Is America Actually Metric?

[@afrofantom6631]

*are you allowed to say that* *well its the truth* the mark of a true scientist.

[@reNINTENDO]

Damn straight.

[@SuperKeyifier]

Afro Fantom theres two sexes

[@afrofantom6631]

what

[@gavinjenkins899]

"It's stupid" is not "the truth" though in any absolute sense, it's a balancing act that depends on different assumptions one makes and different time frames. E.g. if the US will exist for 200 years, then the hassle of switching is probably worthwhile. If it might only exist for 20 years, it's almost certainly not. Depends. So I would say he was wrong in claiming that unequivocably. (All the details before, fine)

[@mateifratila2735]

having to transform anything from one system of reference to another then back again is so inefficient that it is, in fact, stupid. It does not matter what history, economics or logistics have to say about this. Imagine the "hassle" of changing the heliocentric paradigm... Who could've said it was "worthwhile" then? Objective Truth does not depend on context, that's why making it objective is such an important mission.

[@a.s.h.5774]

What a great host he was! He was really great explaining and joking about things. Dude needs his own KZbin channel haha.

[@intjonmiller]

A.S. H. I would subscribe to that!

[@2adamast]

Even to giggling camera toting preachers

[@Preedx2]

Totally agree!

[@deathh4204]

chill...

[@yakine259]

he talks a little slow and clumsy though, but yeah I agree

[@kskdtr]

at the security checks "so, Mister, what you got in that suitcase?" "just a kilo" "a kilo of... what... Mister?" "told you..... just a kilo"

[@TrissTrolls]

THE kilo

[@rexammus]

@@TrissTrolls A*, there are at least 40.

[@christopherg2347]

@@rexammus The AMERICAN kilo? Honestly, given it's massive importance for economy, I really wonder why they are not ferried by the government using diplomatic channels - where nobody will want to open it.

[@sonoslain69]

Kilogram ? Kilometer ? Kilo just means a 1000. A kilo of oranges will need a large shopping bag.😂

[@christopherg2347]

@@sonoslain69 But "kilo" is often used as a shorthand for "Kilogramm". Ever since Byte counts went into Mega and Giga ranges, it is almsot the only thing were we use the "Kilo" prefix anymore.

[@jamesdinius7769]

1:19 as a US engineer, I can attest to that.

[@ninepuchar1]

Ohh wow😂.

[@annakquinn7084]

If that is true…why dictionaries exist? Metric is only for people who can only know how to divide ir multiply by ten.

[@l1fer0se]

"It's stupid.." "Are you allowed to say that??" "Well, it's the truth!" many people need to understand this..

[@stephenhoughton632]

How stupid? The metric system is just as arbitrary as the traditional system.

[@l1fer0se]

the point is that the traditional system is metric. Brits just wanted to be different because they had an empire and such.. Nowadays however it's kinda silly that the remnants of said empire refuse to just translate back to the system everyone else uses

[@stephenhoughton632]

The brits did not want to be different because they had an empire and such. Come on how am I to treat you seriously when you write this kind of ahistorical nonsense. The british had long used traditional units. They are mentioned in the Magna Charta for god sake. When the metric system came along they defined there units in terms of metric to make the systems compatable without having to go through the trouble of converting.

[@logicphile6207]

Nad: All of that is arbitrary. None of that has any relevance to a measurement system. Additionally, it is wrong. Nicky: if everyone used imperial, none of that would have happened, now would it?

[@noahpurza-page7220]

Yeah and America should follow the rest of the world

[@kdmc40]

The USA does use the metric system where it matters! Have you ever seen cocaine sold in Lbs? Or any other drug for that matter! 😂 Edit: I'm referring to the commercial sale and production of illegal and legal drugs. Street level can be what ever way you like!

[@armpitpuncher]

I've seen it sold in ounces, or fractions of ounces.

[@DJMattEmpathy]

and nine-bars

[@lachy4052]

kdmc40 yeah I've only ever seen imperials units for drugs outside of kilos

[@MsJavaWolf]

I have seen cocaine sold by the lbs, it was a good night.

[@GR-cf4qh]

Yes, I have.

[@9myr]

I love how he says ''feet'' and ''gallon'' with disgust

[@TestarossaF110]

9myr he laughed when he said it... its a joke xD stupid murica

[@atomixfang]

they are lesser units, any person using imperial units are dumb and deserve to be ridiculed.

