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[tahujdt]

Eight. So there. Nyah.

[Darvi]

Eight. So there. Nyah.

12 inches a foot, 1760 yards a mile... I'd rather stick to the good ol' reliable 10³ which works for every single unit ever.

[Parsely]

I don't see how imperial would make any difference there. If you don't know how much a metre is, you won't know how much a yard is either.

What? No! I just mean estimation in general, I can't estimate in Imperial either. The second statement had nothing to do with the first, and like I said I like metric better anyways.

Okay, this way then:
Other Person: It's about 10 miles down, then hang a left, then it's about 35 yards straight ahead of you. You can't miss it.
Me: Uh, yeah, sure. Thanks.. *shuffles away*

[Putnam]

That's something you practice, not know automatically. So... practice.

[My Name is Immaterial]

I don't see how imperial would make any difference there. If you don't know how much a metre is, you won't know how much a yard is either.

What? No! I just mean estimation in general, I can't estimate in Imperial either. The second statement had nothing to do with the first, and like I said I like metric better anyways.

Okay, this way then:
Other Person: It's about 10 miles down, then hang a left, then it's about 35 yards straight ahead of you. You can't miss it.
Me: Uh, yeah, sure. Thanks.. *shuffles away*

I like to convert yards to meters.

[tahujdt]

I guess that just proves that people who use the Imperial system are smart enough to be able to multiply by a number other than ten.

[Putnam]

An inch is defined as 2.53 centimeters. Fun fact!

[Darvi]

Or, to use a common phrase, why do it the easy way if you can do it the hard way.

[Parsely]

Why doesn't every person in the world just speak the same language? Because it would be that easy to just swap overnight when a country's been using it since it was born.

Obviously metric is far more sensible, but it's not that easy to just have everyone start using it when it's been a part of their culture for so long.

That's something you practice, not know automatically. So... practice.

Right.. I'll just go practice that then.. _Yeah..

[crazysheep]

An inch is defined as 2.53 centimeters. Fun fact!

2.54 cm, actually.

[Darvi]

At least it's a nice rational number. Now imagine it was defined as τ/e.

On a different note, I wtf'd myself by forming the sentence "Buffalo police police buffalo buffalo police Police buffalo", based on the famous sentence made entirely of bisons.

[Arx]

With the Imperial system, I wouldn't be surprised. 

[Putnam]

An inch is defined as 2.53 centimeters. Fun fact!

2.54 cm, actually.

DAMN IT

You know what happens when you make mistakes on the -2 order of magnitude?

You meant to go to Seattle but instead you end up in Portland!

And who would want to go to Portland???

[Darvi]

People who aren't keen on going to Seattle because they feel it's not safe there at the moment?

[hops]

inb4 a shooting break out in Portland.