đđȘđłđŹPlease don't scare them!
StimulatedYorkieIâm an American and I approve this message.
steal_your_faceGo to sleep!
I just awoke from 21ks of sleep.
jballsThis just made me think, why having those damn commie Europeans with their fancy metric system come up with a better system for measuring time yet?
People like to talk a lot of shit about how subjective the definitions for an inch or a mile are, but I never hear complaints about how a second or an hour are antiquated and based on things that only make sense from an Earth-centric point of view.
I just feel like someone be mad at Americans for still using hours (ugh, trivially decided on the amount of time it takes the Earth to rotate) and not something like the amount of time it takes for 1 kilogram of water to decay via natural radiation when under a vacuum.
By the way, before downvoting, this post is heavy with /s in case it wasnât obvious.
Measures werenât standard before the french revolution, so picking something and getting buy-in was easy. Time keep was well established, and the French moved to a metric calendar, and proposals for metric time were made, but all were eventually rejected.
Honestly, that explains perfectly why America will never likely switch to the metric system.
It will happen because there is so much traction on metric, but it will be slow and both systems will be marked for a long time.
Itâs all so arbitrary is funny. People get so passionate, but then Iâll bring up,âWhy arenât we using Swatch Time?â Or, why donât we have 13 months of exactly 28 days (With a bonus vacation day or two)?
Theyâll usually fall back on what people are used to or tradition or something that just supports staying on imperial measurements. To be clear, I donât give a shit what measurement system is used. Itâs not like it take a big brain to figure out what is going on when you travel.
KaynThis can go even further. Why arenât we using base 12 numbers, which can be divided much more conveniently?
I remember watching the Numberphile video on base 12 a few years ago. I thought it was pretty interesting.
