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[-] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year 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

[-] PatFussy@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Sekoia 52 points 1 year 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.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago
[-] frosch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Well, as the „n“ just stands for „E-9“ it really just says 1.8 m

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

And the comment I replied to said to drop the e9 ...

[-] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

1.8e9nm means 1.8*10^9nm, which is 1.8m.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

And the comment I replied to said to drop the e9 ...

[-] fossphi@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Not if the girlfriend is an ant

[-] Goun@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

I don't think you have ever measured an ant

[-] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

lemmy not letting delete comments forever sucks. I just double posted by accident man!

[-] Aqarius@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year 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.

[-] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

Thanks, the nm were useful

[-] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 21 points 1 year ago

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

[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year 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.

[-] matthewmercury@reddthat.com 14 points 1 year 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.

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 14 points 1 year ago

You guys crashed a probe into Mars the last time you tried to use metric.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

And yet you insist we keep trying. For shame. What other celestial bodies do you want us to crash into?

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Alpha Centauri

[-] matthewmercury@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago

That was one of the times we bothered you.

[-] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

And that’s why Imperial is better, Metric just crashes spacecraft into planets.

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah but the time before that we put a man on the moon with it

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 8 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure you should blame the British.

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year 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@lemmy.nowsci.com 6 points 1 year ago

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

[-] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

For you guys, he’s about 5.11 liters tall.

[-] rambaroo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

5'11" = 180cm

120lbs = 54.4Kg

For all those who prefer normal measurements lol

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
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