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The fact that americans need YouTube videos to explain this to them is just... sad, painful, demoralizing, pathetic, and cringe.
@cassidyclown
>sounds less like bullshit when guessing distances
Only if you're measuring things in feet. And it sounds as useful as measuring in banana length, cause I don't know about you, but my feet aren't exactly 1 foot long.
Also, if you want to guesstimate a meter, you usually measure by making a big step.
I can appreciate the "poetic" part, if you're nostalgic about the British Empire.
@alyx @cassidyclown i did always dislike how there's not really anything in between cm and meters. it's either a measurement smaller than an inch or one 3x a foot. sure there is decimeter but nobody fucking uses it.
for measuring height, even though it isn't as precise, i still think feet+inches is better than just centimeters.
when you get into longer distances or very precise measurements though, it's probably better to use metric. we already do the latter, because there isn't an imperial unit smaller than an inch. bullets, cables, things like that are measured in mm.
@Corfiot @cassidyclown @beardalaxy
It's funny that deci doesn't get used, but deca does. Or at least in my country. We usually use decaliters to measure larger quantities of alcoholic drinks, such as wine, or our version of moonshine.
@Corfiot @cassidyclown @beardalaxy
I wouldn't dislike imperial as much as I do if the conversions between imperial units actually made sense. All I know is that 1 foot=12 inches. 1 yard=3 feet. But I'm completely clueless how many feet or yards you need for a mile. And don't get me started on subdivisions to an inch.
Everything being 10x the smaller unit is the single most powerful feature of the metric system.
@Corfiot @cassidyclown @beardalaxy
Nautical everything is an entirely different can of worms.