[@LuxFerre4242]

People who use imperial units aren't 'dumb', it's just what they're used to. The change to metric has to be governmental and slowly ( I mean decades slowly) adopted by the people. What is 'dumb' is every single justification I've ever heard for sticking to imperial.

[@WobblyBits_X]

+Lightbearer _I mean decades slowly_ Plenty of other countries have managed to switch to metric perfectly well. NZ started the shift in 1969 and was done by '76. I imagine things like the internet and manufacturing techniques would make the process quicker today.

[@LuxFerre4242]

I was basing it on here in the UK. We officially adopted metric in '65 but imperial still used in a lot of places. The difference being, I use more metric than my parents, and their parents barely understand it even now. This makes me think a conversion requires at least a generation to be done fully.

[@Ace12GA]

I love this guy. He's amazing. "It's stupid". lol. I'm Canadian. I lived in Texas for 6 months when I was 14, and attended my first half of grade 9 in Texas. Having spent my entire life in Canada up to this point, the metric system was second nature to me. When I started my grade 9 science class in Texas, I realized a couple of days in, that this class was actually about teaching the metric system. My mind was blown. If you're curious, I had an A+ in that class, and actually helped teach metric to my fellow classmates. It was a surreal experience. As an adult with my own children, I find it shockingly difficult to explain the imperial system to my children. It doesn't make sense. 12 inches in a foot. 3 feet in a yard. 1760 yards in a mile. 5280 feet in a mile. 16 ounces in a pound. 14 pounds in a stone. 2000 pounds in a ton. 16 ounces in a pint. 2 pints in a quart. 4 quarts in a gallon. 4 ounces in a cup. 2 tablespoons in an ounce. 3 teaspoons in one tablespoon. I'm baffled by the lack of consistency in the measures; it's all over the place. 10mm in 1cm, 100cm in 1m, 1000m in 1km. 1000g in 1kg, 1000kg in 1 tonne. 1000ml in 1l, 1l is 10cm cubed, aka 1000cc. All even numbers, all powers of ten. So much simpler to work with. At this point, I'm just shocked that the us was part of the meter treaty, yet is fully imperial still. Finding out all US imperial measures are actually converted from metric standards is shocking.

[@solna7214]

Yes it is crazy. Try this: Put one ounce of cotton and one ounce of gold on a balancing scale. What would happen? Then put one pound of cotton and one pound of gold on the scale, what happens now...?

[@DAI.H4RD]

@@solna7214 no idea?

[@solna7214]

@@DAI.H4RD, in the first case, the gold tips over. In the second case the cotton tips over. Figure that one out…! 😁

[@steveaustin2686]

@@DAI.H4RD An ounce of gold is not the same ounce as an ounce of cotton. Gold is measured in troy ounces, not the avoirdupois ounce used for just about everything else. A troy ounce is ever so slightly heavier than an ounce. But there are only 12 troy ounces in a troy pound, so it is lighter than a normal pound of 16 ounces.

[@steveaustin2686]

FYI, there are 8 fluid ounces to a cup, but with so much to remember, its easy to miss. I remember by the 2 cups to a pint conversion and a pint is 16 fluid ounces.

[@imaginerus]

1:22 "Are you allowed to say that?" No, the imperial order will hunt him down

[@blaxxteam]

nice

[@Bruh-ji3jk]

First amendment

[@emmamay3820]

The Texas kilogram is, of course, bigger.

[@jcnash02]

Emma May yes, it's made from crude oil

[@RandomInternetProfile]

I can agree with all these points

[@NudeJawn]

How much is The Texas kilogram in Instagrams?

[@evoblade2000]

3 lovely butt models

[@recless8667]

Good thing a kilogram isn't a measurement of size. The Texas kilogram has a lower density, much like the average Texan due to their morbid obesity :P

[@zerid0]

It all began with the forging of the Great Kilograms. Three were given to the French; immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven, to the Germans, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And two, Kilograms were gifted to the United States, who above all else desire power.

[@trun_k]

But they were all of them deceived, for another Kilogram was made: in the land of French, in the grounds of Paris, the evil scientists forged, in secret, a Master Kilogram to be above all others. And into this Kilogram they poured their knowledge, their intelligence, and their will to define all the units in the world. One Kilogram to rule them all, One Kilogram to find them, One Kilogram to bring them all and in the darkness define them.

