted in the 70s and we don’t have any mph signs. It takes time to convert but it must be done at some point

@phillycheesetake

6 жыл бұрын

The measurements in the UK which are still defined on the imperial system are ones which don't matter. You only encounter the imperial system when you're travelling, or drinking.

I live in America and see how annoying it is to use two different measurement systems, I'm always having to convert for so many things. I honestly cannot wait until it's switched over completely

@deadeyed2454

2 жыл бұрын

I wont switch. It was built off the imperial system which makes switching geologically impossible or at least way too much to even be worth the effort and money.

@aurexify

2 жыл бұрын

@@deadeyed2454 Other countries used their clusterfuck of measurements but had no problem switching. Last country to switch to metric was Ireland, and it had no problem switching. America attempted to switch in 1975 and if they did, it would be like other countries with no large problems.

@scootergrant8683

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to Britain. We still haven't. As much as people like to say we have.

@samdaniels2

11 ай бұрын

@@scootergrant8683 Ugh, don't remind me.

@Hans-gb4mv

10 ай бұрын

Technically speaking, the US did convert. USC units are now based on their metric counterparts, the definition of an inch is officially 25.4 millimeter. And the metric system is used in so many places in the US already, some units have also already made it into consumer goods, especially the liter if I'm not mistaken. But the moment you step into the scientific world in the US, it is metric all the way. And also some industries are making the switch because converting between units is so much easier.

the imperial system was invented by a drunk dude rolling dice and messing around with a dictionary

@sailorquestion3229

3 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainDangeax To be fair, a lot of people in the past were that.

@chabri2000

2 жыл бұрын

a drunk guy with foot feetish

1 foot = 12 inches, 1 mile = 1760 yards, yeah, that's intuitive AF.

@jasonnoronha4426

8 жыл бұрын

multiplying in 10s 100s and 1000s is sooo much more easier... shift decimals right or left... add zeroes... and then theres 1760yards, 12 inches :|

@Furthea2

8 жыл бұрын

I agree that it's only "intuitive" to those who grew up with it. At least the inches/feet/yards part. Once we reach a mile I've forgotten how many feet there are. I won't disagree with metric being superior, however as I don't use it in day to day life I often forget the names for the different units and will commonly read something in put in meters as "oh, roughly # feet." Luckily we have the internet and readily available conversion sources.

@Cbbdragon

8 жыл бұрын

+Furthea2 still the advantages of universal measurements are too great to put down in words. I would fully support the US switching to the metric system. This is coming from a US citizen.

@EthanThomson

8 жыл бұрын

3 ft to the yard so 5,280 ft

@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece

7 жыл бұрын

As you can clearly see all of those are numbers and most include a "1".

Oh the struggle when I had to learn the English unit when I came to U.S. especially when they added fucking FRACTIONS TO LENGTHS. I mean fucking 1 and 1/16 inch plus 2 and 1/4 inches? This is two-step addition. Why can't it be simpler by just using cm/mm?

@moileboi2947

8 жыл бұрын

+Khalil Santana I eventually figured out that a quart (1/4 gallon) is about equal to a liter, making a gallon a little less than 4 liters. If you were to convert a gallon to liters, it'd be 3.785, making this conversion suitable for everyday life.

@harevaden

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeffy Samuel US can have an idealism just like North Korea and you'd still be proud of that because you're used to worshipping the president. That's beyond retarded.

@harevaden

8 жыл бұрын

Jeffy Samuel idk if you're being sarcastic or just stupid lol. i wish it's the first one

@ogre4375

8 жыл бұрын

if you learn the imperial system first like I did you would know that there is a reason for every part of the measuring system. I personally find fraction really easy and simple. I can see where others would struggle coming off of the back of mm and cm but trust me, it makes sense if you learned it before the metric system, personally I think it's easier but that's just me

@moileboi2947

8 жыл бұрын

Zombie Jesus Lord of Grass I was only ever taught that a foot was around the length as a foot, which I'll admit, is decently intuitive. But, I was never told the reasoning behind any of the other ones. One of my math teachers mentioned an inch being the length of part of a King's foot or something, but that's about it. The number 16, as nice of a number as it is, does not fair well with decimals. I'm assuming the creators of the smidget (I'm going to call it that, because it doesn't have an official name) made it 1/16 of an inch because it made fractions pretty easy, but in a world where we prefer decimals over fractions, it's no longer as intuitive. Personally, I find metric to be much, much more intuitive and logical. Base 10 just works, and it's so easy to create big and small unit words from a base unit. For example, let's say we come up with a new unit to measure, let's say, happiness (not going to happen, but let's say it does), we'll call it a feliz. If I want to represent bigger amounts of feliz, I can represent it with kilofelizes, dekafelizes, megafelizes, or even terrafelizes. If I want to be more precise about my feliz measuring, then I can use decifelizes, millifelizes, or even nanofelizes. It's very intuitive.

USA use the metric systeme in school ! Mostly 7,62mm

@genio2509

11 ай бұрын

America is happy on imperial until it is time for guns.

METRIC SYSTEM: Weight, lenght and volume: 1 meter= 1/40.000.000 part of the Earth's meridian 1 meter = 100 centimeters= 1000 milimeters 1000 meters= 1 kilometer 1 cubic meter of water = 1000 kilograms (i.e. 1 metric ton) 1 liter = 1/1000 of a cubic meter of water= 1 kilogram Temperature: based on the most common element= Water and it's behaviour! 0 degrees centigrade = the temperature when the ice melts (water changes it's status from solid to liquid) 100 degrees centigrade = the temperature when water boils at sea level (turns from liquid to vapor) Simple, intuitive, verifiable, self explanatory. It doesn't get any simpler than that folks.

