EPTOnething I will say is that I also use stones (14 pounds) as a measurement and only English people seem ot do this
Do you use Imperial or Metric? - Page 50
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OptimusYale
Korea (South)1005 Posts
Onething I will say is that I also use stones (14 pounds) as a measurement and only English people seem ot do this | ||
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nayumi
Australia6499 Posts
I only use the imperial system when i flaunt about my dick size, true story | ||
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DYEAlabaster
Canada1009 Posts
On December 09 2011 13:42 reincremate wrote: Just in case this isn't a troll thread, the metric system is the standard in every country in the world except the US. I was wondering why he used the word standard instead of imperial as well.... | ||
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Battleship789
United States415 Posts
Personally, I use a mixture of the two, generally Imperial for human measurements (height, weight, etc.) and distances, with metric for most everything else. | ||
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Sindriss
Denmark263 Posts
On January 10 2012 18:48 Battleship789 wrote: There is a reason why some of us in the United States refer to the Imperial system as the "American Standard System"... Personally, I use a mixture of the two, generally Imperial for human measurements (height, weight, etc.) and distances, with metric for most everything else. The reason being that you think US is the center of the world? Why else would it be "standard". | ||
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Sensator
Australia377 Posts
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shell
Portugal2722 Posts
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Imbattable
Germany85 Posts
On January 10 2012 17:10 Ryalnos wrote: Yea, it's kinda a different animal being logarithmic and all... Decibel is not a measurement in itself but rather the measurement of the relation of two values. A decibel value without a reference is useless. And then there is the whole mess with field and energy related decibel values (any engineer will know what I mean)... | ||
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PeZuY
935 Posts
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Nihilnovi
Sweden696 Posts
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Lobo2me
Norway1213 Posts
On January 10 2012 18:12 nayumi wrote: Metric system. I only use the imperial system when i flaunt about my dick size, true story That's completely opposite of what it normally is. Some people prefer lbs instead of kg, because lifting 225 lbs is a higher number than 100 kg. But 10 inches instead of 25.4 cm? 25.4 > 10. | ||
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nayumi
Australia6499 Posts
On January 10 2012 20:01 Lobo2me wrote: That's completely opposite of what it normally is. Some people prefer lbs instead of kg, because lifting 225 lbs is a higher number than 100 kg. But 10 inches instead of 25.4 cm? 25.4 > 10. im modest | ||
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Rorix
357 Posts
On December 10 2011 23:17 Tomcattomato wrote: Do you use standard or Imperial system? Standard ^^ | ||
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rEalGuapo
Germany832 Posts
On December 09 2011 13:40 Keyboard Warrior wrote: but then it is not technically appropriate, because the metric system is designed to have specific measures for fractions, like 500 meters or so. saying half a kilometer borrows from the logic of standard system, though there is nothing wrong with it "saying half a kilometer borrows from the logic of standard system" Yep and saying "half a bottle", too borrows from the logic of the "Standard System", so does "half a day". This is because the "Standard System" is the only place to "technically appropriate" use fractions. Wait what!? Saying half a meter is the same saying 0.5m. Since I study as an engineer and work part time as a trainee I think I know whether or not that is correct. Trust me, it is. And why wouldn't it be? Per definition 0.5m=50cm (So you can use fractions very conveniently, If you insist on that) No one in the world would argue about that. However you would not write "half a meter" in a written document, but "0.5m" is sort of fine. Depending on what exact item you talk about 50cm or 500mm is better. (Since somewhat more accurate but mostly because people got used to that) For example you could write "50cm of pipe from X to Y insolated with 0.3cm of blabla" And as for shoping, I get y 0.33l Can of Soda, a 0.5l bottle of beer and a liter bottle of Water. I cannot see a single advantage of the American systems of measurement. - German - Metric fo' life! | ||
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TALegion
United States1187 Posts
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Kyuki
Sweden1867 Posts
As with most things, only time will work its magic in this case I think. | ||
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29 fps
United States5725 Posts
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fLyiNgDroNe
Belgium4077 Posts
In countries where you use metric you don't find 400ml bottles. Instead you find 0.5litres, 1 litre, 2 litres etc which is very convenient. | ||
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Biggun69
187 Posts
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ZBiR
Poland1092 Posts
You must be one of these morons that, even on TL, use "the nation" in reference to the general public. | ||
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