[@WayStedYou]

Columini this needs to be made into a movie

[@kmanjacker4737]

.

[@MarkusJunnikkala]

But there were some who resisted!

[@mistertheguy3073]

Columini thats actually perfect

[@aniruddharao8735]

He forgot the most American measurement unit: football fields

[@MrUnit731]

😆

[@prumchhangsreng979]

This was suppose to be a joke and it's an old one. They use football fields to give u a sense of reference because human is bad at imagining big number. It meant to give u an ideal of how big it actually is and it's good. I indeed hate US measurements unit because I never use any of it in daily life nor ever learn it. But this "football fields" thing, I actually like it.

[@baginatora]

Imagine having a specimen for a football field measurement! Bald science guy: "And here we have the FF2 original measurement from 1907.." *opens an enclosed platinum football field*

[@MrUnit731]

@@prumchhangsreng979 boohoo.

[@bountylord9125]

Naw fam that would be my 9mm bullets

[@sophiacristina]

As a non-american, the only reason i have to use converters is because you guys!

[@photonjones5908]

Submit, Accept, Embrace. Be happy.

[@HugoDiasR]

@@photonjones5908 No, this is stupid

[@nagyba]

American entitlement 😬👌

[@strobi0001]

@@HugoDiasR What you mean stupid... We did not even mention Fahrenheit which has no a notable value for freezing or boiling water.

[@sophiacristina]

@Rob interesting, in my country, everything is metric... But by the way, Celsius is a standard also, it is realed to Kelvin.

[@deytims]

The first video I saw on your channel was the one about that 1kg sphere that was nearly perfectly round called "World´s Roundest object". And now this video comes up and it creates a loop in all the experiences I have had with your channel! You created so much new interests in me and I think this is the perfect opportunity to say: Thank You! Thank you for all the work you have done for me, the millions of viewers and sciences position on youtube etc. As I am from germany, it is sad to see that there are so few science channels and the once excisting are barely watched. Therefore you, as an american channel, have got a much wider audience and impact! greetings, Tim

[@_N_O_X_O_N_]

padfoot LP Das ist wohl wahr! Immerhin gibt es aber sowas wie den Kanal "Urknall, Weltall und das Leben" z.B. Und der Kanal "In a nutshell" ist ja auch quasi ein deutscher Kanal, der sich einfach auf den englisch sprachigen Raum ausgeweitet hat. ;)

[@deytims]

Ja klar, aber zumindest vor einem Jahr hatte der englische Kanal von "In a nutshell" ein unglaublich Vielfaches an Klicks im Vergleich zum deutschen Kanal. Für Kinder die deutschsprachig aufwachsen gibt es dann aber leider 1. durch mangelndes Angebot und 2. durch fehlenden "Hype" weniger Chancen auf dies Kanäle aufmerksam zu werden

[@sillyshitt]

+

[@REECHUK]

Derek isn't American though tsk ;)

[@ekki1993]

So now you unsubscribe to go full circle? :P PS. Try Kurzgesagt (In a nutshell). It's more entertainment than science but it's really great.

[@Digital111]

5:44 When its 2AM and you're trying to be quiet while taking food from the kitchen.

[@brendanodoms5401]

what kind of fridge do you have?!?!?

[@monkey.dluffy5609]

the meme overlord. Probably a bouty bouy

[@sarikatimmi]

Spectrum im doing that now actually. had to switch this to headphones and everything

[@darkthunder301]

@@brendanodoms5401 a spiteful one probably

[@vibhaath]

There two kinds of countries: The ones that uses metric system and the other that secretly use metric system to reach moon

[@lordkell1986]

Though, Mars Climate Orbitor...?

[@freibier]

I think they openly used the metric system to reach the moon. And someone from a metric system-using country (von Braun) to lead them :-)

[@kerbalaerospacelabs3445]

@@freibier NASA didn’t begin switching to metric until the 80s. Though there was a quirk with the guidance computer on Apollo where the calculations were done in metric, but the readings were displayed in US Customary. After that it was generally a mix. The reason for that is because US Customary is still big in the engineering world in the US, though no longer universal.

