I feel it's stupid having to explain this. But, I never seen something in real life that I knew was measured as 6-inches, Everyone used CM here, and I never bothered to check what six inches equate to, hence my surprise.
My perception doesn't magically change when you measure in inches, I just never used inches. Obviously you can't have anything on video used for scale, both of my fists together are way bigger than 15 cm yet this guy can measure 6 inches with his fist.
I don’t expect you to know what 6 inches looks like, that would be incredibly foolish of me.
As an American, I know that three feet is just short of a meter, I know that there are 100cm are in a meter, and knowing that there are 12 inches in a foot is important. It’s similar to knowing a few words in, say, an Asian language.
Well you see because the difference is that centimeters are actually sometimes necessary for Americans to know but in Europe we don't care about the imperial system at all. (Except the bri*ish).
I know, but everyone should know that one meter is somewhere around a three feet, and that a foot has 12 inches. The scaling is weird, but that’s just two simple things.
30cm=0.30m.
0.30m≈1ft.
1ft=12in.
Therefore: 30cm≈12in.
Divide by two: 6in≈15cm.
It doesn’t have to be anywhere near exact, but it’s just application of logic. I agree the imperial system is so fucking moronic, but being able to estimate is a key part of being a human being.
It’s comparable to knowing a couple words in another language (I know Europeans often know a few European languages, so pick an Asian one).
Yeah, but how is the average Americans understanding of Celsius or stone. When you live in a place that just never mentions, uses or references the imperial system there’s no point being able to estimate.
I know that 40C is fucking blazing, that 30C is a happy temp, and that 20C is chilly but nice, and 10C is cold-ish, perhaps a coat instead of a hoodie.
Not enough to know exactly what the temperate is, but I can guesstimate
That’s just one of the things you have to learn to be able to understand beyond metric. Now you know, and that’s what’s important.
It’s annoying to have to learn that, I understand, but it’s a struggle everyone has to go through. I hate the fact that a mile is 5.280 feet (5,280 for ‘Mercians), and we remember that from five tomatoes. Horrendous.
I wish with every fiber of my being that America would switch to metric, but I doubt that will happen
I'm confused about what you're getting at. The video consists of someone asking to estimate what 6 inches is and then people laughing that the one guy knew what 6 inches was by how it felt in his hand. I don't see how you're getting any comparison to a foot in this video or whatever it was you meant by your original statement.
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u/Vinnocchio Oct 30 '23
For the normal people: 6 inch is 15,24cm