Topic: Why are we Americans so primitive with our measurement systems?

HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY started this discussion 12 years ago #37,112

Man, we sure are stupid for not weighing ourselves using "stones".

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #502,426

Walter weighs himself in cheeseburgers.

HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 2 minutes later, 5 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #502,427

So ShitArse, why do you guys use caveman measurements? I thought British society was supposed to be superior to ours.

HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) double-posted this 12 years ago, 4 minutes later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #502,430

@502,426 (B)
Green weighs himself in dicks and shit fedoras.

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Triptych !!/xkPL9myM joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 52 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #502,432

i weigh 6 stone 10 lb

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #502,433

Scientists and engineers all use the metric system regardless of where they live.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 16 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #502,434

@previous (D)
That makes it ok then>

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #502,440

@502,433 (D)
Yes but American scientists and engineers often use centimeters, so it's obvious where they live.

squeegee joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #502,457

i estimate using cowboy units, like knots and hands. something you learn as a kid in rodeo school. seriously.

Anonymous D replied with this 12 years ago, 18 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #502,458

@previous (squeegee)
How many hands is a hand?

squeegee replied with this 12 years ago, 24 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #502,461

@previous (D)
bout 3 knots

Meta joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 2 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #502,475

@OP
I dont give a fuck, I was drinking a hogshead of Sprite when I read your fucking headline.

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 2 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #502,487

@502,432 (Triptych !!/xkPL9myM)
MAtt weighed that much when he was like six years old.

Meta replied with this 12 years ago, 2 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #502,496

@previous (I)
Why is MAtt's TV melting?

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 17 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #502,497

@502,475 (Meta)
> I dont give a fuck, I was drinking a hogshead of Franzia when I read your fucking headline.
FTFY

@502,487 (I)
You are witnessing gravitational lensing. Massive objects distort the curvature of space nearby and are able to bend the path of light around them.

Minichan