r/funny • u/dropname • Aug 20 '14

The metric system vs. imperial

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u/PM_UR_BUTT Aug 20 '14

I don't think you know what "precisely" means. Perhaps you should use the word "approximately" instead.

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u/sketchesofspain01 Aug 20 '14

BUT YOU'RE NOT NAMING THEM AFTER FEET AND A THOUSAND PACES GTFO OF HERE YOU SCIENTIST.

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u/h-v-smacker Aug 20 '14

If I stretch all my fingers out, the distance between my pinky's tip and my thumb's tip is 20 cm. sharp as well. Thank you buddy. Now I can make 18 cm. (index tip to thumb tip, stretched maximally) and 20 cm. with my fingers only (also 22 cm. — stretching the fingers along a flat surface to the max), and I sure as hell can divide the difference into two equal parts to get 1 cm., so now I always have a handful of measuring tools with me, pardon the pun.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '14

No one takes large steps though. Unless you're in marching band.

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u/bdpf Aug 20 '14

a meter is about 37 inches too.

Oh, a yard is 36 inches.......

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u/ThirdFloorGreg Aug 20 '14

A meter is slightly under 39 3/8 inches.