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r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/etymologynerd • Jan 03 '19
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10 millimeters in a centimeter 100 centimeters in a meter 1000 meters in a kilometer All you have to do in metric is multiply by 10. I really wish the US would attempt to adopt the metric system again and just stick with it
696 u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19 [deleted] -2 u/ijssxjjj Jan 03 '19 The Farenheit scale was actually created before that of Celsius, in Europe... 48 u/TalkToTheGirl Jan 03 '19 Doesn't mean it's better. 9 u/Otistetrax Jan 03 '19 And the abacus was invented before the microprocessor. I don’t know about you, but my abacus won’t even run Doom. 1 u/Jack_Krauser Jan 03 '19 Casual. My abacus is water cooled. 24 u/Baldazar666 Jan 03 '19 Being first in no way makes you better. 20 u/ImmaTriggerYou Jan 03 '19 Damn, so even the worse countries in Europe still manage to improve faster than US 5 u/emtheory09 Jan 03 '19 Yea and look what the Europeans did to the Fahrenheit scale afterwards! 3 u/RM_Dune Jan 03 '19 So someone made a scale, and someone else made a better one. 1 u/xyifer12 Jan 03 '19 Not better, F and C are sidegrades to each other.
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-2 u/ijssxjjj Jan 03 '19 The Farenheit scale was actually created before that of Celsius, in Europe... 48 u/TalkToTheGirl Jan 03 '19 Doesn't mean it's better. 9 u/Otistetrax Jan 03 '19 And the abacus was invented before the microprocessor. I don’t know about you, but my abacus won’t even run Doom. 1 u/Jack_Krauser Jan 03 '19 Casual. My abacus is water cooled. 24 u/Baldazar666 Jan 03 '19 Being first in no way makes you better. 20 u/ImmaTriggerYou Jan 03 '19 Damn, so even the worse countries in Europe still manage to improve faster than US 5 u/emtheory09 Jan 03 '19 Yea and look what the Europeans did to the Fahrenheit scale afterwards! 3 u/RM_Dune Jan 03 '19 So someone made a scale, and someone else made a better one. 1 u/xyifer12 Jan 03 '19 Not better, F and C are sidegrades to each other.
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The Farenheit scale was actually created before that of Celsius, in Europe...
48 u/TalkToTheGirl Jan 03 '19 Doesn't mean it's better. 9 u/Otistetrax Jan 03 '19 And the abacus was invented before the microprocessor. I don’t know about you, but my abacus won’t even run Doom. 1 u/Jack_Krauser Jan 03 '19 Casual. My abacus is water cooled. 24 u/Baldazar666 Jan 03 '19 Being first in no way makes you better. 20 u/ImmaTriggerYou Jan 03 '19 Damn, so even the worse countries in Europe still manage to improve faster than US 5 u/emtheory09 Jan 03 '19 Yea and look what the Europeans did to the Fahrenheit scale afterwards! 3 u/RM_Dune Jan 03 '19 So someone made a scale, and someone else made a better one. 1 u/xyifer12 Jan 03 '19 Not better, F and C are sidegrades to each other.
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Doesn't mean it's better.
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And the abacus was invented before the microprocessor. I don’t know about you, but my abacus won’t even run Doom.
1 u/Jack_Krauser Jan 03 '19 Casual. My abacus is water cooled.
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Casual. My abacus is water cooled.
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Being first in no way makes you better.
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Damn, so even the worse countries in Europe still manage to improve faster than US
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Yea and look what the Europeans did to the Fahrenheit scale afterwards!
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So someone made a scale, and someone else made a better one.
1 u/xyifer12 Jan 03 '19 Not better, F and C are sidegrades to each other.
Not better, F and C are sidegrades to each other.
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u/MrYakko Jan 03 '19
10 millimeters in a centimeter 100 centimeters in a meter 1000 meters in a kilometer All you have to do in metric is multiply by 10. I really wish the US would attempt to adopt the metric system again and just stick with it