True but there are also many different types of meters: kilometers, centimeters, millimeters, thermometers, barometers, … face it: the metric system isn’t better
This is a good and funny comment. Sorry the people voting are too thick to get it
You are right. But the metric system is intuitive. 12 millimeters = 1 centimeter, 3 centimeter = 1 meter, 100 meter is a football pitch, and 1760 meters are a kilometer (I had to google this one because I never know. The designers really missed out at using 1776 meters in a kilometer).
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Talk shit about imperial all you want, just remember that the British made it. US was just too busy building a damn country to change units when the new one was adopted by the British and their imperial states.
It sounds like you’re being sarcastic but you’re getting all these serious replies.
Still: the difference between a kilometer and a centimeter is much bigger than the difference between a nautical mile and an Irish mile. And not even all meters are standardized. Thermometers and barometers vary hugely in size
I tried using my thermometer to measure my height and it turns out I’m like 20 meters tall
Ah, you must live in the US. Because in the rest of the English speaking world, a metre is a unit of length, and a meter is a measuring device. Note the difference in spelling. ;)
Not that it makes a tonne of difference.
kilo is a common prefix meaning *1000
milli is /1000
and you can use them for several units
it’s not like we use “irish” to mean *1.27
No, “irish coffee” is coffee with alcohol in it. At least where I am from.
