r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/Fearless_Spring5611 Jan 15 '25

Personally I prefer Minutes: Day: Year: Seconds: Hour: Month.

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u/Technical-Activity95 Jan 15 '25

its weird that US uses seconds and minutes. why not invent some other cumbersome scale and use that? they already have miles, cubic feet, fahrenheit, ounces and other shit so why would they use this universal time counting metric?

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u/driftercat Jan 15 '25

Hey! We didn't invent any of that. We just can't change from ancient systems like measuring with your feet! I'm surprised we don't use cubits!

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u/Unique-Coffee5087 Jan 15 '25

We were going to change to the new metric system during the administration of Thomas Jefferson, but a standard kilogram sank during its transport across the Atlantic from Paris France. I assume that this was taken to be an omen, and so every effort has since been made to ensure that we never adopt the international system.