[@vinitvsankhe]

Ahem.

[@joehoe222]

Like the Russians who landed first on the moon?

[@lejink]

I can just imagine trying to get this on a plane, you tell the TSA it's an important scientific standard of weight, and they cannot open the container.. TSA agent takes it from you, opens it.. drops it on the floor.. Throws it all back in your bag and tells you to have a nice day

[@dinothunder629]

Dee Jay and that's how you lose 50mg over a hundred years

[@JohnSmith-dk6on]

Dee Jay just imagine the shitstorm that would create

[@Stratos1988]

And then You tell him "it's 100k dollars, VAT included. Would You like receipt ?". His mind is blown.

[@Pyrazahn]

You forgot the "we need to scrape off a sample to make sure you cannot build a bomb out of it" part :D

[@Crazmuss]

Then he asks what it made of, heard word iridium...

[@wayrren3844]

Remember that one where there was like a super-round sphere?

[@parv_ps5275]

Keno Goertz damn spoilers!!!

[@Dr.Spatula]

Spoilers? I remember hearing this a long time ago

[@binky2819]

It's called silicon, not silicium. The name silicium was merely proposed for the element, so it probably wasn't even used. It was given the name silicon way back in 1817.

[@MattiasVerduijn]

binky2819 In my country it is called silicium ;)

[@Ritlz]

Silicium is latin for silicon. :)

[@ertagon]

World: "Metric System" America: "That's crazy !"

[@zionj104]

bfdi reference or just funny comment?

[@ertagon]

@@zionj104 Have a guess.

[@zionj104]

@@ertagon Based on your uploads, I'd guess the latter

[@ertagon]

@@zionj104 Well good job. Get yourself a cookie.

[@Hubert_Cumberdale_]

@@ertagon Can I also have a cookie?

[@juansiahaan6698]

Watching this after redefinition of kg...

[@sion8]

*+*

[@Globalx59]

That guy no longer has a job

[@VitaliyCD]

@@Globalx59 poor guy.. :/

[@flameraker6824]

@@Globalx59 why?

[@xenotronia6681]

@@flameraker6824 kilogram is no longer defined with a physical object

[@michaelsteinbach]

1:50 What?! We use these shoe covers at work and have to manually stretch them around our shoes like animals. I'm going to put the Bootie Butler in the suggestion box.

[@derrickstorm6976]

Well, he obviously doesn't have an office job...

[@michaelsteinbach]

@@baronvonslambert Nope

[@futurez14]

We have them in private clinics

[@jakeybby8527]

Did you ever get the bootie butler bro

[@michaelsteinbach]

@@jakeybby8527 Nope. I mentioned it to my boss, but never heard anything more.

[@LKAChannel]

Spoiler alert: the Kilogram will be defined via the Planck constant

[@TheMrdonmessi]

Antimatter Putin The meter is actually based on the lenght that light travels in an specified amount of time. So its based on a universal constant "speed of light in vacuum "

As Alpha and Josué have said, meter and second are already defined based on physical constants (which hopefully will stay constant... but then again, does *that* really matter?). And the kilogram (to spoiler the next video) is being worked on... I think they do have it nailed down mostly, just need to finalize it treaty-wise next year. I don't recall (I've read of it) the definition they'll use, it might even be what LKAChannel says. :D

[@MusicalRaichu]

Kind of. It will be calculated via the Planck constant *measured on the basis of the existing kilogram standard*. However, once they calculate the constant, it's value will be fixed and the new kilogram based on that.

[@joystix11]

Scrolled to find the answer, thanks.

[@AbruptAvalanche]

+Jurgen The second is actually based on the radiation of a certain cesium atom, not a physical constant.

[@molnibalage83]

The silence at 1:00. Epic.

[@zameliz]

1:18 That nonchalant "yes, it's stupid" just cracked me up :'D

[@Rau-AR]

Patrick Abbot: Yeah Stupid. Are you allowed to say that? Patrick Abbot: It's true. ~Thug Life

[@oldcowbb]

dadadadada

[@HuxleyTheProf]

oldcowbb It's the mother-mother D-O Double G!

[@foobar1231]

Never prohibit to say about stupid things they are stupid. We should DEFINE it.

[@eXHawk015]

I mean, he's the Keeper of the American Kilogram. I think he has to call the Imperial system stupid.

