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Metric system?

Owns you..... how hard is it to understand it that these countries dont use it?

kilograms rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As a science major, I fully endorse the metric system, and I can't stand the American Standard BS. Its very simple to work with, and is more accurate as well.

Add to the list, the UK

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The European Union has finally admitted defeat in its long-running and "pointless" campaign to outlaw British pints, miles and ounces. The decision to abandon plans to replace traditional imperial weights and measures with metric units was announced by Gunter Verheugen, Europe�s Industry Commissioner, who conceded: �This is a pointless battle. . . there was absolutely no point at all in trying to get rid of the particular heritage of one member state.� After a wide-ranging consultation, European commissioners agreed unanimously that beer, roads and apples could be measured in the UK by whatever unit local people choose to use. The imperial cause had become a rallying point for Eurosceptics, especially on the Right, and cynics suggested that the EU concession was designed to soften opposition to the planned European Constitution. The dispute over the UK's right to keep its traditional measurements was at its height when four so-called �metric martyrs� were prosecuted for failing to trade in both Imperial and metric measures. The market trader Steve Thorburn, convicted of selling bananas by the pound in 2001, was the most famous of those campaigners. Neil Herron, campaign director of the Metric Martyrs, welcomed today's news but said he would be continuing the fight to clear the name of Mr Thoburn, who died in 2004. �At last someone has exercised an ounce of commonsense but the disgrace is that it has had to come from Brussels and not Westminster,� said Mr Herron. The UK�s commitment to metric units actually pre-dates British EU membership, but after joining the union the Government announced that imperial measures would be phased out by 2009. The whole saga began in 1969 when the UK metrication board was set up four years before Britain joined the Common Market. The impetus at the time came from British industry as it was thought that a unified set of measurements would ease European trade. Almost forty years later the EU has concluded that trade is unaffected by the discrepancy in measurements; indeed exports to the US may be aided by the inclusion of imperial measures alongside metric on British produce. The European Industry Commissioner now says he cannot even understand why there was ever a movement to homogenise measurements. �When I looked into this matter it was obvious to me that there was no reason why imperial measures should go. And then we held a very wide-ranging consultation which confirmed how unpopular this move was,� Mr Verheugen said. �I think up to that point nobody had really asked the obvious question which is �do we really need [to ban] it?� �Things such as pints and miles and feet and inches are what makes us love Britain. We don�t want to get rid of them. The idea that you could not go for a pint in a pub in Britain is not acceptable.�

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�At last someone has exercised an ounce of commonsense

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.

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Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY As a science major, I fully endorse the metric system, and I can't stand the American Standard BS. Its very simple to work with, and is more accurate as well.

+1

Physics and Math need the metric sytem, it's like crack to them, I honestly don't know why that other shit was invented.

Inches, yards, and gallons all day mothafuckas!

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Originally posted by The17sss Inches, yards, and gallons all day mothafuckas!

Banned!

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Originally posted by Acton +1 Physics and Math need the metric sytem, it's like crack to them, I honestly don't know why that other shit was invented.

Because at the time the Brits standardized it (1824), they controlled 3/4 of the globe.

Click HERE for an atlas showing metrification by date.

P.S. Metric > Imperial, but I still prefer IU for carpentry, etc.

What's even worse is how hard people freaked out when Carter tried to get the U.S. to switch.

I still prefer Fahrenheit to Celsius. Other than that, go go metric!

Good band too; Metric that is.

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Originally posted by Ted Promo I still prefer Fahrenheit to Celsius. Other than that, go go metric! Good band too; Metric that is.

What?

It's so simple! Water freezes at 0 degrees, boils at 100 degrees.

None of that 35 degree silliness.

Also, Metric kick ass...WooT Canada!

have just recently become aware that a "foot" is divided into 12 "inches"

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Originally posted by Dr. DAS Also, Metric kick ass...WooT Canada!

Canada adopted the metric system?

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Originally posted by The17sss Inches, yards, and gallons all day mothafuckas!

fuck yeah...

metrics are for people who like soccer aka suckas

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Originally posted by blacknoizybox have just recently become aware that a "foot" is divided into 12 "inches" Canada adopted the metric system?

Hmmm...not sure if that's a joke so I'll just put this out there: Metric

And yes, we adopted the metric system in the '80s.






*In soviet Russia, system metrics you*

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Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal fuck yeah... metrics are for people who like soccer aka suckas

dont diss socccer , or ill curl a 32 yard shot at you

see what i did there!!

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Originally posted by adi_hanson dont diss socccer , or ill curl a 32 yard shot at you see what i did there!!

indeed

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Originally posted by Ted Promo I still prefer Fahrenheit to Celsius. Other than that, go go metric! Good band too; Metric that is.

That is because you are born and raised on it and use it all the time. If you were forced to change, you would. It isn't hard really.

And the reason we had to "invent" it, is because the US has to reinvent EVERYTHING, including the wheel, before it officially exists and is usable by us. Fucking stupid if you ask me.

Also, I am in favor of switching, but we have far too many dumb fucks that will oppose it. I can see an easy way to change it, but we know that this will cost too much for us since nobody wants tax increases.

The U.S. simply inherited the English measurement system from Great Britain...

Why we haven't changed over yet is anyone's guess. Probably has something to do with the stupid exceptionalist attitude so common in this country.

can you name the other two countries ?

I go by my own system so I could really care less

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel That is because you are born and raised on it and use it all the time. If you were forced to change, you would. It isn't hard really. And the reason we had to "invent" it, is because the US has to reinvent EVERYTHING, including the wheel, before it officially exists and is usable by us. Fucking stupid if you ask me. Also, I am in favor of switching, but we have far too many dumb fucks that will oppose it. I can see an easy way to change it, but we know that this will cost too much for us since nobody wants tax increases.

No. And all that is because you're assuming, which is the mother of all fuck ups

If I were sooo accustomed to the customary system why would I be willing to switch over to the metric system for everything but temperature?

I prefer the Fahrenheit system over Celsius simply because it provides a much more exact temperature measurement imo. The difference of a few degrees in Celsius is drastic whereas it is generally minor in Fahrenheit. I like the exactness of Fahrenheit is all.

would you rather have an 8 inch or 20 centimeter cock?

Using "centimeter" to describe anything makes it sound small somehow.

I think it's the prefix "centi-". Sounds very diminutive.

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Originally posted by stren can you name the other two countries ?

Liberia and Burma/Mynmar

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