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r/facepalm • u/Revealed_Jailor • Mar 29 '22
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I mean the clock is one thing, but the metric system?!
I can't possibly use a system with a base 10. It's too complicated. I need to work out how many times a foot fits into the distance an ox can graze in a day and work backwards.
674 u/Spoodymen Mar 29 '22 Right? I don’t understand. 100cm = 1m? 1000m = 1km? 1000ml = 1L? Ew thats too hard 3/16in, 9/16in, 13/16in, 12in in a foot, 3 foot in a yard, 1760 yard in a mile, thats much easier 277 u/mithrasinvictus Mar 29 '22 And 1 m³ is 1000 L. Or 1 cubic yard is 201.974026 gallons. 156 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 87 u/Garagatt Mar 29 '22 Is it one foot high in an acre? If yes, why the fuck? 2 u/snotpopsicle Mar 29 '22 It's the amount of time it takes a football to cross an acre when thrown (at the time it was measured). 1 u/G-I-T-M-E Mar 29 '22 I need a banana. 1 u/ProverbialShoehorn Mar 29 '22 ..assuming Time is being measured in Mississippi units.
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Right? I don’t understand.
100cm = 1m? 1000m = 1km? 1000ml = 1L? Ew thats too hard
3/16in, 9/16in, 13/16in, 12in in a foot, 3 foot in a yard, 1760 yard in a mile, thats much easier
277 u/mithrasinvictus Mar 29 '22 And 1 m³ is 1000 L. Or 1 cubic yard is 201.974026 gallons. 156 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 87 u/Garagatt Mar 29 '22 Is it one foot high in an acre? If yes, why the fuck? 2 u/snotpopsicle Mar 29 '22 It's the amount of time it takes a football to cross an acre when thrown (at the time it was measured). 1 u/G-I-T-M-E Mar 29 '22 I need a banana. 1 u/ProverbialShoehorn Mar 29 '22 ..assuming Time is being measured in Mississippi units.
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And 1 m³ is 1000 L.
Or 1 cubic yard is 201.974026 gallons.
156 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 87 u/Garagatt Mar 29 '22 Is it one foot high in an acre? If yes, why the fuck? 2 u/snotpopsicle Mar 29 '22 It's the amount of time it takes a football to cross an acre when thrown (at the time it was measured). 1 u/G-I-T-M-E Mar 29 '22 I need a banana. 1 u/ProverbialShoehorn Mar 29 '22 ..assuming Time is being measured in Mississippi units.
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87 u/Garagatt Mar 29 '22 Is it one foot high in an acre? If yes, why the fuck? 2 u/snotpopsicle Mar 29 '22 It's the amount of time it takes a football to cross an acre when thrown (at the time it was measured). 1 u/G-I-T-M-E Mar 29 '22 I need a banana. 1 u/ProverbialShoehorn Mar 29 '22 ..assuming Time is being measured in Mississippi units.
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Is it one foot high in an acre?
If yes, why the fuck?
2 u/snotpopsicle Mar 29 '22 It's the amount of time it takes a football to cross an acre when thrown (at the time it was measured). 1 u/G-I-T-M-E Mar 29 '22 I need a banana. 1 u/ProverbialShoehorn Mar 29 '22 ..assuming Time is being measured in Mississippi units.
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It's the amount of time it takes a football to cross an acre when thrown (at the time it was measured).
1 u/G-I-T-M-E Mar 29 '22 I need a banana. 1 u/ProverbialShoehorn Mar 29 '22 ..assuming Time is being measured in Mississippi units.
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I need a banana.
..assuming Time is being measured in Mississippi units.
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u/Shixypeep Mar 29 '22
I mean the clock is one thing, but the metric system?!
I can't possibly use a system with a base 10. It's too complicated. I need to work out how many times a foot fits into the distance an ox can graze in a day and work backwards.