I like imperial but I'm used to it. People argue that metric makes more sense but I don't see it. Neither one truly makes sense, they're both pulled out of somebody's ass, just because metric is multiples of 10, it somehow makes more sense? What the fuck is a millimeter based on though? Some obscure thing like a horse hair or some shit? It's all made up off of something arbitrary.
I refer to things by funny or old timey names anyway, like hogsheads, butts, drums, pallets, sacks etc. For instance, a huge jar of peanut butter, I'll call it a drum. People know what I'm saying, and if they don't, then good! It weeds out the idiots. I don't give a fuck!
Well the metric system is more accurate when it comes to accurately choosing a measurement. A meter is based on a fraction of the speed of light. Conversions are easier too.
Imperial is fine. It's more of a human convenience measurement. Metric being a more accurate sciencey measurement.
Yeah, it seems great for science, I can't deny that. That's interesting re: the speed of light. I guess my opinion is just pertaining to the everyday average stuff.
Metric is the best stand by we have devised. Back in the ye old times you actually had a master weight on stand by to determine what a pound was and then you made copies of said master weight so everyone was on the same page to what weighed what.
There were several kilo master weights until recently when it was determined that a kilo would just be a cylinder of platnum so a kilogram would officially be like a bazillion platnum atoms. making the measurment of a kilogram just as accurate as a meter.
Do you prefer the metric system or the imperial system?
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I like imperial but I'm used to it. People argue that metric makes more sense but I don't see it. Neither one truly makes sense, they're both pulled out of somebody's ass, just because metric is multiples of 10, it somehow makes more sense? What the fuck is a millimeter based on though? Some obscure thing like a horse hair or some shit? It's all made up off of something arbitrary.
I refer to things by funny or old timey names anyway, like hogsheads, butts, drums, pallets, sacks etc. For instance, a huge jar of peanut butter, I'll call it a drum. People know what I'm saying, and if they don't, then good! It weeds out the idiots. I don't give a fuck!
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Well the metric system is more accurate when it comes to accurately choosing a measurement. A meter is based on a fraction of the speed of light. Conversions are easier too.
Imperial is fine. It's more of a human convenience measurement. Metric being a more accurate sciencey measurement.
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Yeah, it seems great for science, I can't deny that. That's interesting re: the speed of light. I guess my opinion is just pertaining to the everyday average stuff.
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Metric is the best stand by we have devised. Back in the ye old times you actually had a master weight on stand by to determine what a pound was and then you made copies of said master weight so everyone was on the same page to what weighed what.
There were several kilo master weights until recently when it was determined that a kilo would just be a cylinder of platnum so a kilogram would officially be like a bazillion platnum atoms. making the measurment of a kilogram just as accurate as a meter.