"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 10/07/2014 at 18:29 • Filed to: Oppo Questions, Rants

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Is there a greater confluence of arbitrariness, pride, and butthurt than preferred systems of measurement?

Alfalfa > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 18:30

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Only in The Rest Of The World.

jariten1781 > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 18:33

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Professional sports

For Sweden > Alfalfa 10/07/2014 at 18:33

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I feel it happens everywhere. "Muh way of counting is so much better than your way of counting the same thing. Muh units!"

If someone introduces a third system, it will cause World War III.

For Sweden > jariten1781 10/07/2014 at 18:34

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Sports have a measurable impact on a local economy however.

CAR_IS_MI > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 18:36

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It really does need to change though. The metric system is so much simpler once you learn it, no weird fractions and other BS. It's also convenient when you go literally anywhere else that you understand what the signs mean (it says 17 km so whats that, like 17 miles? - no more like 70 I think. - Not huh, its only 7 miles). Plus, The immediate change in this country would reduce the number of speeders (well not that I can go 100 I don't feel the need to speed as much...). We can just ignore the fact that 100km/h is actually 62.something mph so your actually going slower...

Gamecat235 > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 18:39

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Given the specific signage you are posting about. We (I'm a second generation Tucsonan) get a huge influx of money spent here from a large region of Mexico (primarily Sonora), so having signage which is familiar to them has made sense for a very long time to encourage them to come here. I'm pretty certain it's measurable (as a positive, as opposed to, say, building a stadium).

Cé hé sin > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 18:40

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Paper sizes are another source of endless and amusing conflict.

Was watching a Swedish TV programme tonight and it mentioned in the subtitles a distance of 30 km. Interestingly the original dialogue said tre mil which is literally three miles (the Swedes have a mile of 10km).

For Sweden > CAR_IS_MI 10/07/2014 at 18:41

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[The following statement will assume any of this matters; it does not]

Metric uses base 10, and base 10 is one of humanities greatest mistake. 10 is only divisible by 2 and 5.

Now consider base 12. 12 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6. That's twice as many stupidly simple calculations.

For Sweden > Gamecat235 10/07/2014 at 18:42

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Replacing all the signs with signs of the same units would achieve the same results.

DoYouEvenShift > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 18:42

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All joking aside though. Does it really matter, both work just fine. And NASA for the most part uses metric too. Some industries use both depending on the application..

For Sweden > Cé hé sin 10/07/2014 at 18:42

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Another fine example

Gamecat235 > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 18:45

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Metric for everyone!

Kanaric > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 18:45

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Game fanboys. People who insist that games like Call of Duty or Madden are amazing despite them being half what they used to be.

CAR_IS_MI > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 18:45

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And twice as easy for the sheeple to make stupid mistakes with...

For Sweden > Gamecat235 10/07/2014 at 18:47

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Nah. I'm going to assume the visitors from Mexico can understand both. Seems to work for language in Canada.

Racescort666 > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 18:47

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Is this a pitch for common core math?

For Sweden > CAR_IS_MI 10/07/2014 at 18:47

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I was wrong. The word sheeple is dumber than the fighting over units.

For Sweden > Racescort666 10/07/2014 at 18:48

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?

Gamecat235 > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 18:48

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But... They are from Mexico, we can't expect them to just understand our system unless we yell at them. HOW CAN WE YELL LOUDER WITH SIGNS?

(I feel sad for just typing this, but this is pure sarcasm, if you take this seriously then you need to have a long deep conversation with yourself and then see your therapist).

Also, go to Wales... I think that the sign company had a clearance or buy one get three l's and a y free type sale.

Racescort666 > DoYouEvenShift 10/07/2014 at 18:49

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I didn't know that Liberia and Burma had landed on the moon too.

Racescort666 > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 18:54

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Preferring to use US customary units is a confluence of arbitrariness, pride, and butthurt. Preferring to use SI (and by extension the metric system) is a logical progression toward global standardization of a superior unit system.

Then we can finally get rid of the unit "tons" forever. Good riddance.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > DoYouEvenShift 10/07/2014 at 18:57

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Racescort666 > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 18:57

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Switching to base 12 with the intent to complicate math for no apparent logical reason.

CAR_IS_MI > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 19:02

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But it is an accurate descriptive term.

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > Racescort666 10/07/2014 at 19:04

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This. This is so fucking right.

For Sweden > CAR_IS_MI 10/07/2014 at 19:08

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how

For Sweden > Racescort666 10/07/2014 at 19:09

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How does it complicate math? Is math base-dependent?

For Sweden > Racescort666 10/07/2014 at 19:10

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^Exhibit A. Muh units!

CAR_IS_MI > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 19:20

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Do you know why sheepheards usually only have one heading dog? It's because the sheep all just fall in line and follow one another blindly.

Ever watch people in a major city...

For Sweden > CAR_IS_MI 10/07/2014 at 19:21

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What comes after the ellipsis?

CAR_IS_MI > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 19:27

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Lol. Well if you were to ever seriously sit and watch people in a major city for an extended period of time, you will see one person make a mistake, enter a no entry or drive the wrong way down a one way street. Forget where they are going, walk into something, spend 5 minutes pushing on a pull door, never thinking to read those 4 letters that say pull... Okay, stuff happens, were not perfect, no quarrels there. But the thing is, it's never just one person. The guy behind him aimlessly follows, ignoring the one way sign, or assisting him in pushing on the pull door. like sheep do, many bipedals just follow blindly. so the combination of sheep and people becomes an accurate descriptive term.

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > Gamecat235 10/07/2014 at 19:32

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But if the sign were in miles the numbers would be smaller, giving the impression that things are closer, and encouraging more travel!

Gamecat235 > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 10/07/2014 at 19:33

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Forgetful > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 19:36

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Celebrity couples.

Racescort666 > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 21:32

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The Arabic numbering system (that basically the entire world uses) is based on having 10 values per digit. Each digit represents a different order of magnitude. If you were to use a different base from 10, then it complicates it because numbers don't scale easily.

Racescort666 > For Sweden 10/07/2014 at 21:36

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Global standardization is "muh units"? How? How is standardization of an easily scalable system arbitrariness, pride, or butthurt?

For Sweden > Racescort666 10/08/2014 at 00:31

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Easily scalable

Can't divide by 3 or 4

For Sweden > Racescort666 10/08/2014 at 00:35

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That's only because we've used base 10 for so long. If someone taught you to use base 12 as a child, you would have zero issues.

For Sweden > Racescort666 10/08/2014 at 00:35

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"numbers don't scale easily" wut

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Racescort666 10/08/2014 at 07:26

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Tell that to the computer scientists who work with hex math.

34 + 78 = AC

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > For Sweden 10/08/2014 at 07:32

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It would be far easier to justify if we had 12 fingers.

Wait, that's the dominant allele and everyone has the recessive 10 finger allele. At least that's what was told in bio class.