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[–] frostprophet@infosec.pub 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I grew up and lost all respect for Nate over something really trivial that made me realize he was full of BS. He said imperial measurements are better because you could say you ran "4 miles", he said saying you ran 3.2km would just sound stupid so why would you want metric? Does he think people in countries that use metric are agonising over having to round distances (just like imperial would the majority of the time) or wish they could express it in miles? Does he always run in exact mile increments every single time? Rant over but it made me irrationally mad. He might have been joking but didn't care enough to find out.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

Ahhh imperial, the system that uses the same metric to measure volume and weight and half the time people forget to specify which kind they're talking about.

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Using larger units means you're more likely to have to resort to fractions lmao, I wish shit here was measured in mm and ml/mg instead of fucking fractional inches and decimal ounces.

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago (4 children)

i think its really funny that in some engineering domains we use "mils," meaning milli-inches.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

for the sake of my file at langley, i am not an engineer, i just dabble in circuit design

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

The most cursed unit of measurement.

[–] bunnygirl@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think it's clear what the superior system is

[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

I was so worried before noticing it's satire lol.

[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Imperial is better. Everybody else has to say "I'm 2.54 centimetreing forward." Americans just say "I'm inching forward." That's obviously better.