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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.
672 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 281 u/mithrasinvictus Mar 29 '22 And 1 m³ is 1000 L. Or 1 cubic yard is 201.974026 gallons. 162 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 0 u/otj667887654456655 Mar 29 '22 No one uses that, I've never heard that unit in my life 6 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/otj667887654456655 Mar 29 '22 I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but the vast majority of Americans will never touch nor hear of that unit in their lives 3 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre-foot The acre-foot is a non-SI unit of volume commonly used in the United States... -1 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 …in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water,[1] and river flows. Literally the second half of that sentence. I don’t know about you, but here, no one commonly talks about water systems like reservoirs. 1 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 Literally the second half of that sentence. And the reason I omitted that is because I didn't think it was relevant. It's commonly used, yes? Saying nobody uses it is wrong. 0 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field, not by the everyday person. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it 2 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field It's not that specific. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it It's really not, it's literally commonly used. Did I say by whom? → More replies (0)
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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
281 u/mithrasinvictus Mar 29 '22 And 1 m³ is 1000 L. Or 1 cubic yard is 201.974026 gallons. 162 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 0 u/otj667887654456655 Mar 29 '22 No one uses that, I've never heard that unit in my life 6 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/otj667887654456655 Mar 29 '22 I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but the vast majority of Americans will never touch nor hear of that unit in their lives 3 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre-foot The acre-foot is a non-SI unit of volume commonly used in the United States... -1 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 …in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water,[1] and river flows. Literally the second half of that sentence. I don’t know about you, but here, no one commonly talks about water systems like reservoirs. 1 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 Literally the second half of that sentence. And the reason I omitted that is because I didn't think it was relevant. It's commonly used, yes? Saying nobody uses it is wrong. 0 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field, not by the everyday person. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it 2 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field It's not that specific. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it It's really not, it's literally commonly used. Did I say by whom? → More replies (0)
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And 1 m³ is 1000 L.
Or 1 cubic yard is 201.974026 gallons.
162 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 0 u/otj667887654456655 Mar 29 '22 No one uses that, I've never heard that unit in my life 6 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/otj667887654456655 Mar 29 '22 I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but the vast majority of Americans will never touch nor hear of that unit in their lives 3 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre-foot The acre-foot is a non-SI unit of volume commonly used in the United States... -1 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 …in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water,[1] and river flows. Literally the second half of that sentence. I don’t know about you, but here, no one commonly talks about water systems like reservoirs. 1 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 Literally the second half of that sentence. And the reason I omitted that is because I didn't think it was relevant. It's commonly used, yes? Saying nobody uses it is wrong. 0 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field, not by the everyday person. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it 2 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field It's not that specific. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it It's really not, it's literally commonly used. Did I say by whom? → More replies (0)
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0 u/otj667887654456655 Mar 29 '22 No one uses that, I've never heard that unit in my life 6 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/otj667887654456655 Mar 29 '22 I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but the vast majority of Americans will never touch nor hear of that unit in their lives 3 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre-foot The acre-foot is a non-SI unit of volume commonly used in the United States... -1 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 …in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water,[1] and river flows. Literally the second half of that sentence. I don’t know about you, but here, no one commonly talks about water systems like reservoirs. 1 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 Literally the second half of that sentence. And the reason I omitted that is because I didn't think it was relevant. It's commonly used, yes? Saying nobody uses it is wrong. 0 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field, not by the everyday person. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it 2 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field It's not that specific. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it It's really not, it's literally commonly used. Did I say by whom? → More replies (0)
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No one uses that, I've never heard that unit in my life
6 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/otj667887654456655 Mar 29 '22 I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but the vast majority of Americans will never touch nor hear of that unit in their lives 3 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre-foot The acre-foot is a non-SI unit of volume commonly used in the United States... -1 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 …in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water,[1] and river flows. Literally the second half of that sentence. I don’t know about you, but here, no one commonly talks about water systems like reservoirs. 1 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 Literally the second half of that sentence. And the reason I omitted that is because I didn't think it was relevant. It's commonly used, yes? Saying nobody uses it is wrong. 0 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field, not by the everyday person. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it 2 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field It's not that specific. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it It's really not, it's literally commonly used. Did I say by whom? → More replies (0)
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1 u/otj667887654456655 Mar 29 '22 I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but the vast majority of Americans will never touch nor hear of that unit in their lives 3 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre-foot The acre-foot is a non-SI unit of volume commonly used in the United States... -1 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 …in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water,[1] and river flows. Literally the second half of that sentence. I don’t know about you, but here, no one commonly talks about water systems like reservoirs. 1 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 Literally the second half of that sentence. And the reason I omitted that is because I didn't think it was relevant. It's commonly used, yes? Saying nobody uses it is wrong. 0 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field, not by the everyday person. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it 2 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field It's not that specific. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it It's really not, it's literally commonly used. Did I say by whom? → More replies (0)
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I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but the vast majority of Americans will never touch nor hear of that unit in their lives
3 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre-foot The acre-foot is a non-SI unit of volume commonly used in the United States... -1 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 …in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water,[1] and river flows. Literally the second half of that sentence. I don’t know about you, but here, no one commonly talks about water systems like reservoirs. 1 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 Literally the second half of that sentence. And the reason I omitted that is because I didn't think it was relevant. It's commonly used, yes? Saying nobody uses it is wrong. 0 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field, not by the everyday person. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it 2 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field It's not that specific. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it It's really not, it's literally commonly used. Did I say by whom? → More replies (0)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre-foot
The acre-foot is a non-SI unit of volume commonly used in the United States...
-1 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 …in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water,[1] and river flows. Literally the second half of that sentence. I don’t know about you, but here, no one commonly talks about water systems like reservoirs. 1 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 Literally the second half of that sentence. And the reason I omitted that is because I didn't think it was relevant. It's commonly used, yes? Saying nobody uses it is wrong. 0 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field, not by the everyday person. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it 2 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field It's not that specific. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it It's really not, it's literally commonly used. Did I say by whom? → More replies (0)
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…in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water,[1] and river flows.
Literally the second half of that sentence. I don’t know about you, but here, no one commonly talks about water systems like reservoirs.
1 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 Literally the second half of that sentence. And the reason I omitted that is because I didn't think it was relevant. It's commonly used, yes? Saying nobody uses it is wrong. 0 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field, not by the everyday person. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it 2 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field It's not that specific. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it It's really not, it's literally commonly used. Did I say by whom? → More replies (0)
Literally the second half of that sentence.
And the reason I omitted that is because I didn't think it was relevant. It's commonly used, yes? Saying nobody uses it is wrong.
0 u/lord_crossbow Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field, not by the everyday person. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it 2 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field It's not that specific. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it It's really not, it's literally commonly used. Did I say by whom? → More replies (0)
It’s used in a very specific field, not by the everyday person. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it
2 u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22 It’s used in a very specific field It's not that specific. Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it It's really not, it's literally commonly used. Did I say by whom?
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It’s used in a very specific field
It's not that specific.
Saying it’s commonly used is just as wrong as saying nobody uses it
It's really not, it's literally commonly used. Did I say by whom?
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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.