One of the reasons I hate living in the US (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

Sometimes for classes we'll actually get problems using imperial units and I'm sorry but who tf came up with these?

How many meters are in a kilometer? 1000
How many milliliters are in a liter? 1000
What is the density of water? 1000 kilograms per meter cubed
What is the gravity constant? 9.8, everyone knows this

How many feet are in a mile? 5280
How many ounces are in a gallon? 128
What is the density of water? 62.4 pounds per foot cubed
What is the gravity constant? 32.17

I'm perfectly fine with SI units thank you very much, I don't want to deal with imperial units but we have to sometimes because Murica

 

[Willow]

Ahahahah we could say same for the UK

 

[RandAlThor]

imperial units were first . :)

 

[Administrator2]

I thought gravitational constant was 9.81? Is that different in America as well?

 

[Ahsoka]

I thought gravitational constant was 9.81? Is that different in America as well?

9.8 is basically the same smh

 

[Willow]

I thought gravitational constant was 9.81? Is that different in America as well?

You’re right 😂😂😂
Here it is 9.81 as well

 

[Ahsoka]

imperial units were first . :)

Doesn't mean they're better

 

[RandAlThor]

Doesn't mean they're better

add the natural push back against anything from the continent you see why metric failed in the US.

 

[Ahsoka]

add the natural push back against anything from the continent you see why metric failed in the US.

I know why it failed but that doesn't mean I need to like it

 

[Belgizen]

also y'all use . instead , and it's confusing

 

[Ahsoka]

also y'all use . instead , and it's confusing

See I'm less mad about that because both make sense at least

 

[Belgizen]

See I'm less mad about that because both make sense at least

No
. is what you put at the end of a sentence. There is nothing after that, there shouldn't be

 

[potato]

Ahahahah we could say same for the UK

We really only use it for height measurements now so it's not too bad

 

[Willow]

We really only use it for height measurements now so it's not too bad

Good 🙂

 

[Ahsoka]

No
. is what you put at the end of a sentence. There is nothing after that, there shouldn't be

You guys use it in place of commas though
120.000 for 120 thousand.
By your logic that makes even less sense

 

[Belgizen]

You guys use it in place of commas though
120.000 for 120 thousand.
By your logic that makes even less sense

usually we just write 120000 tho
at least in the great nation of Belgium we do

 

[blueberries]

I don't know if these are american, but what i find annoying when writing in English and online:

- 12 hour system instead of 24 hour system. 3PM and 3AM makes less sense to me than 15.00 and 03.00.
- Putting months before days in dates. 1.31.2020 makes less sense than 31.1.2020 to me.

 

[VillageIdiot]

I don't know if these are american, but what i find annoying when writing in English and online:

- 12 hour system instead of 24 hour system. 3PM and 3AM makes less sense to me than 15.00 and 03.00.
- Putting months before days in dates. 1.31.2020 makes less sense than 31.1.2020 to me.

...the rest of the world doesn't do that...?
WHY????

 

[VillageIdiot]

I don't know if these are american, but what i find annoying when writing in English and online:

- 12 hour system instead of 24 hour system. 3PM and 3AM makes less sense to me than 15.00 and 03.00.
- Putting months before days in dates. 1.31.2020 makes less sense than 31.1.2020 to me.

Like what do you even say??
It's 15 hundred hours o'clock???
Like the military?????

 

[Ahsoka]

usually we just write 120000 tho
at least in the great nation of Belgium we do

What if you have 1200547190