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Nah, that's too difficult for USAians. They can memorize fibonacci numbers much more easily.
Be like us Brits and measure short distances in metric, long distances in Imperial, yet struggle to convert between them.
GPS navigation gets frustrating. It's either metric "turn left in 4km" when all road signs and speeds are in miles, or imperial "turn in 200ft" when you have no idea how long 200ft is.
I never understood the use of yards for exits over there, but the hardest part was figuring out what my GP meant when he said I needed to lose a couple 'stones'... C'mon, you can't expect me to learn imperial, metric, and whatever the hell that is.
I'm already stuck having to be able to convert between elephants and F-250's because my homeland REFUSES the metric system, now I have to study geology just to figure out how unhealthy I am (actually was, I've lost 40lbs since then).
I think he might’ve been talking about an orchiectomy.
Stones are imperial. There are 14 pounds in a stone. Obviously it's the right unit for people's weight because who wouldn't want to share the weight of a human equally seven ways, eh?
"I'm trying to lose 2 and a half stone" just sounds utterly deranged.
My kidney stones are imperial too.
Hefty. That's gonna hurt.
Yeah, people talk shit about Americans using Imperial, but Brits are so fucked up. At least we consistently use one shitty system. Brits are constantly switching between the two, and sometimes even using outdated systems no one else uses. Like, why the fuck do you use stones for body weight, but pounds, ounces, and grams for different measurements of weight? Be consistent at least.
To be fair, kilometers make a lot more sense to me, as an American. However, everything is written in miles, and everyone speaks in miles. Estimating distance for me is easier in metric, but it isn't really acceptable.
(I play milsims, which is why I'm more used to it. Most Americans have almost zero experience with metric.)
The idea the average Joe even knows of them... (edit: was thinking of Fibonacci, but even km are in doubt these days)
Well i was taught about kilometers in school, though i can't speak to today's curriculum...