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?
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?
Doesn’t the reason why the avg US citizen wants imperial units boil down to “sounds cooler”?
Kilometer vs Miles, the
formerlatter sounds easier and cooler to work withCentimeter vs inch, same.
How will they now call a two by four?
It’s kind of the same for the pro gun arguments, it all boils down to “but guns are cool toys!”
Edit: fixed a duuuhhh
A 2x4 is actually 1.5" x 3.5" so you are not standing on solid ground with that one.
When you build a wood house, how far apart are the studs? I once tried to hang a shelf made by/for the European market, it had predrilled holes that were far enough apart that I could almost hit two studs, but not quite.
I read that as “I once tried to hang myself…” and was shocked for a second
6dm
That says a lot about how crappy the imperial system is, really.
Inflation?
Americans choosing the system with tougher math requirements is suprising.
We see it as sticking to what we’re used to… As conservative as we are overall, is it really that surprising?
It’s all conservatives clinging to really outdated and stupid shit
Between the kilometer vs miles, isn’t the “former” here the kilometer? So you’re saying the metric system sounds cooler? But then you went on to say two by four which is an imperial thing… am I confused?
Yeap, they got former and latter crossed
Yeah my bad. I meant latter there, and fixed it… Thanks!
They’ll be happy to know the metric system also has miles.
10 km = 1 mile (metric mile)
I have never heard of metric miles, did you make that up?
Also known as the Scandinavian mile. It is very commonly used in Sweden and Norway to describe long distances.
Before the introduction of the metric system, there were many local miles. Some a bit shorter than 10km, some a bit longer.
Ah, perhaps not as standard as I thought!
Good to know
A “five by ten” I would say, doesnt sound to bad.
I think its mostly ingrained into the population at this point.
You forgot that a 2 by four isn’t actually two by four inches .
It is actually 1.5 inches by 3.5 inches. The 2 by 4 references the rough cut lumber before planning.
Planing. Planning wood is very different.
That, and conservatives just can’t let go of old crappy ideas
Stud wood.
With a wink. Yes, every time.
Then how to differentiate from 2x6? 2x8?
5x15 and 5x20 respectively.