Submitted 3 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to [deleted]
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/883860ec-4cea-4198-841f-11a92f709115.png
Actual poster from 1917 that made me laugh. A lot.
Also, those motherfuckers are measuring the weight of those balls in kilograms, aren’t they?
Y’all preach about how much better the metric system is because it’s base ten and super intuitive, then measure weather temperature on a scale from -20C to 40C 🥴
Well, yeah. Anything less than 0 is freezing and anything greater than 0 isn’t.
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Fahrenheit makes more sense for human experience… 0 to 100 roughly corresponds to what can be survived for a significant amount of time. Below freezing you can survive without shelter as long as you’re dressed for it, but as you approach zero it gets a lot harder, you really need shelter and heat at that point. Same with above 100… 117 won’t kill you right away, but without some sort of man-made cooling device, you’ll be wishing it would. I say this having lived both extremes, mountains of Colorado in winter, and Phoenix in summer… Honestly, given the choice between 115 and -15, I’d rather have the cold.
Yeah… We do… everyday :/
Fair, but that’s pretty much how a lot of people feel about imperial units, too.
What.
Can’t wait for the day when Uncle Sam to turns brown.
The metric system is a threat to our way of life - Kyle
What ‘has’ we done. Well, they didn’t go to school, that’s for sure. And clearly they didn’t send their kids to school either, as it’s a damn old poster and it’s been more then a hundred years while the US still uses imperial.
I think that’s “he”, not “we”
Lol I’m stupid
There is literally a W right over that H to compare it to.
Yeah, I down voted my own comment.
bluewing@lemm.ee 3 months ago
This is among the dumbest internet arguments ever.
G20/G21. The machines don’t care, my digital calipers, micrometers, rulers, and 3D CAD software don’t care which system is being used. So why should I have my undies in a bunch about which is better? I use the measurement system best suited for the task at hand - whether that’s metric, US customary, or light years.
As for not knowing how many inches are in a mile, that’s about the stupidest internet point ever. No one cares about that, well maybe some civil engineer might need to very rarely care in some unusual situation. The scale of measurement is wrong for inches. In fact, most people don’t care much about the actual distance away something is, they mostly care about how long does it take to get there. The odds are pretty good you have no idea how far it is from your front door to the grocery store in miles or kilometers. But you DO know how long it takes to get there. Whether by foot, bike, bus, or car.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 months ago
People building those machines do
bluewing@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I’ve designed and built those machines. We don’t care. Pick the proper units for the job and go at it.
Malfeasant@lemm.ee 3 months ago
That’s people making the dumb mistake of using the wrong units. They could have just as easily used the wrong metric units.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
So you always use metric, gotcha
bluewing@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Mostly. But not always. Again use what is best for the job. An idea that often fails here.
polle@feddit.org 3 months ago
That rocket that crashed because of usage of different units seems to differ.
LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Oh yeah? I bet you also use mebibyte instead of megabytes!
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Weird how you think inches are only used for long distances and not, for example, making sure a beam is the right length while you’re building a house, or making sure a screw is the right size.
But I do agree that inches are not practical for long distances. That’s probably why people in the U.S. use miles.
bluewing@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Millimeter are not practical for measuring long distances either. And measuring the length of a piece of lumber isn’t a “long distance” either