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[–]n1n3b0y 4097ポイント4098ポイント x2 (312子コメント)

There are countries that use the metric system, and there are countries that went to the moon.

[–]SarcasmEnthusiast 1764ポイント1765ポイント  (99子コメント)

When did Burma and Liberia go to the moon?

[–]skywalker777 2324ポイント2325ポイント  (26子コメント)

Huh it's funny you never really think of those countries having their shit together.

[–]owlbrain 621ポイント622ポイント  (21子コメント)

Archer?

[–]buynewsuits 987ポイント988ポイント  (15子コメント)

Jesus God what Lana?

[–]Orc_Pawn00 125ポイント126ポイント  (10子コメント)

DZ.

[–]Cb6x 185ポイント186ポイント  (7子コメント)

Danger Zone

[–]Robert_Skywalker 24ポイント25ポイント  (0子コメント)

DANGER ZONE!

[–]town_bicycle 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Demilitarized zone

[–]pcoon43456 22ポイント23ポイント  (3子コメント)

MAUP!

[–]Daver899 20ポイント21ポイント  (0子コメント)

LANA!?!?!?!?!?!

[–]kennygloggins 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yes

[–]Flosses_Daily 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Sploosh

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    [–]Boiled_Potatoe 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Beat me to it...

    [–]TheValkier 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Not using the metric system is the definition of not having their shit together.

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      [–]DeadSeaMoose 176ポイント177ポイント  (16子コメント)

      Burma?

      You most likely know it as Myanmar, but it will always be Burma to me!

      [–]bassdrop360 14ポイント15ポイント  (1子コメント)

      Is that the discount pharmacy?

      [–]mojo_puffin 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Sell me one of your melons!

      [–]dancingbeers 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Calm down, Peterman.

      [–]Iskald_ 5ポイント6ポイント  (5子コメント)

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      [–]Kongo204 12ポイント13ポイント  (1子コメント)

      If you met someone from Myanmar you would.

      [–]VladVV 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

      I know someone from Burma who has only ever called it Burma. When I asked him about the name 'Myanmar', he told me that he hadn't actually ever heard anyone use it irl.

      [–]John_YJKR 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

      Really? It's been called Myanmar for nearly 30 years. Do the people you associate with know how to read?

      [–]Iskald_ 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

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      [–]yourmansconnect 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

      But you've probably seen seinfeld

      [–]HadHerses 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

      I believe Britain still calls it Burma!

      [–]yoketah 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

      Since when was Burma not called Burma?

      Me: Dumb American.

      [–]fidgetsatbonfire 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Since the junta changed the name.

      Lots of folks still call it Burma to spite those dictatorial assholes.

      Similar to how many people still call Ho Chi Mihn City 'Saigon'.

      [–]HadHerses 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

      I still call it Burma, not Myanmar or as some peeps around me say Meeeeeyanmaaaaar.

      I could be wrong, but hey this is the internet so I'm sure someone will correct me... In the UK at least we don't recognise the current Government as legit and they're the ones who changed the name so we say Nuh uh to Myanmar.

      [–]New_Zanzibar 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

      They drew first blood!

      [–]YawnsMcGee 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Ah, yes, Myanmar. Myanmar balloons are awesome. I hate the stupid rubber balloons.

      [–]hotsavoryaujus 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      the horror...

      the horror

      [–]LumberCockSucker 69ポイント70ポイント  (40子コメント)

      Also the UK uses Imperial even though redditors pretend they don't.

      [–]Burny_Sanders 24ポイント25ポイント  (2子コメント)

      When I visited the UK I was disappointed that speed limits were in MPH, and everything wasn't metric-land like I was lead to believe.

      [–]Sombre-Alfonce 10ポイント11ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Come to Australia then, you'll probably die over here but at least you won't be disappointed. We have metric in metric-fucktonnes.

      [–]DevTad 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Where do you think you lot got your stubbornness to change from? The UK is the America of Europe. They think they are an island in the West Atlantic.

