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At 4/12/09 09:13 PM, Elfer wrote: How is that any easier? Liters are just as easy as gallons for gas and milk. Of course, I suppose you crazy Americans get your milk in jugs instead of in bags. Whatever. You should switch that too.

If its not easier than I don't have to change.

As for the milk in bags, who does that?

At 4/12/09 09:23 PM, Tominater12 wrote:

At 4/12/09 04:42 PM, physicsman09 wrote: And this is coming from an American.

I honestly have no clue how many cups are in a freaking gallon.

It is 16 you idiot pay attention to class that is elementary.

Apparently you missed the entire purpose of the thread.

I'm saying that standard is a flawed system which utalizes measurements that have no constant reference point.

At 4/12/09 04:51 PM, TheSouthernTower wrote: Fuck metric. I'm 6 foot 3 inches, not whatever that is in kilos.

i rest my case, i dont know about everyone else, but this guys is a fucking shithead, i mean how fucking stupid can you be, did your parents were cousins or some wird shit.

dumb bitch

Fuck you and your European ideals.

It's something used to convert metric into larger things i guess.

Of course, I suppose you crazy Americans get your milk in jugs instead of in bags. Whatever. You should switch that too.
You use bags? O__o

You make a fine point. Metric is easy to figure out. All you have to do is divide and multiply by 10. However, I've already memorized standard and I don't want all that to have been for nothing.

attention all buttfucks who think it would be too "difficult" or "confusing"... OTHER COUNTRIES DID IT!!!

for fucks sake. im really getting tired of the fucking standard system and the little shits who (for some reason unknown to me) support it.

At 4/12/09 04:45 PM, andhination wrote: Who gives a shit? Changing things for reasons as trivial as those just makes things awkward for everyone.

everyone else did the change then, why cant you do it now? it would be easier to change now then then.

Schools ARE trying to convert Americans to metric system, but they aren't going to make it fast and drastic, that would have bad consequences.

The reason it's so hard is because everyone is so used to using height as feet and inches and weight as pounds...

I really think the conversion to metric could use a stricter push in schools, because nobody knows how tall they are or how much they weigh in metric.

As a Canadafag, it is the most frustrating thing going to the states just because of metric. I need to look at the tiny MPH dial tacked onto my speedometer (which predominantly shows KPH), work out how many liters of gas I need from the cost in gallons, et cetera.

Then again, I like rods and chains :x

At 4/12/09 04:42 PM, physicsman09 wrote: And this is coming from an American.

Folks I don't know if you've realized but Standard is stupid.

Really, really stupid.

I honestly have no clue how many cups are in a freaking gallon.

Here are valid points:

1. Everyone else uses Metric.

Name 5.

2. Metric is infinetly more simple.

Explain how

3. Metric makes more sense for measurements of volume/weight/length.

Keep explaining..

4. Metric is used for academic purposes anyway.

Got me there.

5. Why the hell are there 5,280 feet in a mile? What's so special about 5,280?

Well the special about 5,280 feet is that there is 5,280 feet in a mile. Lol.

6. After taking higher level science classes, (A+P chemistry, Honors physics) I find it extremely difficult to convert back to standard. I'm so used to metric at this point that I'm starting to measure length in kilometers and volume in liters.

Well, if America changed standard to metric, then most Americans would be confused, because thats what we grew up using, for the most part.

I've always thought that we should change to metric, and I honestly don't see why we use standard.

Anyway, what are you opinons on changing to metric?

Im not being a hater, just wanted to counter back, because I find metric akward for me.

its weird, but i said the same thing 2 days ago in an argument over the temp. (ºF,ºC)

Actually, since I started my drinking career in Europe, I still find it easiest to visualize half liters and liters over ounces and gallons. British pints make sense too, even though they are larger than American pints.

At 4/12/09 11:52 PM, GeoPowa wrote:

At 4/12/09 04:42 PM, physicsman09 wrote: And this is coming from an American.

Folks I don't know if you've realized but Standard is stupid.

Really, really stupid.

I honestly have no clue how many cups are in a freaking gallon.

Here are valid points:

1. Everyone else uses Metric.

Name 5.

1. UK
2. Germany
3. France
4. Japan
5. Canada

2. Metric is infinetly more simple.

Explain how

It's a system based upon the power of 10 rather than seemingly random obscure numbers.

3. Metric makes more sense for measurements of volume/weight/length.

Keep explaining..