@renem.5852

3 жыл бұрын

That only applies to the original meter. Meter was redefined to be the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum in 1/299.792.458 of a second. This way it's universal measurable.

@tepesvoda464

3 жыл бұрын

@@renem.5852 True. But how many people will be able to compute that and understand it? It is so much easier when you work with a decimal system.

@drabberfrog

3 жыл бұрын

The metric units are all good except for Celsius because there are only three degrees between freezing weather and a hot summer day.

@tepesvoda464

3 жыл бұрын

@@drabberfrog You are mistaken, you probably never used it. In the Celsius scale water freezes at -1 degrees, and a hot summer day may start at 30 degrees, by no means at 3.

The first time I learned about the US measuring distances by feet, I was wondering if they would also be using elbows. Sounded so freaking primitive, like they haven't learned anything since Ancient Egypt.

@lancerd4934

8 жыл бұрын

I had the same reaction when I found out they still use 1 cent coins. I was at an airport McDonalds and the cashier asked for $4.76 and I gave her $4.75 and we both just stared at each other blankly for like two minutes until I worked out she was waiting for the extra cent.

@bcubed72

8 жыл бұрын

Well, it's known governments are greedy and corrupt. If your total was $4.76 today (because of sales tax), and they got rid of pennies, do you think the gov't would VOLUNTEER to "round down" to $4.75, like they should? Of course not! Getting rid of pennies would increase sales tax, because of the games gov'ts love to play.

@lancerd4934

8 жыл бұрын

bcubed72 That's another thing - advertised prices should include all taxes like they do everywhere else in the world.

@gailcbull

8 жыл бұрын

+bcubed72 In Canada, if the price is .01 or .02, the cashier rounds down. If the price is .03, .04, or .05, the cashier rounds up. And if you pay with debit or credit, you pay to the exact penny. Since most people pay with debit or credit these days, it rarely affects the purchase price at all. So unless you're one of those people who still insists on paying with cash for every purchase, it makes very little difference.

@SrssSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+lancer D, +bcubed72: Actually, the advertised prices around the world should NOT include taxes. That way the people can see how much tax their government is taking from them when it is added on separately. The European countries have an income tax (like we do in the US), a ~20% VAT and some countries have an annual wealth tax (France, above €790,000: 0.55% up to 1.8%). People should know how much is being taken from them. Instead, the government has gotten you used to being taxed at far too high a rate AND you are not questioning them. You are basically arguing for making it easier to collect hidden taxes from you.

We should start teaching American children the metric system in school. Even if we don't go completely metric, it's important to know it!

@LevaniaMeyano

7 жыл бұрын

We do.

@ConcreteAngelx3

7 жыл бұрын

Levithan Be Gaming Not in NY or CA ... I went through the NY public school system and have worked in the CA public school system

@LevaniaMeyano

7 жыл бұрын

Well, down here in NC, we do. We may not use it anything but science classes, we still learn and use them.

@ConcreteAngelx3

7 жыл бұрын

Levithan Be Gaming oh cool

@KarstenOkk

7 жыл бұрын

Here in Holland we were taught the Imperial measurement conversions and even the formula for converting Celsius to Fahrenheit and vice versa. I agree that this needs to come from both sides.

Actually, the UK isn't fully metric. We started changing over in the 1960s (so it wasn't because of the EU!), but never fully completed the process, so we actually use a mixture of both. Packaging and unit pricing are all metric, but road signs are still in Imperial, and most people still tend to think in Imperial units, especially older generations

@huaiwei

2 жыл бұрын

That is a situation I would imagine happening to the US since its first decades of independence, but strangely, the Americans remain more British than the British themselves as far as units of measure are concerned. 😉

@Smithers888

10 ай бұрын

Came here to say this. Road speed and distance still use miles; humans are measured in feet and inches or stone and pounds. Products are all sold in metric with, I believe, only 2 legal exceptions: milk delivered by the milkman and draft drinks at a bar may be sold in pints. (You will also see milk and beer in the supermarket that calls itself a pint, but officially is 568ml [which is the same thing].) Also gotta love the fact way, even with how important we are to the video's thesis, the British Isles are completely missing from the globe images at 1:44 and 4:40!

As an American, this is one of the greatest comments sections I've ever read on a KZread video. I'm cracking up! You people are awesome!

@wiktoriawolny

2 жыл бұрын

indeed, everyone is pretty much kindly (or not so much) bullying you

@vincecomuna

2 жыл бұрын

Truth be told, you are a North American. (: The rest of the America knows how to use metric system 😂😂

@reedr7142

2 жыл бұрын

@@vincecomuna I was using it as the demonym for the USA. I would imagine people from other parts of the two continents would use their respective demonyms (e.g. Honduran, Chilean, Bahamian, etc.). And Canadians are North American, but they use the metric system :) I wish our schools either dropped the Imperial system, or at least taught the metric system. But America like do go rogue on a lot of things the world is mostly doing collectively :/

@vincecomuna

2 жыл бұрын

@@reedr7142 Not really, we call ourselves americans as well. The point here is that if you compare the strenght of the voice of ppl who claim to be americans but belong to tiny countries spread across central and south america vs USA, it will always look like you guys are the ones who have to right to claim to be americans. And that's what you see on the media. But we are just as americans as you are. We live on this continent as well, after all.

Metric System: designed to have properties that make it easy to use and widely applicable, including units based on the natural world. It is a coherent system, and It has a property called rationalisation that eliminates certain constants of proportionality in equations of physics. Imperial System: I can use my thumb as a measuring instrument.

@podroznikzpustkowi4805

4 жыл бұрын

Imperial System: So yeah, there is that thing called football field.

