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Burning Up (mander.xyz)
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[–] 177 points 2 years ago (28 children)

By that metric, kelvin would be even better though.

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  • [–] 158 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    by that metric

    Americans cannot understand any metric

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  • [–] 79 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    2 liter bottle.

    Checkmate, athiests.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    9mm

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    We’re more familiar with 5.56x45mm thanks to all our school shootings thank you very much.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    In the same way a US ton and a metric ton is like 10% different, a 556 bullet is actually 5.7 mm across.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Because the minor diameter of the barrel is 5.56 mm and the major diameter is 5.69 mm. If the bullet were smaller than that then the propellant would blow past it. They didn't make a 'murican millimetre like they did with the imperial system.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I would make a bet that more mass shootings are done with 9mm. Depending on which shootings they consider 'mass' I see estimates from 60-80% for handgun usage. I'm sure the cheap .22 is a large number, but 9mm is probably right up there. There is a large bias in reporting the school shootings and shootings involving rifles by the media. They almost ignore the others.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    In point of fact Americans have gotten impressive results out of far more complicated metrics than metric. It's not a matter of understanding, it's a matter of pride. And of not having to buy all new tools.

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  • [–] 69 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    You miss out on screaming that it's negative anything though.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    The best system would have 0 at a mild, comfortable temperature, and go up or down by 100 degrees per one degrees Fahrenheit.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    But mild and comfortable is different for different people who are acclimated to different weather.

    We need a defined 'mild' temperature. i vote for 70F/21C.
    It's a bit chilly for the warm weathered folks and a bit warm for the cold weathered folks. Seems reasonable but I'm open to suggestions.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    it needs to be a range, you can't really just have a single point, something like 50f to 70f would be good. Some people like a little below, some people like a little above, the 60s are generally pretty comfy all around though.

    We also need to consider clothing as well. Which i do in this case.

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