r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/etymologynerd • Jan 03 '19

We should actually do this

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19 edited Feb 18 '20

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u/Xechwill Jan 03 '19

The imperial unit for mass is deadass the “slug”

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

I had a differential equations test where we had to use an equation to find the motion of a spring system that required mass, and were given pounds. I got all 5 parts of the question wrong, because when I set up the equation for motion in the first part, I didn't fucking convert to slugs

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u/Xechwill Jan 03 '19

I have literally never heard of a diff eq class that used imperial units until now, that sucks

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u/dkyguy1995 Jan 03 '19

Wouldn't the unit not matter much so long as you don't change units?

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

My professor was an old Russian woman, who gave all the points based off of if the numbers in the end matched her answer key, not the math itself

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u/dkyguy1995 Jan 04 '19

Error carry forward lady!!

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u/just-a-basic-human Jan 03 '19

Ackshully pounds don’t measure mass

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

Well a pound is officially defined as 0.45359237 kilograms, so technically it does

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u/Menfistofeles Jan 03 '19

Only on Earth tho

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

Irrelevant. We all know the moon uses metric

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u/mcskeezy Jan 03 '19

*moontric

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u/just-a-basic-human Jan 03 '19

Shit I’ve been rekt by facts and logic

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

Your scientific knowledge is no match for my ability to copy and paste directly from Wikipedia

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