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The Bulbagarden Conversational Chat Thread Vol 4

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Celsius vs. Farenheit, I don't have much of a stance on other than it's annoying that my country uses Farenheit and nobody else does. Metrics and 24-hour time is where I draw the line, however. 24-hour time makes it obvious that when you say 10:00, you mean 10:00 in the morning, not 10:00 at night (22:00). And Imperial measurements just make no rational sense of any kind. I still can't remember how many feet is in a mile.
 

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Οf course, I am only accustomed to Celsius and meters. Google has to do the conversions for me.
 

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And us using imperial measurements completely screws with me understanding the metric system. And then having to do conversions is just ugh.
 

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Honestly, I think we have it worse. Imperial doesn't make sense, and is harder to learn. Metric does, so it's very easy to learn.
 

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For being a maths-physics lover, I like whatever is SI. Kilograms, not pounds. Metres, not feet. KelvinsCelsius, not Farheneit. And so on.
 

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24-hour time makes it obvious that when you say 10:00, you mean 10:00 in the morning, not 10:00 at night (22:00).
That wouldn't be a problem if more people bothered to clarify AM or PM. It's not the fault of the system, it's because people are fucking lazy with it.

And Imperial measurements just make no rational sense of any kind. I still can't remember how many feet is in a mile.
Me neither. ^^;
 

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That wouldn't be a problem if more people bothered to clarify AM or PM. It's not the fault of the system, it's because people are fucking lazy with it.

Sure, but 24-hour time eliminates the reason for that colloquialism. Every time is unique from the others without the need for tacking an "AM" or "PM" onto the end.

And don't even get me started on AM/FM radio.

For being a maths-physics lover, I like whatever is SI. Kilograms, not pounds. Metres, not feet. KelvinsCelsius, not Farheneit. And so on.

Are you looking for the word for that? If that's the case, then that's metrics. Celsius temperatures aren't really "metric", but they follow the same trend (every place except the USA uses it). "Imperials" are things like feet, pounds, gallons, miles.
 

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I always try to fit AM and PM in conversations, because time differences are a problem of their own, and we must be specific.
 

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I don't feel like time differences should be so difficult for me to understand, but they are. xD I can't seem to grasp the concept of time differences for the life of me.
 

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Based on my previous experience with science, the metric system is the way to go. Certain things like speed and temperature are easier for me to understand in the old units.

120 km/h. I have no idea how fast or slow that is.
 

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Celsius temperature is metric. It's not SI, but it is metric.

Based on my previous experience with science, the metric system is the way to go. Certain things like speed and temperature are easier for me to understand in the old units.

120 km/h. I have no idea how fast or slow that is.

About 100 is the top speed of a cheetah.
 

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I'm grateful we can at least all agree on what an "hour" is. -_-
 

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Oh, when it comes to km/h and m/s, I pick both; km/h is the way I understand better the speed of a vehicle, while m/s is SI and useful for physics problems.

Celsius is just what I've gone with since I was born and only a confortable 273 away from SI.
 

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In the lab, Celsius is preferred, but I cannot get myself to use it for describing weather. I can't think of 30 degrees being hot weather.
 

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Based on my previous experience with science, the metric system is the way to go. Certain things like speed and temperature are easier for me to understand in the old units.

same here. Whenever i am building or working on something such as cars or other machinery, either system is fine for me just as long as i have an incline where it is from. The Saturn i have has a mix of both American and Metric fasteners. only thing i hate is forgetting which fasteners are the metric ones other than that it doesnt bother me that much. Although my neighbor couldnt figure out why his imperial wrench would not fit on a fastener on the brake caliper of his Toyota. D'oh!
 

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