@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735

4 жыл бұрын

"So how long is a football field" "Oh about (XX XX XX) yards" "How long is 1 yard?" "Oh about (X X X) feet" "How long is 1 foot?" "Oh 12 inches" "How long is 1 inch?" "About your thumb length" *"So basically you want me to measure the football field using my thumb about a few thousand times?"*

@Helperbot-2000

4 жыл бұрын

@@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735 *Y E S*

@kuro19382

4 жыл бұрын

Not if your thumb is by any chance slightly different from the official size used to measure how long an inch is. You wanna use your thumb to calculate how big something is in metric ? just measure the size of your thumb with a ruler, if it's let's say roughly 2cm wide you can do the measuring based on that. You have an idea of how much a meter is ? measure your leg, depending on your height it will be about it. You will still have the same variations from the imperial system but if you don't care about precision it is still all good. In conclusion, imperial system has a few downsides and is not intuitive at all, especially if we are talking about converting from one unit to another, while the metric system can be used in the same way if needed and is way easier to convert to another unit (i'm saying conversion as in mile to feet, kilometer to meter, not from one system to another).

@tiagodarkpeasant

4 жыл бұрын

@@cowboylee9457 how many yards are in 500 inches ?

These jokes are so predictable, I’m seeing them from 1.61km away

@AnaRxistBoD

4 жыл бұрын

'r you sure about that? Why not from 1.48km away? Or 2.1km? Or 1,52km? Or 6,17km? Or 1.81km? Btw, appreciate your joke😂

@rj7250a

4 жыл бұрын

@@AnaRxistBoD because 1.61km= 1 mile. Durrrr

@joaomelogago110

4 жыл бұрын

@@rj7250a he could have been talking about nautical miles, or talmudic miles, or London mile, or (statute) mile, or geographic mile or alte Landmeile or any of the tens of different miles that exist and have existed over time

@rj7250a

4 жыл бұрын

@@joaomelogago110 the guy was saying " 1.61km" which is 1 Us mile. And this is the most used mile.

@Hamza-vm9oj

3 жыл бұрын

@@rj7250a you call it the US mile when it was decided in Parliament in the UK to make the mile that length

Even American units of measurement are now defined in terms of metric units. In some countries (like Australia) metrification was achieved by outright banning the sale of measuring devices that used imperial units (though after a while the ban was repealed).

It's so cute when you see a youtube video and they have to meassure things in "football fields" just so Americans can understand it.

4:34 Seems like the animator took Brexit too literally

@shadowwolfcat13

8 жыл бұрын

Your comment made me laugh so hard! Thank you for the good laugh =D

@YamiSuzume

8 жыл бұрын

xD Oh... great

@dandvoracek8692

8 жыл бұрын

I didn't even notice lol :D:D Brilliant!

@matricepeinard7879

8 жыл бұрын

You made me laugh…. here i give you consideration

@KikomochiMendoza

8 жыл бұрын

Nobody noticed in EU haha, (though they did not have to take out ireland)

"I am 6 feet tall" Me: ok, how tall are 6 subway sandwiches stacked over each other?

@user-oo4xu4by3w

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah because 147 centimeters is so much more accurate. Hold on let me line the width of my thumbnail up 147 times...

@pickledgarf

4 жыл бұрын

Lebron Traveled this man gets it

@ferminsulit1549

4 жыл бұрын

1 meter is equals to 3.25 feet

@maximummax69

4 жыл бұрын

Lebron Traveled 6ft is not 147cm?

@nuguland_

4 жыл бұрын

Lebron Traveled first of all, you’re wrong it’s not 147 cm..

This video was very educative.Keep up the good work

I remember that in another comment section one American defended the Imperial system as "being intuitive" with this oh so touching personal story: When his baby girl was about 5 or so, her normal step became just about 1 ft long. He explained to her the basic theory of measurements and she spent many hours and day "measuring" all sorts of lengths by counting her steps while walking. And from that experience he argued that the Imperial system is natural and intuitive, etc. What he didn't realize is that when we grow, our body memory of lour limb movements is based not on the actual length of the movement but on the angle by which the limb had to move. So she would have discovered that the steps she "rememberes" taking when she was 5 are actually different when she performs them at 15. So this demonstrates pretty nicely the inherent pitfalls of using a system based on such nonsense as human dimensions.

I still don't get the point of Imperial system

@Lulink013

8 жыл бұрын

there is none.

@hyrekandragon2665

8 жыл бұрын

It's cultural mainly. Imperial was developed.in the UK, and it is still used there along with metric to some extent, as a measurement that used divisions of the fingers and the hand as some of the basic units. This was done so you don't need a ruler and could measure by hand.

@Fearofthemonster

8 жыл бұрын

except that each hand has different size.

@hyrekandragon2665

8 жыл бұрын

+Fearofthemonster Everyone knows that, but you can estimate using only your hand. On average about half of your thumb should be inch, sometimes more sometimes less. This works for when you don't need measurement s to be exact. So basically for normal everyday life. Metric ia great for when the measurements do need to be exact like in science and building. America actually does use both metric and imperial btw, we just use imperial for everyday life.

@Fatortu

8 жыл бұрын

But I do the same with the metric system. I know my thumb is 2.5cm wide, my forearm is about 50cm, my step is about 1m etc

Metric System > Imperial System

@rusinannuuskija2751

5 жыл бұрын

@Sir AZ i see what you did there

@Bocsaphoto

5 жыл бұрын

When I'm measuring things that need to have a precise result, I use metric, but when I guesstimate how much something weighs or how tall it is, without needing an exact result, I use imperial

@Bocsaphoto

4 жыл бұрын

@Kîng shot yes. Anything wrong with that word?

@-brianflix-6292

4 жыл бұрын

Jayden Bell This comment has no point.

@-brianflix-6292

4 жыл бұрын

Kîng shot Guesstimate is a word that is used commonly where I live.