      [–]Gartles-eth 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

      Generational thing. I know i'm 6 ft 2 but I don't know how big a foot is, I know how big a metre is. Same with weights and measurements.

      [–]aapowers 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Also regional. I see far more Imperial knocking around in Yorkshire than I do in, say, London.

      Sheffield council's car park signs still have a max weight limit of 15cwt (112lbs to the centalweight), and they're not that old...

      I'm perfectly happy doing all estimated measures in Imperial.

      Our local news will also usually give the main temperatures in Fahrenheit, too. Old people must keep writing in asking for the conversion.

      [–]Danny_III 7ポイント8ポイント  (2子コメント)

      but that ruins the "America is backwards" circlejerk

      [–]bullsean 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Actually, in The UK we grow up bi-measuremental. Infinitely better you'll find..

      [–]SamCropper 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      We use a hybrid. Different system for different things.

      [–]Sentiant6 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      We use a combination. The best of both worlds.

      [–]Captainfootsoil 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      What?

      [–]sir_rob 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      The UK only uses metric when it suits them.

      [–]jaguarsharks 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      In the scientific and medical community everything is metric. Everywhere else we have both. Most people know their heigh in feet and metres, know their weight in stones and kilos. The exception is the road signs, they're in MPH only, probably because we had been using miles long before kilometers ever existed and all cars are fitted with MPH speedometers so it would be quite difficult to change now. Funnily enough driver location signs used for reference purposes by road engineers and emergency services show distance references in kilometers.

      [–]sephlington 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      To be fair, we were the Empire it was named after.

      [–]dekremneeb 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      We use a weird mix of both colloquially but the official unit and the only thing taught in schools is metric

      [–]CGFROSTY 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      If the US ever converted to the Metric system, I think it would be a lot like the UK. "Officially" they use it, but for driving, miles are used.

      [–]Auto_Traitor 0ポイント1ポイント  (21子コメント)

      Whaaaat? It's got to be just for certain things, right? How is this circle jerk so strong then? The UK uses mph? What about gallons Vs liters? American pounds Vs kilograms?

      Edit: After some googling I've realised the difference between Imperial units Vs. US customary units.

      [–]Cintramontane 8ポイント9ポイント  (16子コメント)

      We use a mix. Miles for distance, mph for speed. Centimetres/millimetres for things like carpentry etc, but imperial for height of humans. Metric for food measurement with a bit of imperial thrown in ('give me a 14oz steak'). Arguably the best of both worlds: Metric for precision, imperial for more human relatable stuff. The US is the same I believe, ain't no one doing precise engineering any more in 16ths of an inch. We just have more Metric in the mix.

      [–]John_YJKR 7ポイント8ポイント  (8子コメント)

      The US is pretty much exactly the same. Any science or engineering is understandably done with metric. But you guys use litres at your gas stations right?

      [–]Cintramontane 2ポイント3ポイント  (5子コメント)

      Officially, yes. Fuel is sold by the litre. But most of us have an intuitive idea of gallons, and we still use miles per gallon as a measure of fuel economy.

      [–]John_YJKR 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

      Right. But you measure your vehicles fuel tanks by litres? Or is that just how they price it at petrol stations?

      [–]Cintramontane 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

      It's sold by the litre at stations. I have no idea what my fuel tank capacity is in any unit, other than it costs about £60/$85 to fill it from empty.

      [–]Dark_Ethereal 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

      I think the difference honestly comes in education.

      In the UK it's fine to not know your shit at all when it comes to imperial if your young, but if you don't know metric, that's a problem.

      We're creating generations of people who don't understand imperial other than miles for measuring distance, and pints for ordering beer. Young people don't worry about knowing how many feet are in a yard or how many inches are in a foot or how many yards are in a mile.

      We don't need to know how many ounces are in a pound and how many pounds are in a stone.

      If you're an old person, you don't just use the old units, you understand them.

