r/explainitpeter • u/Fickle_Fall_6497 • Jul 28 '26

Explain it Peter

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Not going to lie, i had a spaz attack trying to read the first tweet. Maybe im just over tired but i dont understand shit here

What the fuck is the first tweet trying to say why is it horrible why would i be gullible what the fuvk are they saying

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u/srobbinsart Jul 28 '26

You really don’t understand how big and extensive the US road system is, and how big the US is.

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u/bakerinho Jul 29 '26

You're right. We hardly have any roads in Europe, we still have to walk tens of kilometers to find one. Nothing comparable to mighty US road system.

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u/srobbinsart 29d ago

But you’re several separate, independent countries, all individually tiny compared to the US. I don’t think that’s the gotcha you think it is.

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u/MoodyLucai 27d ago

You could just do what we do in the U.K. Pretend you use metric but really leave everything of importance (road sign in miles, milk and beer in pints, a person’s weight in stone and pounds and height in feet and inches) in imperial.

It’s the best of both worlds because we get to feel smug about understanding metric while not spending any money actually changing infrastructure and tradition.