Literally another other country: I have a 2 meter tall friend America: So how many hamburgers tall is that?

SI units are based on universal constants. Modern metric system is based on SI. Most other systems of units have been standardized based on metric system. So, the issue of inaccuracy due to lack of standardization had lately reduced a lot.

American : ask me where's the nearest gas station Me an intellectual : 10km American : *scream in imperial*

@podroznikzpustkowi4805

4 жыл бұрын

Scream in football fields*

@ilunachan9516

4 жыл бұрын

"intellectual"

@eruantien9932

4 жыл бұрын

Reminder that the US doesn't use imperial measurements, they use "US Customary Units". This is particularly noticeable when it comes to volumes and large masses (an imperial pint is ~568 ml, a US dry pint is ~551 ml, and a US liquid pint is ~473 ml. An imperial ton is ~1016 kg, a US ton is ~910 kg).

@Lex60

4 жыл бұрын

Distance are measured, specially by real American dads, by time. 10 km will be like 4-3 minutes away, depending on traffic and other issues.

@Milesco

4 жыл бұрын

​@@eruantien9932 : THANK YOU! *_Nobody_* gets that right. For what it's worth (for the benefit of others reading this), an imperial gallon is 1.2 U.S. gallons, an imperial fluid ounce is 0.961 U.S. fluid ounces*, and an imperial ton is 2240 pounds (1.12 U.S. tons). _________________________ * (Imperial gallons are larger than U.S. gallons, but imperial fluid ounces are slightly smaller, because there are 160 imperial fluid ounces to the imperial gallon, while there are only 128 U.S. fluid ounces to the U.S. gallon.)

Studying architecture in US. And first year of college had been a disaster. 1foot equals 12 inches? okay, But why do 1 yard equals to 3 feet? 1 mile = 1760 yards? wtf wtf wtf????????????

@jwhine

6 жыл бұрын

It’s not that complicated. I foot is 12 inches. I yard is 3 feet. I mike is 1760 yards. No one knows why but we Americans grew up with it and have these things memorized.

@Baesili

6 жыл бұрын

It's still overcomplicated and not at all logical. Metric uses powers of 10, and ye olde seems to just flip a coin 89414786 times to decide what random number to pick. Is it better to memorize every single value in a system, or just the principles that it works by and convert on the go, without having to google if you forgot?

@dhorto27

6 жыл бұрын

Konrod the imperial system uses base 12, which supposedly is superior to base 10 according to math lovers out there.

@Baesili

6 жыл бұрын

Barry Spaggot i gotta agree it probably is mathematically superior in that sense, but try teaching 12-es to a kid, or memorizing them. How you gonna imagine it? Ain't got twelve fingers, ain't even got simpler symbols to write it down. It's all about the ease of use, just like arabic vs roman numeration.

@pawion

6 жыл бұрын

Actually it doesn't use the base 12 :/ ok 1 foot is 12 inches But why 3 feet for a yard ? Or 1760 yards for a mile ?

Anyone else notice that the Netherlands is treated as an integral part of France here, but when mentioned separately (3:04) it is suddenly located in what is now Nordrhein-Westfalen, western Germany?

" screw you America for not using metric " Literally everywhere

@-Subtle-

2 жыл бұрын

Why do you still believe we don't use metric as well? Is funny to read the comments but, you really know people are just having fun, right? It's not a real thing. We use metric all the time in the USA.

@MrT------5743

2 жыл бұрын

@@-Subtle- Right! I literally don't know anyone who does not know both systems.

Before all this America needs to change its date system MM-DD-YYYY ..wtf ?

@JazzyNym

8 жыл бұрын

Ok will y'all fuck off with that? At least we're consistent. There are tons of countries that write the date differently, and some countries that regularly use multiple different ones which can cause confusion. Stop acting like the US is the only one with a different system.

@yosyp5905

8 жыл бұрын

+JazzyNym But it's the "most important/powerful nation in the world'.

@yosyp5905

8 жыл бұрын

+JazzyNym But it's the "most important/powerful nation in the world'.

@JazzyNym

8 жыл бұрын

Yosyp Barring whether that statement is true or not, what does that matter?

@WeiYinChan

8 жыл бұрын

I know, they just love making life impossible for everyone

yeah the americans are lagging behind...

@wispy9859

8 жыл бұрын

dont blame me i was forced to be born here...

@neogeo1670

8 жыл бұрын

true... but i can still blame your forfathers :P

@neogeo1670

8 жыл бұрын

hehe, well i get the joke

@diondredunigan2583

8 жыл бұрын

Actually we use it for most sciences if not all.

@kataisa3

8 жыл бұрын

and yet the Americans are the world's superpower

I love your videos guys! This is very important to know. Moreover, some countries like mine(Honduras) used both Lb,Km because of the influence of US in the American Continent.

The imperial system is still in place in the UK, when talking about every day life things, we would refer to feet, miles, inches, pints, ounces and such. It is only with specific scientific based scenarios in-which metric measurements are made

I wish we use the metric system here in the us

@AL_O0

8 жыл бұрын

Try converting the units of measure and using for your own purposes the metric system! And maybe more people will follow you and you will create a revolution and in a few decades the us will use the metric system (Highly improbable)

@SrssSteve

8 жыл бұрын

We do.

@Luredreier

8 жыл бұрын

Well, the metric system is just another memeplex, so like other memes and memeplexes you can vote by acting just like everyone else. Of course that's exclusively your own vote, so you might want to campaign for the merits of that vote too to.

@roseg9103

8 жыл бұрын

A lot of people (me and most of the people I know) use the metric system and celsius anyways. It's used in scientific endeavors as well. I've traveled a bit all over the US, and even people who don't use it in everyday life have an alright grasp on the concept. So we aren't completely hopeless, but most can't wait for it to be made official.

@SrssSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+rose g: And what exactly is going to get better if the US switched over completely to the metric system?

1 meter = 100 cm = 1000 mm, how is this worse than 1 yard = 3 feet = 36 inches.

@FlixTV101

7 жыл бұрын

steve b Ikr haha

@erowidoz

7 жыл бұрын

any real conversion is going to require a calculator anyway. how often to you convert within units?

@MeijerMovies

7 жыл бұрын

erowidoz with metric you dont need a calculator.

@chrisk3824

7 жыл бұрын

you only move the comma. For example 98733,4 m is equal 98,7334 km and 987334 cm (I know those are some wierd numbers but you have to sometimes work with those ) and now try doing it with your units on physics lesons. And it makes buing and laa that stuff way easier. The same comes for volume.

@erowidoz

7 жыл бұрын

Vanderpsen I meant to say any real calculation is going to require a calculator.( e.g. how many amps is 12 volts across 447 ohms?) The systems are a scale, whether metric or standard, it's completely arbitrary and doesn't matter one bit.

In Bangladesh, we use "Demetrimperial" system (Desi+Metric+Imperial). We use km's to measure long distances, ft to measure short distances or heights. We use Celsius to measure the temperature outside, but Fahrenheit to measure our body temperature. We use kg to measure weight, but also Monn (Desi or Traditional unit, 1 Monn apprx. equals to 37.324 kg, some counts 40 kg) when it exceeds 40 kg. Our measuring system is totally mixed up.

@fastertove

3 жыл бұрын

...And this is exactly why the world needs global units (Metric being the most sensible choice). The accumulated waste of time must be staggering.

@catman4859

Жыл бұрын

​@@fastertove dont worry. We in bangladesh use metric like breathing. We are perfectly at ease with its use.

@fastertove

Жыл бұрын

@@catman4859 Great to hear that, but people are also at ease using Imperial - that doesn't mean, that it shouldn't be seen as a waste of time.

@catman4859

Жыл бұрын

@@fastertove oh i meant that the people in bangladesh can use multiple units(Though metric is most common in large cases like kilometers, tons etc). And yes, metric units are the best suited to be global units.

Left out some important facts.. The metric system was officially recognized but the US Congress in 1866. Also the US Customary units were not officially recognized unit the 1970s, ironically in a metrication act. The US auto industry operates almost entirely in metric except for consumer data like fuel capacity etc. The US Federal government operates almost entirely in metric.

US : Boiling Point of Water : 212 degrees Freezing Point of Water : 32 degrees Metric : Boiling Point of Water : 100 degrees Freezing Point of Water : 0 degrees US : MM / DD / YYYY Metric : DD / MM / YYYY US : 12 inches equal a foot 3 feet to a yard 1760 yards to a mile 16 ounces to a pound Metric : 1000 millimetres to a metre 1000 metres to a kilometre 1000 grams to a kilogram 1000 kilograms to a tonne It's way fucking easy to convert between metric measurements. The 'standard' system is so unnecessary and too complex, like holy shit! 212, 32, 12, 3, 1760, 16?! What about.... 100, 0, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000 It's why barely any mathematicians come out from the U.S. BUT the U.S is still great in their own way, even if it didn't require maths :3

@ZealousX7

8 жыл бұрын

That's why no good mathmeticians come from the US? Here's a number for you. #1 country in the world. Deal with it.

@rajeshgupta1055

8 жыл бұрын

No. 1 country in what? In crime? In rapes? In wars?

@oithornley7466

8 жыл бұрын

U didn't even mention guns, homophobic, shitty politics, dumb Christians and many, many more

@smooooth_

8 жыл бұрын

+ZealousX7 You see it's comments like this that I don't like. Its exactly why people think we're all jerking off to our own country and nationalistic freaks. I love my country, but we are FAR from the #1 country in the world and if you actually think that, you're extremely naive about the world.

@wakey87

8 жыл бұрын

+ZealousX7 Jesus Christ you Americans are brain washed. If nothing else that kind of attitude will only encourage you to rest on your laurels.

Measuring in Metric system: 1.600 meters Measuring in Imperial system: 1 Star Destroyer Length

@mariosebastiani3214

3 жыл бұрын

Now you'll tell me that a superiority starfighter has a wingspan of X meters...

@HansenSWE

3 жыл бұрын

@@mariosebastiani3214 Only when it has aggroed. Otherwise its wingspan would be X + (----- - X)

@B3Smooth

2 жыл бұрын

I understand the second one perfectly though

@dianamarcekova9615

2 жыл бұрын

Is the 2nd one a Star Wars reference?

@frankbergin5620

2 жыл бұрын

So you think that 1.6 meters would be the size of a star destroyer? Genius

people all around the world: are using metric system USA: I'm gonna pretend i didn't see that 😎

@EHMM

2 жыл бұрын

Liberia and Burma

Other than being a consistent standard, the metric system's greatest power (in my opinion) comes from how easy it is to convert a measurement from, say, centimeters to kilometers and vice versa: Just move the decimal right or left. In the old system this is not the case. Inches divided into 16ths, feet divided into 12 inches, a yard divided into 3 feet and a mile divided into 5280 feet. Converting from one unit of measurement to another is not so straightforward. The sad part is that there was a strong push in the 1970s to convert the US to the metric system but it was deemed optional rather than mandatory.

@damackabet.4611

10 ай бұрын

Metric Is already taught in school, its just only taught for certain things, as metric is used by usa in engineering and science for most part as to avoid conversion problems with allies. Imperial won't be removed it will just be incorporated into metric system for usa, and have both taught for most part at least for numerous years to come. I mean go to a store we already have weird ways of measuring things some in liters and some in gallons and other measurements.

