[–] ilikeskittles ago
What pisses me off is all the time the school system spent teaching me the metric system in the 70s and telling me in 10 years we'll be completely converted to the metric system so you'd better learn this. Fucking lying bastards.
[–] ClitoralCommander 3 points 0 points 3 points (+3|-3) ago
Yes. Proof of my point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter
[–] antiplebbitor 7 points 0 points 7 points (+7|-7) ago
No. Metric is just as asinine and arbitrary as English imperial but even less flexible due to being in base-10. Metric is very fucking stupid. Uniformly stupid.
Celsius for instance. Fahrenheit uses arbitrary standards for arbitrary bases of gradations (freezing point/boiling point of water; 32/212 - asinine) - but at least it's more precise. Celsius has only 100 gradations in the same span that Fahrenheit utilizes 180 gradations.
English imperial is messy and not easily convertible, but generally vastly superior to metric.
All metric has going for it is that it's in base-10.
Whee! Big fucking deal!
[–] TheHalfstache 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
The whole point of Imperial units was that you could do rough measurements without any special equipment. For temperature, you've got the freezing point of fresh water at 32 and the freezing point of brine at 0. The distance between those two points can be used to mark 64 and also 96 degrees, 96 being body temperature, giving you a thermometer that's not perfect but good enough in most respects.
[–] LetsBeNakedOutside 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
Upvoat for the rant about Celsius!
[–] Voopin__Voopin ago
nope