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[livvy]

Yes. Yes you are. :yes:

I get "adorable" all the time. I think it just goes with the height. :rolleyes_anim:

 

Haha, really? What's the coded maximum? I know the rules are... 5? 6? Err... *runs to check*

[Noog]

I dunno the coded maximum, but I passed it up by like 12 on my About Me. It took me forever taking them down one by one until acceptable.

 

Being tall is...horrible. :/

[livvy]

Aww. There must be SOMETHING good about being tall. Like... you can reach stuff! And see over people! And take long strides while other people take a lot of average strides.

[Noog]

And for every positive there's a negative. :P

 

-It's really awkward bending over to pick something up.

-Sitting in a desk is heck, especially if you're front row and you have to keep your feet under your desk and out of the way.

-Being unable to raise your hand in a short room with a ceiling fan....

[livvy]

Okay, that last one is actually kind of funny. xP

 

Alright then, more positives.

- People actually notice you in the halls, and don't step on you.

- Instant advantage in sports involving stride length, including swimming (though that's technically strokes).

- Being in the back of group pictures so you don't have to worry about your clothes matching in the event of an unexpected photograph.

[Unstream]

Metrics rule. b) Americans need to stop being stubborn and switch over. It makes so much more sense. /metrics rant

Ironic, because you've been using the American system the whole time :P

 

I'd say I'm a rather median height. Tall enough to reach things, but short enough to fit into my car comfortably :D

 

And I've always avoided group photos :shiftyeyes_anim:

[livvy]

Because that's what I was taught. That's what makes sense to my very limited sense of measurement. Numerically, and practically, the metric system makes so much more sense.

 

Well of COURSE you have. Super ninjas can't just go around getting photographed. :P Then EVERYONE would know. ... :ohno: I MEAN!

[Unstream]

Shhh! You mustn't blow my cover! :shiftyeyes_anim:

 

But see it'd be really hard to change. I could estimate a foot, but not a decimeter. I can picture how far away a mile is, but not a kilometer. I have a sense of how fast 35 mph is, but not 35 km/h. It's not really practical to change everyone who's been brought up on this system.

 

And then you can't teach everybody in grade school the SI system, because then there'll be this generational clash.

 

And all the street signs have to be replaced, all the cars have to be refitted, and all construction materials need to be remade, just to name a few things. That's a lot of money and effort.

 

So while the system might be impractical, it's more impractical to change xD

[livvy]

So the change won't be easy. I still think it's necessary. Eventually it's going to become ridiculously impractical to have to convert between two systems of measurements. Sure, we could just train the people who will be most frequently interacting with the metric system and leave the English system as the main US system, but as we become increasingly connected to the rest of the world (for example, I am at this moment talking to someone directly across the planet from me), even people who never leave the US will come into contact with a system they don't understand.

 

And we already have a generation gap. It's called the internet. :P

[Unstream]

The thing is we are converting, and many people do it on a regular basis. I don't think converting is really a bad thing. I mean, I don't see anyone pushing for a universal currency, right? If anything, it'd improve people's arithmetic. :P

 

Everything is working fine right now, and I'm not sure the situation's going to change much at all. Sure, we're talking to Theo who isn't familiar to the US system, but it doesn't take much effort to convert from one to another, especially with all the converters nowadays. And unfortunately unless there's a more dire need to switch, there just isn't enough of an incentive to invest the resources to switch to the metric system :/

[livvy]

Why yes, yes I do. Seen the Euro lately? It's all over Europe. ;)

 

I still prefer the metric system. I realize a change would be impractical, but learning both couldn't hurt. When you're learning that 12 inches is a foot and 3 feet is a yard and 5280 feet is a mile, couldn't you also be taught that 10 centimeters is a meter, and 1000 meters is a kilometer?

[Stephé]

Correction: 100 centimetres is a metre. :P

 

Funny how you guys are talking about the measurement system. I was bored today and decided to try out a 9th grade NASA math(s) test. I had no idea how to answer the first question. I thought 10 inches was equivalent to a foot. :rolleyes_anim:

 

Ohh, and I'm 161.5 cm. That's... somewhere around 5' 3"? :O Amazing.

[livvy]

Bleh, my 0 key fails. Or maybe my brain. But yes, I totally knew that, it just didn't translate to my typing. :P

[Unstream]

Well the Euro isn't all over Europe, and that's different because the size of Europe is probably like the size of the US. Imagine every state having different currencies o_O

 

Haha yeah, I think it'd be good if people could learn both systems. That'll probably have to be the way they do it.

 

But like I said earlier, you'd have to change all the street signs, all the cars, all the milk cartons, etc. Even building supplies are made in the US system here.

 

Not saying switching is a bad thing, just that we probably won't see it happen x_x

[jumpingbeans]

I'm Canadaian, so I use the Metric system.

Of course, I don't have any idea what a mile or a km is.

[Divya Bean]

I'm Canadaian, so I use the Metric system.

Of course, I don't have any idea what a mile or a km is.

 

You dont know what a km is and you use the metric system? o_O

 

I think that it would be good for US to switch. There was a NASA project that costs billions of dollars that failed because someone converted incorrectly. What a waste! :sad01_anim:

[Theresa2]

wow its amazing how defrent contires use defrent thing and I dont know if it would be a good Idea or not to change

[Spritzie]

But see it'd be really hard to change. I could estimate a foot, but not a decimeter. I can picture how far away a mile is, but not a kilometer. I have a sense of how fast 35 mph is, but not 35 km/h. It's not really practical to change everyone who's been brought up on this system.

 

And then you can't teach everybody in grade school the SI system, because then there'll be this generational clash.

 

And all the street signs have to be replaced, all the cars have to be refitted, and all construction materials need to be remade, just to name a few things. That's a lot of money and effort.

 

So while the system might be impractical, it's more impractical to change xD

 

I completely agree with you. I remember for a couple books, my favorite author used the metric system, and I was lost for most of it.

 

If they're going to change (and I hope they don't) those who weren't taught it in school, will have a hard time, but once they teach it in school, and a few years go by, it'd be okay.

 

But I agree, they should leave it alone.

[jumpingbeans]

You dont know what a km is and you use the metric system? o_O

 

I think that it would be good for US to switch. There was a NASA project that costs billions of dollars that failed because someone converted incorrectly. What a waste! :sad01_anim:

I know what a KM is, but if you asked me how far it was, in measuring, I could say 1000 cm, but not show you the distance.

[Unstream]

I thought it was 100,000 cm?

 

Converting is a pain though. But now they have computer programs to do it, so...*shrugs*

[Divya Bean]

In school, it is so much easier to use the metric system. Especially for measuring and stuff. For distance and speeds and stuff, I find the standard system (isn't that what it is called?) easier because I am much more used to it.

[Spritzie]

We never used the metric system when I was in school.

[Wembly]

If they're going to change (and I hope they don't) those who weren't taught it in school, will have a hard time, but once they teach it in school, and a few years go by, it'd be okay

Let's be real, most people in the US don't know either system well <_< It's actually quite sad.

[Spritzie]

I don't know it well at all. I'm horrible with that stuff. I grew up with the other system, so I'd really struggle if they changed it.

[jumpingbeans]

I still struggle with it. :laughingsmiley:

Anyway, I'm about to have spaghetti for supper.

What's everyone having/had for lunch/breakfast/supper, depending on where you are?