[@shree397]

Raul A.R it's not so metric system came in way after imperial did and most countries use metric even scientists in America for records use metric eg. payload is measured in kgs not lbs(lbs is just to inform public)..... weirdest part is UK uses both....in my case, india we uses Metric and so does Australia but why does UK who basically gave this system of measurement to her colonies use both...... baffling

[@details2378]

The USA used the metric system all along *Mind Blown*

[@Mr8bitaddict]

Red Light Wrong they are part of it, not using it

[@MechanicalDoll]

Red Light *a raped metric system.

[@harrysvensson2610]

a deformed metric system. Like Smeagol.

[@AboboKing]

I prefer inches and feet. Inches are big enough to have a visible impact. Moving something 1 inch on your wall produces a noticeable effect -- unlike say 1cm. Feet being base 12 can be easily divided into 1/2 or 1/3 or 1/4. The issue of the number of feet in a yard or mile is irrelevant because in real world use you NEVER convert between those. In normal day to day life, I've never once needed to convert feet to anything else.

[@dr.catherineelizabethhalse1820]

"My measures! Gollum! Gollum!"

[@betaneptune]

Thank you for dropping musical backgrounds. It's much easier to comprehend and absorb the content this way!

[@hijodelaisla275]

Agree 100%. Why is nerve-wracking, distracting music, which often competes with the narration, the norm? Are people who post KZbin videos so insecure about their content, that they think it needs "enhancement"?

[@peteacher52]

The metric system is delightfully simple to operate, and the Americans sensibly decimalised their currency from the outset, even if not weights and measures. Those of us of a certain age can recall with horror, struggling through long division of money in pounds, shillings and pence at school, with teachers of widely varying doses of patience. Then came dollars and cents, and the whole thing suddenly became relatively easy! But dentists and jewellers still use "grains" as a measure of weight, which is but another variant of the old system. Col, NZ

[@niall6255]

those official weights are gonna be a lot heavier now, since the camera adds ten pounds

[@abdurrahmanmoustapha]

niall lol

[@spacemandoesMC]

niall how many cameras were on those weights 🤔

[@shawnnoyes2776]

♫ ba dum tss ♫

[@levannti]

''Yes, it's stupid...I agree'' ''Are you allowed to say that?'' ''It's true...''

[@fjoa123]

truth is always beautiful in the first place.

[@lajoswinkler]

That's how you distinguish a scientist from a politician.

[@Mockturtlesoup1]

you have to remember, he's in america. thank God there's nothing contradicting what he said in the bible, or he probably couldn't have said it.

[@GerHanssen]

everything in lower case except the G of god. Oops...

[@Mockturtlesoup1]

auto correct. for some reason my phone stopped automatically capitalizing the first letter of each sentence.

[@KastaRules]

Wait a minute, you are telling me that the *Quarter Pounder* has actually been a *Royale with cheese* in disguise all along and *not* the other way around ??? Also, I now want a *Bootie Butler* for no reason.

[@td23asus]

Be careful not to mix up the *Royale with cheese* with *royal cheese*, which is the stuff under Prince Albert's foreskin. #HYBPA

[@meteor5452]

fake news. here in a metric country (thats all but 3) that speaks french theyre called "quart de livre avec fromage"

[@anullhandle]

@YTViewer , lol the movie reference sailed right over his meme head.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

The quarter pounder has been a 113.398093 g burger for over 100 years :D There is actually a metric "pound" not as a defined unit but in common language. It is half a kg, which makes a quarter of that 125g. So a metric quaterpounder is actually more than an imperial quarterpounder, about 10% more to be precise. So our european quarterpounders are bigger then the americans.

[@thebiglightbulb1457]

Best movie ref ever

[@LorienGL]

Since 2019 the definition has changed: The kilogram, symbol kg, is the SI unit of mass. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.62607015×10−34 when expressed in the unit J⋅s, which is equal to kg⋅m2⋅s−1, where the metre and the second are defined in terms of c and ΔνCs.

[@CaliMeatWagon]

Well that should be easier to figure out if I'm ever without a scale...

[@78anurag]

@@CaliMeatWagon Your statement is like saying that you can't measure time in seconds without a stopwatch anymore because you don't know the time duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the fundamental unperturbed ground-state of the caesium 133 atom. You can always have a rough estimate of a kilogram in your mind

[@CaliMeatWagon]

@@78anurag Airplane...

