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[-] jungle@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's several different types of miles: nautical, statute, scandinavian, irish, etc. Which makes using the imperial system all the more stupid.

[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 61 points 1 year ago

True but there are also many different types of meters: kilometers, centimeters, millimeters, thermometers, barometers, ... face it: the metric system isn't better

[-] Sentrovasi@kbin.social 36 points 1 year ago

It sounds like you're being sarcastic but you're getting all these serious replies.

[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Tbf most commenters got the joke, even if the upvote/downvote ratio doesn't show it

[-] pacology@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You are right. But the metric system is intuitive. 12 millimeters = 1 centimeter, 3 centimeter = 1 meter, 100 meter is a football pitch, and 1760 meters are a kilometer (I had to google this one because I never know. The designers really missed out at using 1776 meters in a kilometer).

/s

[-] Maslo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Noone remembers how many yards are in a mile, you're supposed to just remember it's 5 tomatos long.

[-] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Talk shit about imperial all you want, just remember that the British made it. US was just too busy building a damn country to change units when the new one was adopted by the British and their imperial states.

[-] dai@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago
[-] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

lol, why people downvote me but upvote you.

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

Idk, internet things.

[-] adj16@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

This is a good and funny comment. Sorry the people voting are too thick to get it

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

With how some 'muricans are, that's a clear cut case of Poe's Law

[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

Meter? I hardly know her!

[-] owsei@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

kilo is a common prefix meaning *1000

milli is /1000

and you can use them for several units

it's not like we use "irish" to mean *1.27

[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Irish Coffee exactly 1.27 coffees?

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When I make an Irish coffee, that's definetly not what makes it Irish. Though by coincidence it does end up 1.27 times the size of a regular one, on account of the additives.

[-] Tanoh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, "irish coffee" is coffee with alcohol in it. At least where I am from.

[-] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Well, yeah. In Ireland it's just coffee.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Would "irish beer" be beer with a small serving of coffee on top?

[-] owsei@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

it may be

but the usability is about being common

if everyone (or almost everyone) used it, it would be useful

tho, I still like metric better because it matches our base

but if ppl around you use irish to mean *1.27, go for it

[-] UQuark@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

Irish always means at least 27% better.

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Especially for currency conversion.

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

No. A metre is always a metre. The prefixes are standardizex.

[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Still: the difference between a kilometer and a centimeter is much bigger than the difference between a nautical mile and an Irish mile. And not even all meters are standardized. Thermometers and barometers vary hugely in size

[-] discostjohn@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

I tried using my thermometer to measure my height and it turns out I'm like 20 meters tall

[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Congrats! That makes you taller than my uncle

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, you must live in the US. Because in the rest of the English speaking world, a metre is a unit of length, and a meter is a measuring device. Note the difference in spelling. ;)

Not that it makes a tonne of difference.

[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Jokes on you: I live outside the English speaking world. Checkmate atheist

[-] GregorTacTac@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I see your point but my ratio is much better than it was before. I guess some people are able to read my comments 2 level lower (like this one)

[-] notamechanic321@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Was this made by Fujitsu systems?

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

It depends. Are you measuring from the marbles or from the winking eye?

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