WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW?

I dunno about anybody else, but this weather is making me think "Winter gave Spring and Summer a miss, and went directly into Autumn."

Though, we are supposed to have a relatively warm summer this year, from what I've been hearing.

I'm not the only one? Like, it was warming up a week ago but then BOOM, sudden cold front. Now it's cold again. I hate being cold. :(

You should see the hissy fit thaf Albertan climate gets into. It could be snowing in the morning, and then you're sweating your nuts off just standing up that afternoon.

Fahrenheit is just so wacky. I can't handle it. It sounds like you guys are always fucking boiling down there.

I step out in 27 degree weather in my underwear, I catch hypothermia.
You step out in 27 degree weather in your underwear, you break into a casual sweat.

Imperial measurements belong in a history textbook.

author=Adon237
Imperial measurements make much more sense and it's all supposedly based off of 10 and such why u.s. why be so stubborn

Ahem, you mean metric, not imperial. Answer is, as always: Money.

Weights and measures have always been a problem for society historically. The earliest known system of weights and measures was a metric system, employed by the Sumerians. It was based on their principle national product: barley. Barley comes in all different lengths but width is always identical (one millimeter...we've forgotten it, but this measure is where the original millimeter comes from). Scientists didn't believe this could produce an accurate scale of measure until a tablet was unearthed featuring the God Anunnaki holding a yard stick. The image contained a number of items whose size was unmistakable and found the yardstick to be a perfect 100 centimeters.

Whereas it was always believed that measurements of hands and feet was the defining unit of measurement for most ancient systems, recent discoveries suggest that ancient weights and measures were governed by the stars. Why stars? They are as close to being a fixed point as we can hope to find. Developing any system of mathematics requires a point of reference. This is where the fixed point becomes crucial. The uninitiated, upon hearing that a fixed point is needed, might immediately think of Polaris, but you would be wrong. No, two other choices are historically preferred, the Sun (unreliable because it is not actually a fixed point), which is what avoirdupois and troy measures are based on, and Venus (This wouldn't seem to be a fixed point at first glance, but in fact, Venus is like clockwork. It always appears in exactly the same spot in the sky every eight years. Not even Polaris is that reliable), which is what the metric system is based upon.

The formula begins with calculating a meter (yes a meter.). Determine the length of time Venus remains in its apex (its highest point at which it progesses through the sky without rising any higher or dipping any lower). Create an apparatus designed to view Venus from your perspective (a simple window will do) and measure from this point how far Venus progresses through its apex. The next part is trial and error. Create a pendulum, hold the stone at 90 degrees from the from the center of pendulum, and the moment Venus appears in your window, drop the stone allowing the pendulum to swing. If the pendulum stops swinging at the precise moment Venus exits view of your window, then you've cut the pendulum to the correct length. Double the length and this is your meter.

The United States uses a bastardized system of weights and measures combining both avoirdupois and troy measures. The previous Imperial system of England was troy. During the first Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson recommended the development of a national metric system (every nation should actually do this because precise measures change slightly depending on which latitude you're positioned at. I know why this happens, but Einstein explains it much better than I do, so you should consult some of his work). Congress refused, concerned about the expense (seriously?).

The United States has since continued to refuse to employ a national metric system because of the "inconvenience" it would cause various schools, businesses, and every worker from mechanics who have to work with specific unit measurements, to computer techs (most of whom use metrics anyway).

I read "pendulum" in the middle somewhere and briefly ceased to exist

Point is that only Burma and the USA still use Imperial. Geez it seems like THERES AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

Fuck it, U-S-A! U-S-A!

author=InfectionFiles
Fuck it, U-S-A! U-S-A!

This is why posts need 'Like' buttons.

author=LockeZ
The American school system is practically bankrupt and cannot afford to replace every textbook in the country.

Maybe y'all need school insurance lmao