      If you're a young person, you generally don't need to know anything more than:

      1. You buy beers in pints (how much is a pint? Who cares!)
      2. Long distances are measured in miles (How many feet or meters in a mile? Who cares!)
      3. You measure people in either stone or Kilograms (How heavy is a stone? Who cares!)
      4. People tend to be measured in feet and inches.

      On the otherhand, we understand exactly how many millimetres are in a centimetre, how many centimetres in a meter, how many meters in a kilometer. We understand how many grams in a kilogram, and how many kilograms in a metric tonne. We understand how many millilitres in a litre. We don't normally use the term "kilolitre", but if we did, we'd undertand that too. And if you do chemistry, you understand cubic centimetres, cubic decimetres (litres), cubic metres and so forth.

      So we understand metric, and use metric, but we only use imperial, we often don't really understand it.

      IMO the sooner we phase out imperial, the better. I still have no concept of what exactly a stone is, nor can I imagine people's height when listed in feet and inches, because I don't have a good grasp of these units. We literally don't use the unit of "stone" for ANYTHING other than people. And I can't relate the long unit of a mile to the short units of meters. Kilometres are so much better.

      It seems like in America, people have an understanding of US customary units, and if their understanding is lacking anywhere, it tends to be metric.

      [–]John_YJKR 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Americans understand metric for the same reason everyone else does. It's easy. We just use customary units because that's what we know and understand for every day things. It's just comfortable. I'd prefer all metric but that's because I like things neat and tidy. All the important stuff is done in metric. The idea Americans don't understand or use metric is simply not an accurate one.

      [–]Auto_Traitor 0ポイント1ポイント  (5子コメント)

      Americans certainly use fractions of inches to measure. The UK uses a mix, yes, but it is arguable that Americans do not use the "Imperial" system. Americans use the US customary system.

      [–]Cintramontane 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

      Sure, when you're building a set of bookshelves you'll use fractions of an inch, but I'm fairly sure precision engineering is done in metric?

      [–]MrDugong 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

      From my perspective it's hard to say (an 18yr American at his first year of college). I've certainly been exposed to both systems. I've done carpentry at a local theatre(used ft & in), I've machined parts for my high school robotics team(where we worked down to thousandths of an inch), and most recently I started working on construction of a 132' wooden tall ship where we exclusively use feet and inches. But pretty much any science class I cared about(if not all of them), a well as some calculus classes, we've for all intents and purposes used exclusively metric units.

      I'd also like to note that I have know idea how many feet are in a mile, and I don't think I need to.

      [–]Cintramontane 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

      1760 yards, so what, 5280 feet? :)

      [–]MrDugong 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

      Is it easier to remember in yards as opposed to feet?

      [–]aapowers 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Depends where you are and what your family's like. We do home DIY in Imperial. Skirting boards, putting up mirrors etc.

      I'm having a suit made for my wedding. I guarantee you, they're making the lot in Imperial. They do buy the material by the metre, but that's because of EU legislation. The company they buy from still puts all Imperial measurements on the orders. Material weights are still done in oz/yard². Same when you buy a carpet!

      My mum recently had her windows refurbished. That was all done in Imperial, so not all carpentry/joinery has moved over. It was only a three-man businesses though.

      Where I work there's a set of shops and offices. There's a butcher who gives both measures (lb and kilo) on all meats, but does all the deals in lbs. E.g. 5lb bag if chicken.

      Most property is sold by the sq ft and the acre. This is what you will see on signs.

      I'm in my 20's, but still do a lot of cooking in Imperial. Most cookbooks from before 2000 will be in Imperial, and I'll use whatever it's written in.

      Bollocks to 'cups' though! Who uses a measure of volume for non liquids?!

      There're smatterings of Imperial everywhere when you look around for it. And where I live it's still the most common system for giving estimated measures in casual conversation.

      However, unlike the US, large scale engineering and construction is no longer done in Imperial, and probably hasn't been since the 80's.

