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Should the US switch to the metric system?
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:16 am
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:16 am
I say yes. Everything based off of ten is much easier than remembering how many cups are in a gallon etc.
What do yall think?
What do yall think?
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Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:16 am to WeeWee
Nope.....I ain't forkin out $2 for a new ruler
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:17 am to WeeWee
Absolutely
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:17 am to WeeWee
When is the last time in day to day life did you need to know how many cups were in a gallon?
If it aint broke dont fix it
If it aint broke dont fix it
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:17 am to WeeWee
I'm in. We should do it like the UK does it, though. Leave miles in place and be fluent in both.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:17 am to Wtodd
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Nope.....I ain't forkin out $2 for a new ruler
flip it over and you will get a more accurate measure of your pecker's length.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:18 am to WeeWee
Didn't we try this once before under Carter? I don't see a reason to switch.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:19 am to WeeWee
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flip it over and you will get a more accurate measure of your pecker's length
For my wife's sake I had it tattooed on it
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:20 am to Jay Quest
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Didn't we try this once before under Carter? I don't see a reason to switch.
I was not alive under Carter so IDK.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:21 am to WeeWee
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I was not alive under Carter so IDK.
I wasn't alive either but I believe there was a huge push towards metric back then that never took hold.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:22 am to WeeWee
I believe going metric would enable ISIS to better measure stuff and thangs thus making them more deadly. Better to keep them confused by continuing to us our f@cked up system.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:23 am to WeeWee
Yes, for the love of God, yes.
Our system is fricking retarded and overly complicated.
Our system is fricking retarded and overly complicated.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:27 am to WeeWee
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I say yes. Everything based off of ten is much easier than remembering how many cups are in a gallon etc.
What do yall think?
It will never happen. Industry is entrenched in the imperial system. It would take massive capital expenditures to change from imperial to the SI system just to satisfy someone's angst for the imperial system.
However in terms of education, us the SI system. It is much easier.
As an engineer I use both with no issues.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:30 am to WeeWee
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I say yes. Everything based off of ten is much easier than remembering how many cups are in a gallon etc.
What do yall think?
Sounds good in principle - and as a scientist I would fricking love it if we went metric -BUT- in practice its going to mean a lot of government spending (just think of all the street signs and government forms that would need to be replaced) - not to mention the thousands of laws and regulations that will have to be written. Not to mention that we've all been educated to use the English system.
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 9:31 am
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:30 am to Scruffy
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Yes, for the love of God, yes.
Our system is fricking retarded and overly complicated.
In the medical field, if my understanding is correct, they already use the metric system predominantly.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:33 am to GumboPot
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In the medical field, if my understanding is correct, they already use the metric system predominantly.
In science metric is used exclusively. (most use "mks" - meters, kilograms, seconds - astronomers use "cgs" - centimeters, grams seconds - which makes no fricking sense because everything is bigger in astronomy - but there it is. (E&M sometimes uses cgs, too)
In U.S. engineering - they use English.
This caused a space probe to crash once.
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Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:34 am to SpidermanTUba
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This caused a space probe to crash once.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:34 am to WeeWee
Yes. It is demonstrably better.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:34 am to Scruffy
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Our system is fricking retarded and overly complicated.
Amen
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