• frostprophet@infosec.pub
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    7 months ago

    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.

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      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.

    • Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml
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      7 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.

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      3 months ago

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    • Krem [he/him, they/them]
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      7 months ago

      hell yeah saying "8 3/5ths cubic inches" makes you sond really smart, and having to use a calculator to convert to the next step (2 1/3rd cubic feet) is not supid at all

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      5 months ago

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    • niph [she/her]
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      7 months ago

      I recently found out about the “acre foot” as a volumetric measurement and instantly died at the stupidity

      • gaycomputeruser [she/her]
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        7 months ago

        Na that makes perfect sense for what i assume to be the intended use - measuring the amount of soil you have.

        • niph [she/her]
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          7 months ago

          It would, except.. they use it to measure the amount of water in swimming pools.

            • niph [she/her]
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              7 months ago

              Yeah my metricpilled brain instantly noped out when I found that out

          • roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            7 months ago

            I've also heard it used in relation to water rights. For example, sometime has the right to extract a certain number of acre-feet from a stream over some amount of time.