Jan 26, 2023 8:23 PM
Lefthandofgod
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RedCamaro
Kill-o-meter
SomethingCatchyLater
American here. Jokes on you, I regularly use metric. It's easier to convert and confuses people not in the know.
Greatnewspeople
amdkenobi
Sun Tzu said that, and I think he knows just a little bit more about measuring things than you do since he invented it!
Redyls
Americans do use the metric system. 1 km is 1000 meters...
tomatoboy
Say 8 klicks instead of 8 kilometers and portion will suddenly understand.
*a
Cataleast
"It's 5 clicks away, we should be there by 1500 hours."
morethan3words
Only time Americans use metric is when we're purchasing... Certain... Chemicals...
haha yes, the chemicals
ProphetofEntropy
actually the entire US military uses metric, cause, so does the rest of the world.
SeasonedCitizen
If it's too big we measure by washing machines
wingineer
If it’s really big, by the smallest or largest continental states. “A comet the size of Rhode Island,” “France is 0.786 Texases big,” etc.
RedCamaro
Kill-o-meter
SomethingCatchyLater
American here. Jokes on you, I regularly use metric. It's easier to convert and confuses people not in the know.
Greatnewspeople
amdkenobi
Sun Tzu said that, and I think he knows just a little bit more about measuring things than you do since he invented it!
Redyls
Americans do use the metric system. 1 km is 1000 meters...
tomatoboy
Say 8 klicks instead of 8 kilometers and portion will suddenly understand.
tomatoboy
*a
Cataleast
"It's 5 clicks away, we should be there by 1500 hours."
morethan3words
Only time Americans use metric is when we're purchasing... Certain... Chemicals...
Lefthandofgod
haha yes, the chemicals
ProphetofEntropy
actually the entire US military uses metric, cause, so does the rest of the world.
SeasonedCitizen
If it's too big we measure by washing machines
wingineer
If it’s really big, by the smallest or largest continental states. “A comet the size of Rhode Island,” “France is 0.786 Texases big,” etc.