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| 19 Dec 2012 03:03 PM |
| It's so much easier to spell than feiehreirheineiheit. |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:04 PM |
| Because they're silly and don't use the metric system. |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:04 PM |
Fahrenheit is SO much easier to spell than selceeusceelseeusselseeus
A joke is a very serious thing. |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:06 PM |
There are Americans that DO actually use Celsius.
But most people are too fat and lazy to do so. |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:06 PM |
We should.. but we started the tradition of using crappy English systems. Blame England.
That being said, I think English systems get a bad rap. Miles, cups etc. are much more practical than KMs.
"How far is your basketball practice?"
"About 1 1/2 miles." / "About 2.25 kilometers." |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:07 PM |
Fahrenheit is easier to use. Why? Take 40 degrees for example. 40 is a low number and that sounds like it would be cold. But in Celsius, 40 degrees is extremely hot. But 40 doesn't sound like a hot number since it's low. But if we said 115 degrees (or however much 40 C is), it sounds responsible because 115 is a high number.
#~Merry Christmas from Finn and the Candy Kingdom!~ |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:07 PM |
| We should rename it to "Degrees of FREEDOM" Every american knows how to spell that. |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:08 PM |
@Icekingfinn938
Eeee-xactly. |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:08 PM |
finn
that's from your perspective because you are used to using fahrenheit 40 is a fairly high number when it comes to certain things |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:08 PM |
@awe
As I said earlier, there are americans that DO use Celsius.
There are just too many fat, lazy, and arrogant [while at the same time dumb] Americans.
(no offense to any American, I myself am an American.) |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:09 PM |
| Okay so, it's 42 degrees Celsius for me right now, what is that in Fahrenheit? |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:12 PM |
Look
Metric is good for scientific or accurate purposes
English is good for conversational purposes
hoffa gut tay askool |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:14 PM |
Actually, I agree with the idea that there are twelve inches in a foot. twelve is evenly divisible by 2,3,4, and 6, whereas 10 is only divisible by 5 and 2.
Although ten is easier, because we use a base ten number system, in a perfect world, our number system would be base 12. |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:14 PM |
Americans use Celsius. But they mostly use Fahrenheit.
Now, if all of America were to switch to the metric system, do you know how expensive that would be? |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:16 PM |
Ten could have a different symbol, eleven could have a different symbol and 12 could have the ten symbol. And probably different pronunciation.
But that'd be really hard to adjust to. |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:17 PM |
| Yeah, it would be. In fact, it would be pretty much impossible. I don't expect to change to base 12, but it would be nice if it had started that way. |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:18 PM |
| Why doesn't everyone else use km/h? |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:21 PM |
| I don't know. Miles make no sense to me at all. |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:22 PM |
@aw
Feet and miles were made independently, although 1 mile is 5,280 feet that number doesn't mean anything.
I honestly think it's an unfortunate coincidence that more commonly things are 10 miles away than 16 km away. |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:24 PM |
| because the US originally, back when it was invented thought the metric system was going to be short lived and by the time that it was obvious it wouldn't, it would be too difficult to switch |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:24 PM |
| and the imperial system actually has some sense in it, like a yard is about the length of a stride |
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| 19 Dec 2012 03:26 PM |
I only like the imperial system because thats what I was taught to know. lol |
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