joe•iuculano :mastodon: · @iuculano
677 followers · 18457 posts · Server masto.ai

@thomholwerda actually, it's quite simple
0°C = water turns to ice
100°C = water turns to steam
-40°C = -40°F

Who the heck came up with 32°F for freezing and 212°F for evaporating?
Oh yes, the same people who came up with 12 inches to a foot, 3 feet to a yard, 1760 yards to a mile, etc etc. Total Hogwash, lol

#gometric

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Cat - One Creative Cat · @onecreativecat
555 followers · 2201 posts · Server mastodon.art

@helenczerski we will conquer the world!!

#gometric

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Isaac Csandl · @Isaac_C
9 followers · 273 posts · Server hachyderm.io

Perhaps a way to get holdouts to accept the metric system would be to transitionally allow them to say unnecessarily complicated things like “12⅝ centimeters.”

#gometric #metricsystem

Last updated 3 years ago

Pablonius Monk · @pabloniusmonk
214 followers · 531 posts · Server mastodon.social

In the 70's, we learned both the Imperial and Metric Systems of Measurement and consequently are unfamiliar with either system.

"The battle of the standards: why the US and UK can’t stop fighting the metric system"

Metric units have conquered the globe, but in the US and the UK, their presence has become part of a culture war between ‘traditional’ and ‘progressive’ values.

by @jjvincent@twitter.com

theverge.com/2023/1/16/2350719

#gometric #SellingEnglandByThePound #eu #matterofinches #unitsofmeasurement

Last updated 3 years ago

HansvR · @HansvR
149 followers · 195 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

#gometric

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Chook · @ProfessorChook
262 followers · 479 posts · Server mastodon.au

For those of us who still remember feet/ inches & how long an actual mile is 🥴


#altext #funnysigns #gometricusa #gometric

Last updated 3 years ago