      We dragged our heals over conversion a lot more than the other Commonwealth countries, but we are well over 90% there.

      [–]moccasinroot 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

      They also use stones when talking about people's weight

      [–]Auto_Traitor 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

      I knew that, is that an imperial measurement? Because an American will never refer to weight in stones.

      Edit: after some Googling I've realised that there is a big difference between the Imperial system and the US customary system.

      [–]HawkUK 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      I think imperial is the way out. Each generation seems to be successively more at home with metric.

      [–]CUNTBAG_THUNDERCOCK 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      We use bits of everything to further our cause of being as different to everyone else as possible.

      [–]pewell1 46ポイント47ポイント  (4子コメント)

      Never thought of those two countries having their shit together

      [–]Le_nin 76ポイント77ポイント  (0子コメント)

      1 minute too late :(

      [–]Johnie4usc 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

      That's something i never really think about

      [–]dragonfangxl 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

      I dont think about it at all

      [–]Gamepower25 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

      I could totally see you playing Batman.

      [–]DubiousAuthenticity 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Liberia is America's anti-moon shot.

      They effectively cancel each other out.

      So, by the transitive property of national embarrassment, Liberia is gone to the moon.

      [–]arcticfox23 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      They don't use the metric system

      [–]jakeisstoned 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Who?

      [–]SonyXperiaZ3c 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      They are in the process of fucking up their measurement systems.

      [–]minngeilo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Was at Burma last year. They used kilometers and not miles.

      [–]dillydadally 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      lol, such funny made up country names you got there!

      [–]allkindsofbad 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      He didn't say the two were mutually exclusive.

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        [–]noseeme 359ポイント360ポイント  (13子コメント)

        To be fair, we used the metric system to get to the moon and walk on its surface, as the Apollo flight guidance computer was programmed in metric (for example, the software would track the spacecraft's vector in metric), but the astronauts used US customary units and the computer also accepted them as input. NASA also states that the planned return to the moon will be fully metricated.

        [–]Nikko34 34ポイント35ポイント  (2子コメント)

        And don't forget the Mars Climate Orbiter failure because of one module using USCS instead of metrics.

        [–]Neker 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

        Shadendfreunde forever each time anyone mention imperial.

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          [–]nidrach 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Well of course. German engineers would have used metric no matter which nation captured them.

          [–]originalityescapesme 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          They'd never gain approval without it. That fuck up between units where the botched the entire fucking mission ensures this.

          [–]Matt6453 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          To be fair, we used the metric system to get to the moon and walk on its surface, as the Apollo flight guidance computer was programmed in metric

          I imagine coding using fractions could be somewhat tricky.

          [–]moistowelettes 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          NASA is taking away our freedom!

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            [–]SBareS 92ポイント93ポイント  (3子コメント)

            There are countries that use the metric system, and there are countries that went to the moon crashed a probe into Mars because they fucked their units up.

            FTFY

            [–]Lenk_Did_9_11 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

            Everyone knows that was sabotaged by the damn commies, but if you ask me I think the aliens were helpin.

            [–]SoundBearier 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

            Good thing we have all those other probes rolling around on Mars.

            [–]HorseWoman99 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

            I wish I could give you more upvotes!

            [–]jpquezada 164ポイント165ポイント  (47子コメント)

            But they use the metric system to get there lol

            [–]NeverBeenStung 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

            Common misconception. See descriptive comment above.

            [–]Goliathus123 16ポイント17ポイント  (39子コメント)

            Not entirely. All of the plans are in imperial, as the existing plans are in imperial and it would be extremely expensive to convert everything to metric ($370 million).

            The Apollo 11 Lunar Guidance Computer displayed imperial units.

            [–]seewhaticare 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

            I think it's closer to $254 million

            [–]Goliathus123 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

            So are you saying NASA is wrong? Because that's what they reported in 2009 (which would be ~$400M now if nothing has changed).