If you want to understand the advantages of the metric system, answer these questions. 1) I have a car with an engine that is 2,600 cubic centimeters. _How many _*_liters_*_ is that?_ Simple - move the decimal point three places to the left to get the *larger* unit of measure and you have 2.6 liters. 2) I have a car with an engine that is 350 cubic inches. _How many _*_quarts_*_ is that?_ Since question 1 took all of 5 seconds to answer, that's the exact amount of time you have to provide an answer for question 2. Unless you already know the answer, you cannot determine it that quickly. _Strike One!_ To move between cubic inches and quarts you must _know_ a measurement they both share. In this case, gallons. One gallon is 231 cubic inches or four quarts. This is _incredibly_ stupid because _232_ is divisible _evenly_ by four but 231 is not. _Strike Two!_ 231/4=57.75 cubic inches in a quart. 350/57.75=6.06 quarts. Unless you can do that math in your head, there is no way quick way to move between smaller and larger units in the English system of measure. _Strike Three!_ So why bother with the old, outdated, inefficient, and imprecise system?

@aaronbarkley81

8 жыл бұрын

Conversion from cubic inches to liters is 60.4. 302 cubic inches divided by 60.4 = 5.0 liters. Simple yes but If you didn't know it you would have to do a quick calculation.

@KanishQQuotes

8 жыл бұрын

Twerk generation might find this difficult

@i.m.strandedinsonoma7170

8 жыл бұрын

The question was to convert cubic inches to *quarts,* using a method that is as simple as cubic centimeters to liters. There isn't one. So why are we still using the English system of measure?

@mbanana23456

8 жыл бұрын

Just multiply or divide it by 12...... base ten isn't inherently better than base 12

@mbanana23456

8 жыл бұрын

Just multiply or divide it by 12...... base ten isn't inherently better than base 12

Imperial 1foot = 12inches 1yard = 3feet = 36inches 1mile = 1760yards = 5280 feet 1pound = 16ounces 1stone = 14 pounds = 224 ounces Water boils at 32°F boils at 212°F Metric 1cm = 10mm 1m = 100cm = 1000mm 1km = 1000m 1kg = 1000g 1t = 1000kg Water boils at 0°C boils at 100°C SIMPLE

@chryslerrodrigooberst-tcha9731

4 жыл бұрын

*freezes

@georgekavvadias3524

4 жыл бұрын

@@chryslerrodrigooberst-tcha9731 Yes, thank you.

@user-if6qp1lw2b

3 жыл бұрын

how many yards is a football field?

@Neno281

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-if6qp1lw2b 105 times 68 meter

@Acromion11

3 жыл бұрын

Freedom is not divisive by 10

Being Canadian we adopted both the imperial and metric, so we switch based on preference. If we build, it's inches and feet. If we travel, it's in km. If we weigh it's in pounds and oz. If we buy food it's in kgs and grams. If we bake it's in cups, tsp, tbsp. If we drink it's in litres, ml. If we cook in the oven it's in ferenheit, if we check the weather we use celcius.

@LautaroTessi

3 жыл бұрын

Man, it sounds so illogical... Like you stayed in the transition. BTW, the bake "system" of cups and stuff is widely used everywhere. Buuut, in bakery you have to be very exact, so many use a regulated vase or a balance for cooking.

@-Subtle-

2 жыл бұрын

@@LautaroTessi so you're saying we don't make bread? We don't bake cookies or any other baked goods? Lmfao! Look, guy, it's fun to joke around about the measuring systems but to honestly believe that people can't bake unless they use metric is so fundamentally flawed. How exactly did the sumerians bake bread 8000 years ago? You're hilarious.

@LautaroTessi

2 жыл бұрын

@@-Subtle- I think you misunderstood what I said. Clearly what I said was another thing.

Imprecisation: you included the republic of genoa in france, when in fact, after Napoleon was always part of Sardinia-piedmont, a nation that would form italy

The fact that this needs a TED talk is sad

@marunomi

4 жыл бұрын

This is not a TED talk.

@thebooboo3269

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t call it sad

@josephlau13d77

4 жыл бұрын

The title should be "Why the Imperial System doesn't matter''

@SmallSpoonBrigade

4 жыл бұрын

It's rife with inaccuracies though. The metric system is extremely arbitrary through most of it's units and the unit that was most in need of reform, time, never got fixed. We could have had 10 or 20 hour days with 100 minutes per hour and 100 seconds per minute. We could have had the even months have 30 days and the odd ones, except November with 31 days and put the leap year day at the end of November. But, that never happened. The rest of the measures are incredibly arbitrary, why 10 000 000 meters to the North Pole? They could have made it any number they liked, 30 000 000 would have given us a meter that's actually convenient, instead of the poor man's yard equivalent. Similarly, Celsius is really bad, it's only valid at sea level under specific conditions. It places the start and end points in weird places where they may not really apply to the location that you're at. Meanwhile, the KG was based off of a physical artifact that had a variable mass. It's not much in terms of variation, but enough to be a problem. The Imperial measures aren't perfect, but once you learn the conversion from the lengths of your personal body to the official ones, it's very easy to estimate things without a measuring device at all. And because temperature is roughly based upon body temperature, it's far more natural to estimate Fahrenheit temperatures than Celsius ones. People get brainwashed into thinking that metric is logical, but from an objective stand point, it isn't. It's incredibly arbitrary and makes mental math really hard. Probably the best example is all the people claiming that metric measures are better, but they don't even understand how to work with Imperial measures. Sure, there's a bit of investment, but there are so many factors that working with it without a calculator in the real world is a treat.

@WwZa7

4 жыл бұрын

@@SmallSpoonBrigade So you don't use seconds in murrica?

