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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Britain also invented Imperial measurement system that is still used in the USA while being extremely outdated and inconvenient.

The US just can't adopt changes. It will most probably die as an XVIII century country with a pile of juridical clutches and props.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

18th century aka 1700s? Seems a bit unfair

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

When did their constitution was written? And only "juridical clutches and props" since then :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Oh, I didn't entertain the notion that the country's remained essentially the same since the constitution was written.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

The US just can’t adopt changes. It will most probably die as an XVIII century country with a pile of juridical clutches and props.

RIP

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The US doesn’t use imperial measures. It uses US customary measures which often have the same names but are significantly different.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

The US measures are based on an older Imperial system that Britain changed. There were different measures in different parts of the UK.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Technically theses days they use SI with weird conversion factors, and call that by the old US customary names

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I don't think that is any different than SI changing the definition of a meter and calling it a meter still.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

All of your thoughts don't always end with death to america?

I was eating at my kitchen table the other day, looking out the window and watching the wildlife. It's nice to see the trees budding and the critters out again. What's really wild is how lazy Americans are. Those fatasses couldn't get up even if the country was doomed, and will most probably die as an XVIII century country with a pile of juridical clutches and props. At least the weather has been nice recently.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I see you didn't end that last thought with death to America. How easily the common man's mind is distracted from the downfall of an empire by a little sun. The weather is nice despite the president's best efforts to boost the stock value of umbrella corporations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

I have much to learn, sensei

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Britain also invented Imperial measurement system that is still used in the USA while being extremely outdated and inconvenient.

British people still use it too sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

Brits can't make fun of Americans for measurement because they still measure bodyweight in stone

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah. I also sometimes use pre-reform grammatic of my native language (a huge reform was made a century ago); for comical purposes mostly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It will most probably die as an XVIII century country with a pile of juridical clutches and props.

Nope. They seem to have successfully moved into early 20th century politics already.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Mid second quarter even

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Let's see what happens when the American Empire falls

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The US is more flexible with systemic change than most countries, which is why it led the way in the 20th century in terms of societal and technological progress. We achieved boots on the moon (using metric AND the imperial system ;) during the Apollo mission; Britain by contrast achieved celebrations as conscription ended and loud drunken Beatles concerts, but not much else.

Have a day.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We achieved boots on the moon (using metric AND the imperial system ;)

Only the instruments for the astronauts displayed imperial units. All the science and engineering was done in metric.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

And much of the calculations were done by computers. And I mean the wonderful ladies that made spaceflight happen:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Area_Computers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Britain by contrast achieved celebrations as conscription ended and loud drunken Beatles concerts, but not much else.

You forgot "Every major life event of pompous aristocrats"