one thing i enjoy way more than i should is use units that are technically correct, but no one uses them like ever.
like megagrams instead of metric tonnes.
or 1 dekameter instead of 10 meters.
We all know it’s a much better system. Reagan killed our attempt at switching. No one has tried since.
Personally, I use metric for 3D printing, and I use imperial for wood working. Until standardized material sizes change, it doesn’t make sense to use metric for wood working. That change needs to come from the top, from government regulation.
The ratio of a circle’s circumference to its radius is now 10
And 1 ml of water weighs 1 gram and has a volume of 1 cubic mm
You’ve been hit by…
You’ve been struck by…
A smooth metric system
Annie, are you Oakley? Are you Oakley, Annie?
22 yds to a chain, 10 chains to a furlong, 8 furlongs to a mile.
how many drams to a fluid troy ounce?
Do americans actually do math with imperial system at school? That must be a nightmare and have conversion errors between units.
Kinda… The classes “teach” imperial but guns/bullets are metric
So the most American things in America are using the least American measurement system?
This is a common misconception. Americans can’t do math and don’t learn anything at school
Huh?
It’s obvious that there’s 1760 yards in a mile.
There’s 22 yards in a chain, which we can all remember because of the 22 yard line in rugby.
There are 10 chains in a furlong, which fans of metric can’t complain about.
There are 8 furlongs in a mile, just like there are 8 pints in a gallon.
And 22x10x8 = 11x10x16 and 11 is easy to multiply by in your head, so it’s really very simple to get to 1760.
/s
this but unironically.
1,000 kilometres = 1 megametre
0.01 Petameters
1 megametre equals: 0.001 gigametres 0.000001 terametres 0.000000001 petametres
Meanwhile, 1 megameter is the same as: 0.001 gigameters 0.000001 terameters 0.000000001 petameters
My contrarian brain:
- 1 inch = 1 cm
- 1 yard = 1 meter
- 1 mile = 1 km
This is upsetting
It only seems ridiculous because you forgot some intermediates: 5.5 yards = 1 rod, 4 rods = 1 chain, 10 chain = 1 furlong, and 8 furlong = 1 mile. So just gotta remember 12, 3, 5.5, 4, 10, 8. Super simple.
Rod? Chain? What is this bdsm?
Worse, its the imperial units “system”
No safeword, no lube
No, it’s not “Imperial units” and hasn’t been for a long time. It’s US Customary units. There are differences between the two systems. If your going to troll, get it right.
If you can’t, go back to your troll cave and cuddle your delicious stinky cheeses!
This explanation is fucking gold
It explains nothing since he got it wrong…
You mean US Customary
Don’t make me math
Links and chains brings me back to my old drafting days. 10 square chains are 1 acre. 80 chains is a mile.
Uh, no.
10 feet = 1 decafoot
100 centiyards = 1 yard
1x10^18 attoacres = 1 acre
333.3 yards = 1 kilofeeter
I’m gonna start estimating distances in millimiles.
1 millimile ~ 5 feet, 3 and 23/64 inches.
makes perfect sense.
This would be acceptable
Americans choose to meassure thier dicks with the thumb of a british king instead of using meters… or GIGAmeters… there are no correct awnsers, right?
0.0000000003448 GIGAmeters just doesn’t sound that impressive…
3,5 10-10 Gm
Also, notice that ypu can round it up a bit…
And, who meassures his dick… you just need an honest aproximation.
Exemple: “my dick? You mean from the root? I think it’s just a fraction of a gigameter…” which is a 100% honest and humble response.
Edit: one can also use astronomic units… 1 AU =~ 150 Gm
I kinda want a hexadecimal version of the metric system.
In hex:
10 mm = 1cm
100cm = 1m
1000m = 1km
1km - 1m = FFFm = 0.FFFkmStill works fine.
Wouldn’t it be
- 0xA mm = 0x1 cm
- 0x64 cm = 0x1 m
- 0x3E8 m = 0x1 km
- 0x1 km - 0x1 m = 0x3E7 m = 0x3E7/0x3E8 km = 0x0.FFBE76C8B4395810624D… km
Edit: nvm I see what you mean, but then we should change the units too, to something like xmm, xcm etc.
That would still be a decimal system just written in a hexadecimal way.
Measurement system doesn’t have anything to do with numerical base. You can use any base with any system.
16m = Fm
which is pretty ass if you ask me