[@78anurag]

@@CaliMeatWagon What?

[@andyw5962]

Cool story bro

[@tristanhoekstra]

That goddamn cliffhanger. I'm guessing by the amount of atoms of a specific element?

[@Delfigamer1]

Yes, that is one possibility. Another one is to use quantum effects on electrical circuitry, and it's only gonna get more complicated with more words.

[@alexanderreusens7633]

Well, just like a meter is now defined in relation to the speed of light through a vacuum, and a second is defined in relation to the amount of decaying atoms, surely a kilogram will be defined in relation to some kind of fixed energy, like X amount of fotons with a certain frequency.

[@KiloOscarZulu]

It's going to be based of Planck's constant h. But then, it will mean that kg will be defined by metre (distance) and second (time). Metre will be defined by speed of light, and second will be defined by Caesium.

[@danhibiki2]

funny thing is, this guy already made a video(back in 2013) about the new definition of a kilogram

[@tonyrulez69]

I might be wrong but I think while second is defined by decaying atoms they aren't measured by that. They use a specific laser's wave length for that.

[@rpgparatodos5426]

"All the units we communally use [...] are actually defined in terms of metric units" Take that muricas!! :D Nice video like usually too.

[@DanielPennybaker]

Borsa The imperial system is older than the metric system. The imperial system isn't defined by any terms of the metric system.

[@RenatoRamonda]

*WAS* defined independently from the metric units. Keyword there is *was*. When I went to high school I studied the Imperial units and memorized the inch as 2.548... cms... I used to know 5 decimals. Check it now on google or wikipedia or wherever. An inch is now precisely 2.54 centimeters. That's because the inch (like all the US Customary units), which used to be independently defined and as such had weird ratios with lots of decimals vs SI units, have been redefined. Oddly, they've been that way since 1959 but our high school book in 1993 still used the old standard for the US. There is not (no longer) such thing as an official specimen to measure to know how long a yard is. A yard is defined as 0.944 meters. There you go www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/FedRegister/FRdoc59-5442.pdf

[@dipi71]

Originally, the imperial system wasn't defined based on the metric system, but now it is.

[@meteor5452]

originally it wasnt just used by you and liberia, but now it is

[@christianfieldhouse902]

The redefinition in 2018, if you're too curious to wait. Wikipedia: In October 2010, the CIPM voted to submit a resolution for consideration at the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), to "take note of an intention" that the kilogram be defined in terms of the Planck constant, h (which has dimensions of energy times time) together with other fundamental units.[59][60] This resolution was accepted by the 24th conference of the CGPM[61] in October 2011 and further discussed at the 25th conference in 2014.[62][63] Although the Committee recognised that significant progress had been made, they concluded that the data did not appear sufficiently robust to adopt the revised definition, and that work should continue to enable the adoption at the 26th meeting, scheduled for 2018.[62] Such a definition would theoretically permit any apparatus that was capable of delineating the kilogram in terms of the Planck constant to be used as long as it possessed sufficient precision, accuracy and stability. The watt balance (discussed below) may be able to do this.

[@angelic8632002]

Christian Fieldhouse Thanks

[@CesarTreetops]

Giorgi Gzirishvili sick! thanks for the link

[@ketankadam5669]

layman explanation plz

[@SirDomin8r123]

it will be measured in terms of the planck constant, which is the smallest possible thing in the universe, and therefore the most accurate. Not sure how they're gonna do this however, as no measuring device can be accurate to a planck unit.

[@sadhlife]

SirDomin8r123 Being accurate to a planck unit is unnecessary. as long as they are accurate "enough", it's fine.

[@Psychlist1972]

I remember back in the late 70s, or maybe early 80s, we were all taught metric in school, alongside imperial. All our rulers had inches and cm/mm on them. We had to use both. We also used grams alongside ounces. The teachers seemed to think the US would eventually convert over. But later, most schools stopped doing that, and laziness prevailed. Now, anything metric is more an anomaly. As a woodworker who likes European and American tools, I'm always using both.

[@warren52nz]

I was in Canada in the 1970s when they officially went metric.