            [–]Sliiiiime -3ポイント-2ポイント  (8子コメント)

            That is very strange, I'm sure all of the calculations are done in metric and then converted to imperial. Whenever I see imperial units for physics calculations I'm tempted to laugh at how ridiculously inefficient and arbitrary the numbers and units are.

            [–]Kruczek 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

            Yup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer#DSKY_interface

            Although data was stored internally in metric units, they were displayed as United States customary units.

            [–]way2lazy2care 7ポイント8ポイント  (5子コメント)

            Whenever I see imperial units for physics calculations I'm tempted to laugh at how ridiculously inefficient and arbitrary the numbers and units are.

            In a computer the metric decimal system is just as inefficient and arbitrary as any other system until somebody makes a base 2 measurement system.

            edit: Or a base 10 computer.

            [–]Sliiiiime 5ポイント6ポイント  (4子コメント)

            That's true, but I think metric does have immense value in mathematics and science education. Obviously imperial doesn't have much of a reason to exist besides stubborn resistance to change, why would you base things on completely random numbers and ratios instead of relevant calculations and simplicity? Metric does have some arbitrary units, mostly seconds and grams

            [–]NyaaFlame 4ポイント5ポイント  (3子コメント)

            Actually Imperial isn't "completely random numbers and ratios". Imperial is a system based off of human measurement. A foot is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 evenly. A meter is only divisible by 1, 2, and 5 evenly. That might not seem like much, but in just everyday life it's much easier to use fractions than rounded decimals.

            Beyond that, Imperial measurements tend to be very easy to measure by eye and basic human standards. Your thumb will be quite close to an inch. Your foot is roughly a foot. Beyond that, a foot is a much more convenient way to measure things for humans due to the fact that a meter is slightly too large, and no one actually uses decimeters.

            [–]happyMonkeySocks 6ポイント7ポイント  (2子コメント)

            People raised with the metric system have no problem in measuring things by eye.

            Noone uses decimals in everyday life, they use simple fractions like 1/4m or 1/2 kg

            My point is that imperial is no more convenient han metric, it's ecen less intuitive because of the conversions between multiples.

            [–]stX3 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

            How much does it cost to crash your probes into mars, because of conversion errors?

            [–]Jelmo_Jurnas 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

            Excuse my ignorance, but can you explain to me how converting from Imperial to Metric would cost so much?

            [–]ddh0 13ポイント14ポイント  (1子コメント)

            Brah, switching from two digit years to four digit years broke all the computers.

            [–]servohahn 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

            But we won't have to worry about that sort of problem again for about 8,000 years! It'll be hilarious when our quantum Dyson Sphere breaks the universe on the New Year.

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              [–]Logicalist 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

              We're resourceful enough that we can do both :)

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                [–]__Rorschach____ 99ポイント100ポイント  (20子コメント)

                Eventually that phrase will end with "..and Mars!"

                [–]bodie_ 9ポイント10ポイント  (1子コメント)

                Except that the space programs are now all intertwined and mostly rely on each other. If Man goes to Mars it will not be a single country endeavour. Unless USA invades the RoW.

                [–]vilkav -2ポイント-1ポイント  (12子コメント)

                Nah, China will never use the imperial system.

                [–]gunparty 176ポイント177ポイント  (9子コメント)

                china barely just got a bottle rocket to the moon a few years ago with modern technology which is the equivalent of releasing 2D pong for PS4 tomorrow after stealing code for it 40 years after the initial release.

                [–]Charker 31ポイント32ポイント  (0子コメント)

                Savage.

                [–]remuliini 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

                Well, they did get pretty nice pictures on the surface though.

                [–]gunparty 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

                makes jerkoff gesture with hand

                again, modern technology vs 1960s technology.

                [–]servohahn 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                MY backyard telescope takes pictures that are almost on par.

                Seriously, though. Those were some good high def pictures.

                [–]surpriseprofessional 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                China. The country that finally invented a stealth bomber...

