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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#447651: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:35:41 PM

I had to teach myself to do it.

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#447652: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:36:33 PM

I think we still use imperial for distance.

But we use Celsius, and metric for weight.

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eldritchseer all the loose ends from Cocytus Since: Mar, 2019
all the loose ends
#447653: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:37:17 PM

that is absolutely

disgusting

like not even fucking around

that is legitimately something that shocks me

every nation in the fucking world besides liberia and myanmar

and they don't teach their students how to do metric, or at least convert it

a simple formula, is of course

(celsius x 1.8) + 32

for temperature anyway

distance and weight are pains that i don't remember well

edited 8th Sep '15 3:37:51 PM by eldritchseer

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#447654: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:40:02 PM

Like-

I am more familiar with a kg of something than a pound of something.

But can visualize a pint more than a liter.

And then- I'm more familiar with a foot than a meter.

And a mile more than a kilometer.

And I just can't quite equate what Fahrenheit is in comparison to celcius.

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f1r3lemon Duty First from All aboard the fun train Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Duty First
#447655: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:42:43 PM

I think Pound is weight * 9.8

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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#447656: Sep 8th 2015 at 4:02:29 PM

the only part of it i will defend at all is fahrenheit

while it is not so good for scientific measuring, its good for human measuring

which is to say

its easy to look at a scale that says "0 is super cold, 100 is supwr hot"

and quickly and intuitively gauge what a temperature is actually like

UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI
RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#447657: Sep 8th 2015 at 4:04:29 PM

It is difference in upbringing.

I can look at 11 degrees and think "Oh that's a bit chilly"

And then 100 degrees as "Oh god water's boiling"

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SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#447658: Sep 8th 2015 at 4:04:35 PM

Or you could just go: it's below zero so its below freezing point, it's above 100 so its above boiling point.

Actual, definable points.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
eldritchseer all the loose ends from Cocytus Since: Mar, 2019
all the loose ends
#447659: Sep 8th 2015 at 4:05:25 PM

vs 32 being freezing

that's silly

f1r3lemon Duty First from All aboard the fun train Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Duty First
#447660: Sep 8th 2015 at 4:06:37 PM

Like, I can see a thermometer and say that 23.4 is room, and about comfortable, while 33 is pushing it

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megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#447661: Sep 8th 2015 at 4:46:11 PM

bcom, yes I did.

23.4 comfortable? For me it's 20.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#447662: Sep 8th 2015 at 4:59:15 PM

i prefer being in an environment of at least 15 million kelvin

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#447663: Sep 8th 2015 at 5:00:04 PM

Great, you got me thinking disco.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#447664: Sep 8th 2015 at 5:00:40 PM

In Australia, a room temperature between 19-22 is standard.

12 degrees is jacket and beanie weather. 28-32 degrees would be a decent outdoor temperature, but there'd be riots if the room temperature was that high.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
ARE WA DARE DA
#447665: Sep 8th 2015 at 5:24:54 PM

Congrats on the startup of your site Riv!

Rivux same old me from [a jump to the sky turns to a rider kick] Since: Aug, 2010
same old me
#447666: Sep 8th 2015 at 5:42:16 PM

ye

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean
ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
ARE WA DARE DA
#447667: Sep 8th 2015 at 5:49:09 PM

Out of curiosity, are you planning on adding ads to the site at any point?

Rivux same old me from [a jump to the sky turns to a rider kick] Since: Aug, 2010
same old me
#447668: Sep 8th 2015 at 5:53:14 PM

we're not sure yet

maybe later down the road

like really down the road

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean
ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
eldritchseer all the loose ends from Cocytus Since: Mar, 2019
all the loose ends
#447670: Sep 8th 2015 at 6:30:41 PM

after you sell out and become a money-making machine

like you were always meant to be

Rivux same old me from [a jump to the sky turns to a rider kick] Since: Aug, 2010
same old me
#447671: Sep 8th 2015 at 6:35:01 PM

i remember having flights of fancy when i first started considering doing something big

i liked to imagine my silly kids up on tv and thought about how really cool that'd be

back then it was more self inserty

literally because one of my friends was a member of that crew

i phased him out because i couldn't keep justifying him in there

but i always had it in the back of my head

"gotta give him royalties for using his likeness"

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#447672: Sep 8th 2015 at 6:49:39 PM

He's already hounding me for royalties after using his design by accident

suzy where did you go wrong

Rivux same old me from [a jump to the sky turns to a rider kick] Since: Aug, 2010
same old me
#447673: Sep 8th 2015 at 6:59:47 PM

you're faine

soozoo's bangs are shorter and she has a smaller nose

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean
ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013

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