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Baron von Eevl posted:Reid's Feid and Ceid
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Sep 21, 2021 14:16
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Sep 21, 2021 14:19
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It's worth remembering at this point that Britain adopted the metric system in 1965, seven years before joining the EU, and that we have always been able to sell goods by imperial measures provided we can also sell them in metric units. But now sentient thumbs in graph check shirts can feel a little bit more like it is the brief period in history during which they were relevant, which is what's really important here.
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Sep 21, 2021 14:27
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Failed Imagineer posted:If you got that butt I got beer wrong show op https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeI2LEjrDPM
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Sep 21, 2021 14:49
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Whybird posted:It's worth remembering at this point that Britain adopted the metric system in 1965, seven years before joining the EU, and that we have always been able to sell goods by imperial measures provided we can also sell them in metric units. Very excited to have to learn how many shillings are in a ha'penny
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Sep 21, 2021 15:11
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Sep 21, 2021 17:25
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Things are dire in the UK. These days they have to publish The Big Book of British Frowns.
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Sep 21, 2021 17:59
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A quick sample from that book: I'm sure this can be worked into a simpsons meme somehow but I'm on my phone and very lazy
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Sep 21, 2021 18:22
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They’re all so loving RED
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Sep 21, 2021 18:24
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Kitfox88 posted:They’re all so loving RED
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Sep 21, 2021 18:26
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Dabir posted:A quick sample from that book: 
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Sep 21, 2021 18:27
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Might need to update the chart. 
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Sep 21, 2021 18:53
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Honestly the imperial measurements thing is good, they’re just more intuitive when you get into it. As Ralph would say: “oh boy, imperial measurements! That’s where I’m a Viking”, which is how he describes something that he’s really good at.
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Sep 21, 2021 19:13
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Drone_Fragger posted:Honestly the imperial measurements thing is good, they’re just more intuitive when you get into it. As Ralph would say: “oh boy, imperial measurements! That’s where I’m a Viking”, which is how he describes something that he’s really good at. But the proto imperial measurement defining an inch as three barleycorns was not determined in the Danelaw
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Sep 21, 2021 19:20
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Sep 21, 2021 19:21
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Cycling should also be measured in km, in accordance with the ways of blegum.
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Sep 21, 2021 19:28
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Drone_Fragger posted:Honestly the imperial measurements thing is good, they’re just more intuitive when you get into it Lmao
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Sep 21, 2021 20:01
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Most imperial measurements are way too hard to convert between each other, but, all measurements are inherently arbitrary and people seem to think there is some sort of universal "truth" to metric when the base-10 thing is the only really "logical" thing about them per se that said, they're really good for science THAT said, Fahrenheit is better than Celsius for all non-science-related use cases and pointing this out drives people loving nuts Celsius isn't even usable for science a lot of the time because you need to use Kelvin instead. I say either just use imperial because it's fine and I'm used to it, or use metric but use Kelvin instead of Celsius because that's the only way to be actually consistent e: and measure volume in moles loquacius fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Sep 21, 2021 |
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Sep 21, 2021 20:10
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loquacius posted:THAT said, Fahrenheit is better than Celsius for all non-science-related use cases and pointing this out drives people loving nuts It’s because you are wrong op
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Sep 21, 2021 20:14
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Sep 21, 2021 20:14
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loquacius posted:THAT said, Fahrenheit is better than Celsius for all non-science-related use cases and pointing this out drives people loving nuts Please explain.
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Sep 21, 2021 20:14
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You can tell someone is from metricland if they convert from yards to miles directly.
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Sep 21, 2021 20:15
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loquacius posted:e: and measure volume in moles But moles are a measure of amount ?
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Sep 21, 2021 20:15
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I need to know whether it’s 88 F or 89 F outside !! 89 F would be a disaster
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Sep 21, 2021 20:16
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Angryhead posted:Please explain. Celsius is a measure of how hot something is on a scale of "water freezes" to "water boils" which is extremely useful if you are boiling ice and would like to know about how far along in the process you are but that's about it Fahrenheit is basically just a measure of "how hot is it outside on a scale of 1 to 100". In Fahrenheit, 0 degrees is "it's really cold" and 100 degrees is "it's really hot". In Celsius, 0 degrees is "it's kind of cold I guess" and 100 degrees is "don't go outside, it's the apocalypse." Baking is easy too, since basically all baking is done at a round number like 350 or 400 degrees. Also the degrees are smaller and more granularity is very helpful here, you never have to worry about a half-degree or whatever.
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Sep 21, 2021 20:19
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Celsius is merpeople propaganda.
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Sep 21, 2021 20:20
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the range of temperatures you're ever likely to see outside in Fahrenheit really is about 0 to 100, whereas in Celsius it's, like, -10 to 38 or something?
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Sep 21, 2021 20:20
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In a shock twist, the objectively best, most intuitive, and entirely correct temperature scale is the one you grew up with.
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Sep 21, 2021 20:25
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Bug Squash posted:In a shock twist, the objectively best, most intuitive, and entirely correct temperature scale is the one you grew up with. this but every measurement
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Sep 21, 2021 20:26
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Yep. Nothing beats years of familiarity.
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Sep 21, 2021 20:26
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Sep 21, 2021 20:26
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Hmm it’s almost like if you grew up with Fahrenheit it seems like a ‘intuitive’ scale instead of something completely arbitrary like all measurements. I’m curious how you think Europeans get by without using Fahrenheit?
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Sep 21, 2021 20:26
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Trust me, we metric-heads have no problem reading the forecast and instantly recognizing how it’s gonna feel.
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Sep 21, 2021 20:27
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The only imperial measurements I objectively think are a pain in the rear end are the cooking ones, tablespoons and teaspoons and fluid ounces etc, because you have to convert between them more often than you'd think and they're not intuitive no matter how long you've been using them
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Sep 21, 2021 20:27
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ObamaAkbar. posted:Hmm it’s almost like if you grew up with Fahrenheit it seems like a ‘intuitive’ scale instead of something completely arbitrary like all measurements. I’m curious how you think Europeans get by without using Fahrenheit? then why do you guys always care so much about whether people use the Imperial system? 
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Sep 21, 2021 20:28
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ObamaAkbar. posted:I’m curious how you think Europeans get by without using Fahrenheit? War and incest, I assume.
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Sep 21, 2021 20:28
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Also moles isn’t a measure of volume. The SI unit for volume is the cubic meter
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Sep 21, 2021 20:29
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loquacius posted:then why do you guys always care so much about whether people use the Imperial system? Personally I don’t care what you use it just seems silly to insist your particular one is ‘the best’
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Sep 21, 2021 20:30
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ObamaAkbar. posted:Personally I don’t care what you use it just seems silly to insist your particular one is ‘the best’ I believe you will find that this is my point, yes e: metric-havers are always talking about how metric is Just Better Okay and Imperial is complete gobbledygook, but all temperature scales are completely arbitrary in every way and Fahrenheit has a better use case, which makes people really really mad when you talk about it. Try it out, it's a neat trick!
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