WHY doesnt USA use Kilometer and other measurements?

[50CentStan]

Metric system is legit. But its not sexy. Our backwards system>>>

 

[Deltron]

You guys missed the point in that episode.
USA is in the northern hemisphere, Australia is in the southern hemisphere.
It's a hemisphere thing, not a national thing.

The Truth About Toilets and the Coriolis Effect

Does water drain in different directions in different hemispheres?

slate.com

i just love the simpsons breh. whenever I can reference them, I will. I don't really care about how toilets spins

 

[null]

shizzit's complex

Spoiler: NSFW

 

[levitate]

No it isn't lol

Yes, it’s fukking stupid and objectively inferior to metric.

What planet do you live on?

Seemingly random ass connections between units, trash ass system.

 

[Won Won]

Double

 

[Won Won]

Spoiler

 

[Shadow King]

Yes, it’s fukking stupid and objectively inferior to metric.

What planet do you live on?

Seemingly random ass connections between units, trash ass system.

What planet do you live on? I'm on Earth-One.

No.

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

shizzit's complex

Spoiler: NSFW

 

[MMS]

its because of the english gravitational constant

How to convert between mass and force - in metric and english units

Converting between mass and force can be confusing, especially in the English system of units, where the pound can specify mass or force (weight).

www.linearmotiontips.com

In the English Engineering system of units, Newton’s second law is modified to include a gravitational constant, gc, which is equal to 32.2 lbm-ft/lbf-s2.

In this system, mass is given in pounds-mass (lbm), acceleration is given in feet per second-squared (ft/s2), and force is given in pounds-force (lbf). To see why the gravitational constant is needed, let’s look at the units of the force equation using the EE system:

F = m * a / gc

F = (lbm * ft/s2) / (lbm-ft/lbf-s2) = lbf

Note that the gravitational constant, gc, provides consistency in the units.

When we apply this special form of Newton’s second law to a typical application with acceleration due to gravity of approximately 32.2 ft/s2, we find that 1 lbm produces a force (or weight) of 1 lbf.

F = m * a / gc

F = 1 lbm * 32.2 ft/s2 / (32.2 lbm-ft/lbf-s2)

F = 1 lbf

The important thing to note here is that for most applications (i.e. those where gravity is estimated at 32.2 ft/s2), one pound-mass (lbm) can be assumed to have a force (weight) of one pound-force (lbf).

its complicated but the "standard" of many measurements is more important than the units associated with it. only extremely nerdy people will understand this. Mass and Force (Weight) are not the same.

 

[MMS]

Spoiler

it "looks" better but thats about it

in terms of how functional it is for engineers is another story

thats why most engineers still use english units for many systems. Things like distance, area, volume work out better but thats really it.

 

[BaltimoreTwilightMarauder]

The imperial system is way better for height than metric imo. 5'10 is way easy to understand than whatever the fukk the metric equivalent is.

 

[LeaveMyHairLineAlone]

Too late to change now

I drove into Canada for the first time years and years ago and was like what’s the speed limit

 

[kdslittlebro]

Costs too much to change the infrastructure at this point. My job has a metrification manual from the late 90s/early 00s that clearly went nowhere

 

[MMS]

The imperial system is way better for height than metric imo. 5'10 is way easy to understand than whatever the fukk the metric equivalent is.

centimeters

even though they have base 10 for everything, the same units end up being used anyways

i remember coming out of elementary school wondering where the decimeters at?

 

[Seoul Gleou]

The imperial system is way better for height than metric imo. 5'10 is way easy to understand than whatever the fukk the metric equivalent is.

prefer feet and inches over metres and centimetres brehs