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should america convert to the metric system?

i vote yes.

iii voote that i sleep

and w.e

numbers piss me off anyway so it makes no difference

Too late, would confuse too many people. I've never understood the American system, doesn't make any sense. At least the metric system goes by 10's so it's easy to convert.

I recall hearing about how NASA fucked up a satellite's course and sent it into the sun or something because some moron converted metric to american wrong.

its soooo annoying to mesure everything in miles.... starting to get used to it now after like 4 years..


but we use gallons and not liters to mesure gas in guatemala so im glad i dindt have to get used to that too

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Originally posted by tranceDJ Too late, would confuse too many people. I've never understood the American system, doesn't make any sense. At least the metric system goes by 10's so it's easy to convert. I recall hearing about how NASA fucked up a satellite's course and sent it into the sun or something because some moron converted metric to american wrong.

i heard about that.

wasnt it the hubble space telescope?

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Originally posted by nchs09 its soooo annoying to mesure everything in miles.... starting to get used to it now after like 4 years.. but we use gallons and not liters to mesure gas in guatemala so im glad i dindt have to get used to that too

oh, right on.

I like metric measurements for volume and length. Grams suck though, because 1 gram is too small a base unit. A pox upon grams.

I don't really care. The only problem with that, however, would not only be convincing the country to implement it, but to educate them and change every single label and sign in the country.

It would cost an incredible amount of money to actually implement any sort of change.

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Originally posted by idoru I don't really care. The only problem with that, however, would not only be convincing the country to implement it, but to educate them and change every single label and sign in the country. It would cost an incredible amount of money to actually implement any sort of change.

but it could boost the economy!!!! changing signs! create jobs! LOLOL

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Originally posted by eFeKz but it could boost the economy!!!! changing signs! create jobs! LOLOL

As dripping of sarcasm as your post is, you're probably correct there.

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Originally posted by eFeKz i heard about that. wasnt it the hubble space telescope?

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Originally posted by eFeKz i heard about that. wasnt it the hubble space telescope?

*sigh*

oh fuck off you too, if im wrong its obviously because the c0r didnt post any material regarding the subject

how else would i get my news?

theres no way you'd ever convince the slackjawed yokels of the US to support a conversion. shit, most of them cant even find iraq on a map.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN slackjawed yokels

lmao you made my day

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Originally posted by tranceDJ some moron converted metric to american wrong.

It's called Imperial not American.

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Originally posted by Arbiter I like metric measurements for volume and length. Grams suck though, because 1 gram is too small a base unit. A pox upon grams.

What you on about?

It's the standard measurement for drug amounts (weed excluded)

1+1=window

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Originally posted by tranceDJ Too late, would confuse too many people. I've never understood the American system, doesn't make any sense. At least the metric system goes by 10's so it's easy to convert. I recall hearing about how NASA fucked up a satellite's course and sent it into the sun or something because some moron converted metric to american wrong.

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

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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

rofl. and they call their sports "world series" when its just them playing

this is a perfect example of why metric would never catch on over the "american" system in the US.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN rofl. and they call their sports "world series" when its just them playing

Don't be silly, theres nothing else on the planet other than America, only other countries are Canada and mexico, and somewhere in Utah theres a place called China where all our kids toys are made!!!

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Originally posted by sakabatou Don't be silly, theres nothing else on the planet other than America, only other countries are Canadaand mexico, and somewhere in Utah theres a place called China where all our kids toys are made!!!

Woowho! We made the list (unfortunately we're nothing but trees, bears, snow, and igloos).

Of course we're generalizing here.... I'm sure most Americans know it's imperial not American, they speak English not American, and no one gives a rat's ass about the "World" Series.

I vote yes. It causes all kinds of problems to be on a different measurement system than the rest of the world, and I'm always a bit embarassed when I visit friends in Canada.

But it isn't going to happen. Carter tried and failed. (Then again, Carter tried and failed at a lot of things in office.)

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Originally posted by sakabatou Do americans not pay for a litre of petrol at petrolstations, sorry, gas-stops?

We pay for gas by the gallon. And they're gas stations.

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Originally posted by Cobalt I vote yes. It causes all kinds of problems to be on a different measurement system than the rest of the world

Don't the Brits still use some Imperial measures?

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We pay for gas by the gallon. And they're gas stations.

3.9L to a US gallon.

screw metric. It's all about the inches and pounds!

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