• My Password Is 1234
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    5011 months ago

    Why can’t Americans just be normal and use the metric system rather than some shit like 5’11 120 lbs? What the heck is that

    • PatFusty
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      3911 months ago

      Sorry thats 1.8E9nm tall and 8.5 stone. Hope thats easier for you to understand

      • @[email protected]
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        4711 months ago

        The stone isn’t since it’s not metric but the height legitimately is since I can just drop the e9 and get a reasonable height.

        Since, yknow, metric makes sense.

      • @Aqarius
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        2611 months ago

        It’s funny, you try and be intentionally obtuse with the nano units, except doing it in metric doesn’t work since “1.8” is still there.

    • Illecors
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      2011 months ago

      That would be five minutes to eleven one hundred irritable bowl syndromes. You’re welcome

    • Billegh
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      1811 months ago

      I’ll help explain:

      5’11 is like 9’11 and describes the sidereal period when he was born.

      The lbs in 120 lbs is for Likable Behavior Scale units. He’s just saying his brother scored very high and is very likable.

    • @[email protected]
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      1111 months ago

      The truth is that all Americans are comfortable with the metric system but we still use Imperial when we know it will bother you.

    • fmstrat
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      811 months ago

      Pretty sure you should blame the British.

      • @[email protected]
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        211 months ago

        Blame the British, both for inventing the system and for being so insufferable that we refused to change to metric along with them

        • fmstrat
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          611 months ago

          They didn’t fully switch. The chart of measurements used by the British is very… random.

    • @rambaroo
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      411 months ago

      It’s too late for us, once the end comes and we’ve split into multiple countries we’ll finally have the opportunity for genuine reform

    • @FrankTheHealer
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      211 months ago

      5’11" = 180cm

      120lbs = 54.4Kg

      For all those who prefer normal measurements lol

    • cum
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      111 months ago

      Because it makes other countries mad using our freedom units