Pls USA: - start using the metric system - start using Celsius - start using the 24h clock - start using the date notation dd/mm/yyyy - start using 240volt

@eragon78

3 жыл бұрын

we have 24hr clocks. We call it "military time" here since its most common in the military. but 12 hour clocks arent uncommon throughout the world either. A lot of places have both.

@thatguy7802

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed except the international standard date format is yyyy-mm-dd following ISO 8601 from the international organization for standardization

@SimplyMartin

3 жыл бұрын

Hawaii is trying to pass a bill that would make metric official. Hopefully they'd succeed.

@eragon78

3 жыл бұрын

@@SimplyMartin I wouldnt be surprised if it did given hawaii does a lot of international trade. So being more accustomed to metric would help a lot.

@NuggetOG

3 жыл бұрын

@@thatguy7802 but it still makes sense. why is it mm-dd-yyyy. why do you start at month. it just is retarted

I use old Russian measurements because they fit me perfectly 1 arshin (the distance between my middle finger to where my arm meets my shoulder) is 71.12 cm or 2’ 4” 1 paid (the length of my middle finger to my wrist) 17.78 cm or 7” 1 vershok (you take your index finger and fold it into two , there from the tip of your finger until the bend) 4.45 cm or 1 and 3/4 of an inch That way 1 arshin can be divided into 4 piad and each piad is 4 vershok 1 arshin = 4 piad or 16 vershok For additional measures 3 arshin is 1 sazhen (213,36 cm or exactly 7 feet)

In Nova Scotia, we measure road speed and distance in kilometers. We measure our height, and the size of objects in feet and inches. Our houses are framed with studs 16 inch on center, we know our weight in pounds not kilos, but for all other purposes we measure in grams and ml. Our car speedometer has kph and mph. We say the weather in Celsius, but cook using Fahrenheit. I think we have a bit of an identity crisis going on in Canada 🇨🇦

@thefierybrib

11 ай бұрын

Same ridiculous mess in British Columbia. As somebody not from North America, I find this chaos frustrating beyond words :')

@pingpong3311

9 ай бұрын

In my area, bridge clearance heights on highways are measured in metres, yet local businesses measure theirs in feet.

"There's two kinds of countries in the world, those who use the metric system, and those who went to the moon." NASA uses the metric system.

@bingyifg

4 жыл бұрын

of course they do the one time they didnt they crashed an orbiter

@TimpossibleOne

4 жыл бұрын

The astronauts left footprints on the moon not meter prints

@bingyifg

4 жыл бұрын

@@TimpossibleOne fair enough 😂😂

@Bigus_Dickus_6996

4 жыл бұрын

@@TimpossibleOne the greatest comeback since jesus

@thebooboo3269

4 жыл бұрын

Bing Yi Lee I think there was a bother company using the other units and nasa used metric and they got confused and stuff

America. converting to the metric system, inch by centimeter

@robertking3130

8 жыл бұрын

We changed, in Australia. first to decimal currency in 1966. Then came the change from avoirdupois (Lbs and Oz) and fluid measure from Imperial gallons to litres and finally the linear measurement from yards to metres and area measures from acres to hectares. This was done over a period of, I think, no more than fifteen years and it went smoothly. The biggest confusion, to me, was the change from fahrenheit to celsius temperature measurement. You become "bi-lingual' in the way you think and speak; you can translate the two systems in your mind. To chnge the whole country seems daunting,but it isn't and within a short time it becomes natural

@kk234th

8 жыл бұрын

You know what they say about the metric system. Give them 2.54cm, and they'll take 1.6km.

@AlphaGeekgirl

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert King I remember learning imperial in first term in 4th class, and then the next term, Australia went metric, so I had to relearn weights & measures all over, so I get the 'bi-lingual' bit. I swap in and out every day almost effortlessly from one to another. I think I subconsciously use imperial if I am talking to people older than me, or Americans, and metric for everyone else.

@hannahcheung9636

7 жыл бұрын

Debi Taylor wow so cool

@gh0stsk867

7 жыл бұрын

Nekogami-Crystal more like inch by 2.2 centimeters :D

Funny that i saw this first time 7 years ago and now it just pops up into my feed again? I was literally in my last year of high school when i saw this and now I'm just wokring every single day. How times change huh

Very informative and well-explained video!

I wish we had gone metric years ago. Yes, it's inconvenient for about 25-30 years, but once a generation or so has passed, then it's widely accepted.

@akramegbariya140

8 жыл бұрын

He's American, they talk like they are alone in the universe!

@bcubed72

8 жыл бұрын

Metric is already widely accepted in the US.

@MrBoondaba

8 жыл бұрын

Considering we're the only country that's actually been to another stellar object, it's interesting you'd say "in the universe."

@akramegbariya140

8 жыл бұрын

And you are the only country that used nuclear weapons!

@MrBoondaba

8 жыл бұрын

If we hadn't bit the bullet and used those horrible things, hundreds of thousands of lives would have been lost. So... you're welcome.

1L of water = 1kG, Melts à 0°C and evaporates at 100°C. I don't know what the americans are waiting for, it makes everything easier

@amansaxena5898

4 жыл бұрын

Right, 1L = 1Kg equivalence for water and other stuff having similar density is such a blessing 😊

@kelvinmackinlay7817

4 жыл бұрын

Melts at 0°C?

@makkara_jeesus8100

4 жыл бұрын

@@kelvinmackinlay7817 ice

@zecher2427

4 жыл бұрын

@@kelvinmackinlay7817 ice melts at 0°C

@DTux5249

4 жыл бұрын

It's honestly more because it'd be such a hassle at the US's current size and state Every official document, prescription, streetsign, construction companies gear, etc. Would need to change. It'd be easier to destroy everything and start over

I love the illustrations in this video omg

One thing that confuses me that why some some things uses different units as Standards. Such as: Temperature: Celcius for Environmental Temperature and Faranheit for Body Temperature Distance: Kilometers for Long-Distances, Feet/Inches for Height

It's so easy! I'm American, and I think we should definitely change to the metric system! 10, 10,10 !