                Fourtysome years after radar made them obsolete.

                [–]panopticon1212 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

                Well in 1959 NASA was trying to shoot a monkey over the Karman line using technology they took from the Nazis.

                China has the money. If their central committee decides they want to go to mars, then they will do so in a reasonable amount of time.

                [–]gunparty 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                if you want to make an omelette you have to break some eggs

                [–]mrv3 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                America can barely get to space, it has to ask Russia which has a better safety record.

                When the country involved in Staligrad and has at best a wavering interest in the health of its people has a better safety record than you it's not much to brag about.

                [–]Fallen_Wings 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

                U mean India.

                [–]HelpImTrappedIn2008 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                D E S I G N A T E D SHITTING PLANET

                [–]use_a_choosername1 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                And Pluto

                [–]lye_milkshake -3ポイント-2ポイント  (1子コメント)

                Nasa can't even get an astronaut to low earth orbit without the Russians doing it for them and suddenly they're going to be the ones to send a man to Mars? Ok then...

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                  [–]remuliini 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  The people who used imperial systems paid the guys that used the metric system to get to the moon.

                  The metric system was translated to imperial units so that the astronauts and engineers could keep up.

                  [–]nMaibO 13ポイント14ポイント  (2子コメント)

                  you know they used the metric system to get there right?

                  [–]wbonham98 11ポイント12ポイント  (2子コメント)

                  But...the USA used the metric system to get to the moon...?

                  [–]i-Poker 17ポイント18ポイント  (7子コメント)

                  there are countries that went to the moon.

                  The height of American arrogance. The Russians were like "Lets send a man to space" then America was like "New race, THE MOON!" and the Russians were like "What's that? We're busy building Mir and Satellites and shit, things that can further mankind. You want to go to a dead rock?? Ok, have fun!" and America was like "Yes, we win! Yeehaw!"

                  [–]LordvanShittington 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  with german nazi help who used metric, yea.

                  [–]EtEthosLogos 11ポイント12ポイント  (3子コメント)

                  NASA uses the metric system. Also, countries that use it have gone to the moon.

                  [–]Olaf_the_Notsosure 7ポイント8ポイント  (3子コメント)

                  But they had to borrow the metric system in order to do so.

                  [–]Hust91 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  There are countries that use the metric system, and there are countries that killed their people when converting to the metric system. :D

                  [–]metrication 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Ha, you probably wouldn't like /r/metric then.

                  [–]vikmaychib 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

                  This is a valid argument. But while the USA was developing a successful space program, Europe was still recovering from the war. Today, even if Nasa is still on the lead, several european countries have their own program and collaborate with NASA. Also, it is a valid argument when said by somebody interested in these topics or well informed on what has happened since the moon landing.

                  [–]SoundBearier 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Europe was still recovering from the war.

                  Yes, and by the way, you're welcome!!

                  [–]captain_croco 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  I like love actually.

                  [–]Havoksixteen 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  That was like what, one hour for Armstrongs Law to kick in? Works fast in any thread about America.

                  [–]veetkoosh 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  T-shirt!

                  [–]qyiet 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

                  USA- resting on their laurels for the last 44 years.

                  [–]SoundBearier 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  And still waiting for the rest of the pack to catch up.

                  [–]OrginalCanadian 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Actually the soviet union and japan both use metric.

                  [–]deeplife 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  ...using the metric system.

                  [–]JorisR 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Did you know that they use the metric system to calculate launch paths for space flight?

                  [–]AvarRyrira 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  There are countries that use the metric system, and there are 3rd world countries.

                  [–]HorseWoman99 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  And there were countries that were trying to rise from the ashes while the Americans went to the moon.

                  [–]Dualyeti 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Basically every country could go to the moon, it's the cost and incentive which holds us back.

                  [–]ReasonablyBadass 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Huh? The nazi german rocket scientists who build the moon rocket didn't use the metric system?

                  [–]Cardeal 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  The countries that went to the moon used the metric system.

