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should america convert to the metric system? (pg. 7)
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by medinaM5
naw it aint like that, but why shud we hop on the bandwagon? the mile, the pound and the fluid ounce are perfectly good measuring systems for length, weight and volume, on their own...Metric: a clever system for clever people. americans=not clever |
rofl imperial is more for the clever. its easier for an idiot to count to 10. its also a lot easier for people to measure cause there is no 16 parts. its 10 parts and its always the same no matter what size of measurement your using. |
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| medinaM5 |
| meh, one day the republic will fall, and the metric canadians will take over |
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| gehzumteufel |
| haha we will be the cause of ww3 imho if we continue what we are doing. |
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| Groundhog Boy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Akridrot
We wouldn't have to change immediately, instead of teaching kids inches/pounds/crap, why not teach them metric and have them learn the older system later? Doesn't that make sense instead of teaching the old way and having them struggle to convert to the new way when necessary? |
Didn't you take any science classes in high school or college? To be honest, in the US, you do need to know both. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Groundhog Boy
Didn't you take any science classes in high school or college? To be honest, in the US, you do need to know both. |
half truth. depends on the field. |
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| Groundhog Boy |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
half truth. depends on the field. |
Not really, just some fields use it more than others. At some point in your life, though, most people need to learn both in America, although less so now that everyone has internet. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Groundhog Boy
Not really, just some fields use it more than others. At some point in your life, though, most people need to learn both in America, although less so now that everyone has internet. |
umm no. i can name a few fields that dont use it at all. IT, construction (with the exception of government jobs), furniture business just to name a few. |
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| wizniz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Marc Summers
iii voote that i sleep
and w.e
numbers piss me off anyway so it makes no difference |
lol add a unit of measurement to that |
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| Groundhog Boy |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
umm no. i can name a few fields that dont use it at all. IT, construction (with the exception of government jobs), furniture business just to name a few. |
I said "at some point in your life." Obviously you missed that school part, as well as the part about some fields using it more than others. It hasn't been that long since I was in school, but we learned both fairly early. In high school, unless you go to a vocational school, you do, at some point, have to learn the metric system. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | 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 ed up a satellite's course and sent it into the sun or something because some moron converted metric to american wrong. |
its not the american system. You guys didnt invent it.
The actual name is british imperial system and even they dont use it anymore!!! Its time for the US to switch. And its also time for americans to accept dollar coins! |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
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. |
we did it back in 1978 no problem.. Why cant you?
And per capita it cost just as much as it would you |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
we did it back in 1978 no problem.. Why cant you?
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Because it's too haaaaaaaaaaaaaard! And it would cost too much moneeeeeeeeeey!! Wah! Wah! Wah! |
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