Again, the units are based upon the power of ten, such as milli = 10^-3 and kilo = 10^3

At 4/12/09 11:52 PM, GeoPowa wrote:

At 4/12/09 04:42 PM, physicsman09 wrote: 1. Everyone else uses Metric.

Name 5.

I got a better one!
Name 5 that don't!

At 4/13/09 10:55 AM, PaperBagMask wrote:

At 4/12/09 11:52 PM, GeoPowa wrote:

At 4/12/09 04:42 PM, physicsman09 wrote: 1. Everyone else uses Metric.

Name 5.

I got a better one!
Name 5 that don't!

There are only 3.

The US, Liberia, and Burma.

Idiot, we tired that once. It cost us billions of dollars and miserably failed.

At 4/13/09 10:59 AM, physicsman09 wrote: There are only 3.

The US, Liberia, and Burma.

That's the joke!

Im from australia and metric is standard here and it kicks ass! Why the fuck hasn't the usa caught us with the rest of the world??

At 4/13/09 11:10 AM, PaperBagMask wrote:

At 4/13/09 10:59 AM, physicsman09 wrote: There are only 3.

The US, Liberia, and Burma.

That's the joke!

Oh, I'm not that great at detecting sarcasm/irony.

I'm Australian, we measure height in meters but the height of a person in feet and centimeters.

A cup is a quarter of a litre(how simple is that!), all liquids are measured in litres, you can get pints, schooners and middies at the local pub, shots are still in ounces. I don't really think that your system's that bad but there's a reason we converted mostly to metric.

Also from what my parents told me it wasn't hard to convert and made life a lot easier, just took a bit to get used to that you had to half the number when you order at a butcher or you would get twice as much.

At 4/12/09 04:42 PM, physicsman09 wrote: And this is coming from an American.

im amaerican and i agree completly

Folks I don't know if you've realized but Standard is stupid.

it really is

Really, really stupid.

really really

I honestly have no clue how many cups are in a freaking gallon.

...i know how many grams make an ounce...

Here are valid points:

1. Everyone else uses Metric.
2. Metric is infinetly more simple.
3. Metric makes more sense for measurements of volume/weight/length.
4. Metric is used for academic purposes anyway.
5. Why the hell are there 5,280 feet in a mile? What's so special about 5,280?
6. After taking higher level science classes, (A+P chemistry, Honors physics) I find it extremely difficult to convert back to standard. I'm so used to metric at this point that I'm starting to measure length in kilometers and volume in liters.

Im in the army and now im living in germany and nothing makes sense ove rhere
the weather is like 30-40 cel
but its warm as fuck right now...
people tell me how much they weight or how tall they are and i jsut dont get it yet...
thankyou american public schools for making me look like a big dummy infront of hot german chicks...glad their drunk and dont mind

Anyway, what are you opinons on changing to metric?

At 4/12/09 04:42 PM, physicsman09 wrote: And this is coming from an American.

Folks I don't know if you've realized but Standard is stupid.

Really, really stupid.

I honestly have no clue how many cups are in a freaking gallon.

Here are valid points:

1. Everyone else uses Metric.
2. Metric is infinetly more simple.
3. Metric makes more sense for measurements of volume/weight/length.
4. Metric is used for academic purposes anyway.
5. Why the hell are there 5,280 feet in a mile? What's so special about 5,280?
6. After taking higher level science classes, (A+P chemistry, Honors physics) I find it extremely difficult to convert back to standard. I'm so used to metric at this point that I'm starting to measure length in kilometers and volume in liters.

I've always thought that we should change to metric, and I honestly don't see why we use standard.

Anyway, what are you opinons on changing to metric?

You have very good points!

Actually even American physics scientists use the metric system, because it's the only way how to calculate most things. That's why SI units have been invented.

Maybe the American government doesnt like the metric system because it has been invented in France in 1791 during the French revolution. Maybe it's like the thinking of traditional conservatives: "everything related to socialism must be bad"

Support you!

At 4/12/09 04:42 PM, BringMeTheDarkness wrote: This is true

Indeed

amen motherfucker

Because it's America. Be more American.

At 4/13/09 12:58 PM, kRaZyAzN wrote: Because it's America. Be more American.

Read my profile, then tell me who's more American.

Learning on how to do standard is so hard.

I don't know how Americans can get used to this.

4 quarts in a gallon because it is like quarter and there are 12 inches in a feet and three foot in a yard and...