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Re: should america convert to the metric system?

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Originally posted by eFeKz i vote yes.

who cares, if they like their fucked up system let them be.

Let them keep the imperial system as a constant reminder of how retarded they are.

Re: should america convert to the metric system?

yes please

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Originally posted by idoru It would cost an incredible amount of money to actually implement any sort of change.

in the world's richest country? i doubt that considering many other nations have been able to do it.

no, its cute

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Originally posted by Nell in the world's richest country? i doubt that considering many other nations have been able to do it.

Yeah, we can definitely afford to just drop everything and change every sign, label, etc. in the country with absolutely no problem.

We're actually planning on doing it this Saturday afternoon along with the rest of our chores.

It's a nice little Saturday we've got planned here.

I vote yes.

/scientific thought

when I start dealing with inches and pounds and gallons, I lose touch with reality.

we already tried converting to the metric system....in the 70s or 60s... i forgot when.

it failed miserably.

there's still a few speed limit signs across the country that are in km/hr, not m/ph.

i'm sure if you googled/wiki'd for it, you'd find out exactly when this occurred.

its a slow process that is slowly permeating our lives. it doesnt appear to be but it is happening.

also below is the sattelite that had the measurement problem

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wikipedia Mars Orbiter The use of two different systems was the contributing factor in the loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter in 1998. NASA specified metric units in the contract. NASA and other organizations worked in metric units but one subcontractor, Lockheed Martin, provided thruster performance data to the team in pound force seconds instead of newton seconds. The spacecraft was intended to orbit Mars at about 150 km altitude, but the incorrect data meant that it probably descended instead to about 57 km, burning up in the Martian atmosphere.

NO. Screw the metric system.

metric ftw. its easy and makes sense. its a sensible change. its base 10 so you cant go wrong with conversions and you dont have so many kids that cant do math cause its retarded.

Do you know what they call a Quarter pounder with cheese in France?

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Originally posted by ZeJayMan Do you know what they call a Quarter pounder with cheese in France?

Royale with Cheese.

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Originally posted by RJT Royale with Cheese.

Look at the big brains on ... you...

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Originally posted by ZeJayMan Look at the big brains on ... you...

Shiiiit negro, that's all you had to say!

Yes, every time I travel to another country I have to convert everything So I can have an understanding on the measurements, speed etc..

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Originally posted by RJT Royale with Cheese.

Mc Royal

yes

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Originally posted by sakabatou AHAHAHAHAHA I like how some Americans know so little. It's not "the american system" or "american" its called imperial. Imperial units are ounces, miles, inch's etc, and metric are meters, grams etc. "...converted to american..." Imperials been there way before your country, and will be there way after lollerskittles Do americans not pay for a litre of petrol at petrolstations, sorry, gas-stops? 2litres bottles of cola? All metric, your system is like ours, you use metric for some and imperial for some. Think everywhere is pretty much the same, as older people stick to imperial, and the younger generation use metric more often in schools etc

Actually, most here refer to it as the English system, which comes from your country. Also, we buy gallons of gas at our gas stations, not liters.

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Originally posted by Groundhog Boy Actually, most here refer to it as the English system, which comes from your country. Also, we buy gallons of gas at our gas stations, not liters.

LOL..owned..

we drink a motherfukking 2 liter soda tho

Should it?
Yes

Will it?
No


Apart from the very basic idea of cultural change for the US population it would cause such deeply entrenched problems that simply aren't worth dealing with especially in the industrial sector.

i dont want a large farva

i want a god damn litre of cola

about the only thing I find useful out of the EU pushing metric into UK is the thing in supermarkets that tell you the average price per kg or litre of stuff, helpful to compare the amazing variety of sizes of the same product (especially when some come in metric sizes or imperial sizes).
beyond that who really cares? Sure it would be nice, but I'd be far happier if someone started a campaign to standardise power plugs.

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Originally posted by tubularbills we already tried converting to the metric system....in the 70s or 60s... i forgot when. it failed miserably. there's still a few speed limit signs across the country that are in km/hr, not m/ph. i'm sure if you googled/wiki'd for it, you'd find out exactly when this occurred.

^^^^

read this.

http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasur...pload/1136a.pdf

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