                  [–]Dipftl 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Other countries have been to the moon. None have planted a flag however.

                  [–]SirSmokesAlott 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Russia?

                  [–]buckygrad 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  I know you are joking, but this "US doesn't use the metric system" is such an overgeneralization. It is taught in schools and all packaging has both metric and Imperial information. It typically comes down to two things:

                  Road signage and temperature reporting. The road issue is all about money. Nobody wanted to pay for a switch. Temperature (from a weather perspective) actually is more effective in imperial as it is much more granular.

                  [–]TheSecretMe 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  There's countries that explore space for the advancement of mankind and there's countries that put a man on the moon over a wager and then lost interest.

                  [–]Witherkay 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  'This is one small furlong for man, and one giant 16/23rds of a bushel for mankind'

                  [–]Enlightenment777 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  http://i.imgur.com/4XHT6.jpg

                  [–]occamsrzor 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  You know why most countries use the metric system? Because they don't produce their own goods. Most of what they buy is already made in metric. They just kinda of have to except that's the way things are gonna be

                  But the US? Hell, we were the manufacturing capital for decades and from that sprung a bank account so large we literally pay those that do the manufacturing for us to use our system.

                  Using the metric system by default doesn't make you right, it makes you economically weak.

                  [–]ghuldorgrey 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Yea thanks to the help of german nazi scientists Lol.

                  [–]esPhys 1ポイント2ポイント  (7子コメント)

                  And there are countries that slam space probes into Mars because they don't use SI units :(

                  [–]MightierThanThou 2ポイント3ポイント  (6子コメント)

                  And there is only one country that has actually landed functioning robots on Mars.

                  [–]jonny-five -1ポイント0ポイント  (4子コメント)

                  Russia, Japan, China, India, and Luxembourg have all been to the moon too.

                  List of Missions to the Moon

                  [–]d1ck__butt 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  WE DON'T COUNT THOSE

                  [–]Deathticles 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

                  Robots have, but no men or women from these countries have.

                  That's like saying man has been to Mars.

                  [–]captainbluemuffins 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  I think.. it might just be possible... that they were referring to manned flights/humans on the moon

                  [–]teh_tg 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Operative word: "went". Now it's "can't".

                  [–]bande2 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  And invented electricity and the internet and airplanes.

                  [–]Distaplia 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

                  And there are countries that crashed a $200 million Mars probe because they didn't use the metric system

                  [–]SoundBearier 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Hey, how are your Mars probes working out?

                  [–]glow1 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

                  We used the metric system to go to the moon. But we gave our self the challenge of doing it while also using the standard/imperial/"english" system as well. If you want to piss off an old machinist tell him he's been using metric all along. When he denies it, just tell him the standard system is base 16 and when he uses the "thou" system he's base 10 just like metric.

                  [–]way2lazy2care 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

                  If you want to piss off an old machinist tell him he's been using metric all along. When he denies it, just tell him the standard system is base 16 and when he uses the "thou" system he's base 10 just like metric.

                  But a 10th of something that's not metric isn't metric.

                  [–]glow1 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  That is probably true.( I was going to explain it to you, but now i think my first sentence is enough for you to investigate your own assertion.)

                  [–]Spleydi 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  *that went to the moon while using the metric system.

                  [–]Psycho_Logically 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Standard reply about how NASA use and have always used the Metric system.

                  [–]insapproriate 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  With German rocket scientists

                  [–]PermaDerpFace 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  And then there are countries who crashed a billion dollar Mars probe because they didn't do the conversion properly...

                  [–]dvxld 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Lol...I see what you did there ;) This is my new favorite way to ELI5 American way of thinking to people.

                  EDIT: Friend just explained to me that you might be serious. Okay then.

                  [–]tommos 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Aren't all the instruments and shit on the rockets and landers for the Apollo missions using metric units?

                  [–]darkjonas8 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Funny, how you used the metric system to get to the moon.

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