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The English system SUCKS
2006-05-16, 5:38 PM #1
I, personally, am partial to Metric. Easier, makes sense, as opposed to "5280 ft/mi". Where the heck does that come from?

Which do you prefer (and all who vote English system are commies)?
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2006-05-16, 5:40 PM #2
Metric FTW.
2006-05-16, 5:40 PM #3
Metric
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2006-05-16, 5:40 PM #4
Metric can suck it.
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2006-05-16, 5:43 PM #5
[QUOTE=Victor Van Dort]Metric can suck it.[/QUOTE]
You mean English can suck Metric's 25.

Saying "You can suck my 25" sounds so much better than "You can suck my 9" or whatever the hell that conversion equals out to be.
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2006-05-16, 5:49 PM #6
metric is good... feels right.
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2006-05-16, 5:50 PM #7
Metric?

Oh, and of course Metic is better than the silly American system.

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2006-05-16, 5:53 PM #8
It's not American. It comes from England. The US "adopted" it being that the US was former English colonies.
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2006-05-16, 6:00 PM #9
We use it in America, so it's technically also an American system of measurement.

And I never make fun of England, or call anything there "Silly". >.>

Sorry for the confusion.
2006-05-16, 6:01 PM #10
I'm pretty sure the commies use metric, smart guy.
2006-05-16, 6:02 PM #11
BRITISH IMPERIAL UNITS
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2006-05-16, 6:06 PM #12
That's what they're called.
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2006-05-16, 6:13 PM #13
Originally posted by -Monoxide-:
I'm pretty sure the commies use metric, smart guy.

You would think so, what with them mostly being Russian and Chinese, wouldn't you?

But they're commies. In their secret cellars and dungeons, I'm certain they use English.
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2006-05-16, 6:24 PM #14
I prefer measuring velocity in hands per shake.
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2006-05-16, 6:24 PM #15
I hate imperial measurements.
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2006-05-16, 6:33 PM #16
I use 1 mile = approximately 1600 metres.
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2006-05-16, 6:40 PM #17
Originally posted by happydud:
I prefer measuring velocity in hands per shake.


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2006-05-16, 6:55 PM #18
Originally posted by Anovis:
Metric?

Oh, and of course Metic is better than the silly American system.

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2006-05-16, 7:19 PM #19
The metric system, of course, makes much more sense...but the English system is so deeply seating that most of the time it is fr more appropriate for measuring things here in America. For example, roads here in oklahoma are all one mile apart.
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2006-05-16, 9:28 PM #20
Take a bunch of science courses that stick with SI units and one will quickly lose sight that anything exists beyond metric.

So yeah, go metric.
2006-05-16, 9:31 PM #21
Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
Metric FTW.


Word.
2006-05-16, 9:32 PM #22
Imperial fo life.
2006-05-16, 9:39 PM #23
Metric makes more sense since its in increments of 10 but like any other American, I'm too deeply rooted in the Imperial system to make a switch.
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2006-05-16, 10:32 PM #24
I prefer SI.
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2006-05-16, 10:36 PM #25
Originally posted by genk:
BRITISH IMPERIAL UNITS


I'm glad someone beat me to it, I was getting quite vexed.

Oh, and S.I. for the complete and humiliating win

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2006-05-16, 10:50 PM #26
Metric.
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2006-05-16, 10:52 PM #27
darn burgerboys and their english system. metric makes so much more sense.
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2006-05-16, 11:29 PM #28
I would lean towards "Imperial" units for being named as such, but the system really does suck. It's only cool when you use units like hands and furlongs.
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2006-05-16, 11:57 PM #29
It's all about the metric baby, but it's gonna take a while to get there. I reckon my generation is ready to embrace it, so we've just gotta wait for the oldies to die off.

Originally posted by Martyn:
(But don't take away our pints!!)


Strangest thing in Finland... they still use pint glasses, but you get a half litre of beer instead, with a couple of cm gap at the top. It does not look right.

So yeah, mine's a litre of Fosters.... mmmm
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2006-05-17, 2:32 AM #30
I like the old system in fantasy novels. It fits perfectly the medieval world. Metric system would look badly and totally out of place, if somebody was stupid enough to even try it.
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2006-05-17, 2:35 AM #31
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2006-05-17, 2:39 AM #32
A furlong is a unit of measurement, and it sounds funny! I use it sometimes.
2006-05-17, 3:05 AM #33
I prefer metric, but there's no way I'm ever going to use it in every day life!
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2006-05-17, 3:10 AM #34
its called imperial you nonce
2006-05-17, 5:11 AM #35
do any science course and you will learn to use metric and forget about imperial units.

although saying that, NASA still managed to use both in satelite course projections once, that resulted in it crashing into Mars' surface...looks like the two units don't mix,

Metric FTW
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2006-05-17, 5:22 AM #36
Originally posted by Zloc_Vergo:
You would think so, what with them mostly being Russian and Chinese, wouldn't you?

But they're commies. In their secret cellars and dungeons, I'm certain they use English.


13 year olds are too young to be credible.
2006-05-17, 8:09 AM #37
cubits are awesome.

anywhos, metric == better for pretty god damn near everything.

i'm just too lazy to switch over.
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2006-05-17, 8:22 AM #38
The Imperial System!
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2006-05-17, 8:25 AM #39
Originally posted by Zloc_Vergo:
IWhich do you prefer (and all who vote English system are commies)?


It's not called English, it's called Imperial you ****.

Like Det, I use a mile is equal to about 1600m.

I like imperial, even though I have to admit Metric makes more sense, but only measurements of distance. [Ok, and weight on products.] Metric Time and using metric to weigh yourself however, can die in a hole.
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2006-05-17, 9:27 AM #40
Originally posted by JDKNITE188:
Take a bunch of science courses that stick with SI units and one will quickly lose sight that anything exists beyond metric.


[QUOTE=James Bond]do any science course and you will learn to use metric and forget about imperial units.[/QUOTE]

The only reason for quoting the above statements is that we practically had the same ideas in the same arrangement.
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