@naomi9413

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed, but i wont if i get called rotten crumpets, and spoiled maple syrup! I'm still glad my school converted to metric.

@Jrr592

5 жыл бұрын

Tea and crumpets, anyone? No

@destinyd9287

5 жыл бұрын

I’ll stick to my boi English,he’s getting lonely.

@darutucaruti9980

4 жыл бұрын

Just use it and see the confused faces of your equals

Americans: “yes, Im 5.6 in height” The rest of the world: “visible confusion while trying to find somewhere to convert that”.

@nsa_2876

4 жыл бұрын

Here in Canada, Everyone I know measures height in feet and inches and weight in pounds. Construction materials and various household goods are also measured in Imperial.

@svleda9145

4 жыл бұрын

RightWingRising _ but it’s Canada

@karnosetyotomo5863

4 жыл бұрын

Another american: can you tell me your height in feet and inches?

@svleda9145

4 жыл бұрын

Karno Setyotomo your feet or my feet

@clemradio

3 жыл бұрын

@@nsa_2876 true, even in QC... But apart someone's height, everything is in the normal system. Thanks god our roads are not in miles, would be so confusing...

Only imagine the time saved to teach and apply conversions to one system to the other. Go metric!

Fun fact: The US already officially adopted the metric system, and now their measurements such inch, feet, miles, etc… are now defined by references using the metric system. The population is just pretty slow to understand basics that are new to them… that’s what you get when you have arrogance to believe you’re the best at everything.

(try to) Make America metric again

@iluan_

8 жыл бұрын

America has never been great ;)

@Umirua

8 жыл бұрын

iluan Hernandez That's not what I said, but it depends on how you define "great"

@justchilling4816

8 жыл бұрын

America has never been metric

@Umirua

8 жыл бұрын

Just Chilling Notice how "try to" was in parenthesis

@kracyapple

8 жыл бұрын

+The_Pyromancer but "again" though?

Does it need to be explained? Metric System is matematic, not something like "1 mile is some random number of feet wich is some random number of inches.

@Delgen1951

3 жыл бұрын

A mile is not random at all it is it is 2.2KM. AS all US Measures are Metric based but keeps the Old names.

@teacub5986

3 жыл бұрын

Delgen1951 no they use numbers like 16 and 32 and we use numbers like 100 or 1000 it’s way easier to do math with

@Ledroo

3 жыл бұрын

@@Delgen1951 Bruh please, a mile is 1609 meters, not 1,2 km.

@Justin-pj8or

3 жыл бұрын

Delgen1951 A foot is 12 inches while a meter is 100 cm, its way easier this way to do maths

@reedr7142

3 жыл бұрын

But that would require logical thinking--you're talking about Americans here (this from an American citizen :/)

Exactitude is nice, and I've never understood some family who couldn't see how easy base ten is- what could be easier? OTOH, they remained baffled by how I could not instinctively remember Imperial unit relationships but had no trouble remembering absurd numbers of metric prefixes derived from Greek or maybe Latin. Either way, once you are recording everything by computer, conversion among units should not be a problem for many applications in commerce, and science already uses SI universally, so everyday life can be carried on in whatever units people want. There's little day to day need for global uniformity.

As an American, I wish more people would use the metric system. In our healthcare, it's used throughout the whole system.

Everyone: “omg America is the only country not using metric” Liberia and Myanmar: **looks the other way**

@santiagomerchan9605

4 жыл бұрын

@@joelongo450 the name was changed to Myanmar

@TheOggy1111

4 жыл бұрын

@@joelongo450 then what are you even correcting him/her for?

@TheOggy1111

4 жыл бұрын

@@joelongo450 The official name is Myanmar, so I fail to see how Burma is the more "proper" version? Is it like with the Japanese who have a different name for their own country?

@zoravar.k7904

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheOggy1111 almost every country has a different name for their country in their native tongue, with exception of English speaking countries.

@TheOggy1111

4 жыл бұрын

@@zoravar.k7904 Yeah, I know that. I wasn't sure about Myanmar, that's all.

we're looking at you... u.s. Edit: To those who say "you can just convert", don't you see the irony? that's EXACTLY the problem in this video! And it's made by people who know lot more math than most of you!

@bradskurt5334

8 жыл бұрын

We've officially adopted the metric system, both measurements are taught in schools across the country, we just prefer one over another during some situations, or use both to avoid confusion, just fyi

@XiaosChannel

8 жыл бұрын

+Brad T no it's ridiculous just like your pennies, please stop it's a huge problem for all of us outside

@bradskurt5334

8 жыл бұрын

Xiao'sChannel​ Yeah you complaing about it isn't going to help, but I agree that pennies are a problem, but I don't know how that's hurting you .

@XiaosChannel

8 жыл бұрын

+Brad T they both stayed because people's attachment to them rather than practicality, and longer they stay, more suffering

@uiiiiop3003

8 жыл бұрын

Didn't you get photoshop trolled?

I recall my days in school. Where chemistry and physics problems were given with imperial-like measurements (as in a cup of x y z liquid or similar) and we had to write a sentence, before converting to System International and work with precise numbers

@GH-oi2jf

27 күн бұрын

I can't remember "cup" ever being used in high school chemistry, which I took in the 1960s. Chemistry and physics in the USA mostly used Metric units. You had a strange chemistry class, unless you are calling a cooking ckass "chemistry."

I studied Petroleum Engineering and thus had a lot of touch points with the "American" units. My professor always called it "cowboy units". because they look like being defined by cowboys or peasants.