[@patrickcannell2258]

​@warren52nz in South Africa we were forced in 1971. No more buying gasoline in gallons, driving in miles. All was forced to change by law.

[@hechanova07]

I really would like to thank Veritasium for reminding me that THE kilogram standards were made of platinum/iridium. This came out as one of the questions in the chemical engineering board exams! MWAH MWAH MWAH.

[@drgilbertourroz]

Did you pass?

[@aluminiumknight4038]

@@drgilbertourroz Good question

[@ferryhtw]

yeah.. did you pass? I'm waiting for 3 years for your answer.. 😒

[@hechanova07]

Yes I did pass. Lol.

[@theflaminglionhotlionfox2140]

@@hechanova07 what a legend

[@jeanpignondepied]

Everybody knows this quote(maybe not) : In metric, one milliliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weighs one gram, and requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade-which is 1 percent of the difference between its freezing point and its boiling point. An amount of hydrogen weighing the same amount has exactly one mole of atoms in it. Whereas in the American system, the answer to ‘How much energy does it take to boil a room-temperature gallon of water ?’ is ‘Go **** yourself,’ because you can’t directly relate any of those quantities.

[@sarowie]

This is a strowman argument. The ratio is not exactly one nor do you ever have "pure water". In the metric system, we have to use material tables as well, normalizing them to water is of limited use. The true strength of the metric system is, that we all agree that 25.4mm is precisely one inch. A one inch piece of wood on the other hand can be either 25mm ("about an inch" - hidden metrification) or 25.4mm or "something around that". Those "cutting loses" and "rounding errors" add up quickly (but are partially the reason, why US engineers are much faster in calculating a rough result in their head, then other engineers with calculator take much longer to get the result to three significant digits).

[@Threedog1963]

Abasachs Just put it on the stove until it boils.

[@kingnabeel12]

Abasachs whenever someone makes this asinine stupid comment I know they're not an engineer or an actual scientist and are just hopping on the America hate train.

[@germansniper5277]

kingnabeel12 how is preferring the metric system anyhow related to hating america though? (In a logical sense)

[@AngelLestat2]

+sarowie Lol.. you can not be so dumb.. US engineers are much faster in calculating a rough result?? where do you get that silly idea? You can not even imagine that we dont need to think in the imperial system? because all our measures are in the metric system.. So we dont need to use fraction numbers more than you, tell me how much it takes a US engineer to convert some imperial units into other imperial units? BTW.. most of your engineers and all your scientist.. already use the metric system, because the imperial system sucks.

[@markplain2555]

1kg = 1 litre of water = a box of 10cm x 10cm x 10cm of water. 1,000litres of water fills a volume of 1m x 1m x 1m and weighs 1 ton

[@Hebdomad7]

Yes and no ...

[@musicmaker99]

No. 1m x 1m x 1m of water weighs a tonne.

[@DukeVanZoom]

No, tonne is just metric ton. This ton vs. tonne stupidity is legacy of Imperial units… So everywhere on the planet metric ton is a ton, just in USA, possibly UK you are having these issues…..

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

short ton (2000 lb) metric ton (1000 kg) or ong ton (2240 lb)?

[@JRauland]

Why ton? Why not Megagram?

[@hannahherscu9981]

So many medication errors occur in patient care because of conversions between kilogram and pounds. To convert, you have to multiply or divide by 2.2. 1kg=2.2lbs. Since many medications are weight-based, if someone accidentally puts in a patient chart the opposite number, then a patient can get 2 times the medication they should. Either that or they only get half the medication they were prescribed. This can be extremely dangerous. We should just use the metric system. How would we go about switching?

[@Anklejbiter]

7:39 "They went different weighs" Thank you for observing a less than pointless arbitrary unintentional pun. My job here is done.

[@HowTwoKill]

oboi oboi that pun actually hurt me mentally and physically

[@Gormsy]

Does the $100,000 Kilogram come with free shipping?

[@wthrwyz]

Only with Amazon Prime.

[@Knezicdex]

Only if its under 1 kg. Would you like us to remove just a bit for free shipping? LOL

[@Mikeological]

Knezicdex *shipping company uses inaccurate scale to measure a literal kilogram and charge you extra.

[@TransitAndTeslas]

Mikeology Cost of the box too

[@dbergerac9632]

You can order one from China +/- 5%

[@Aletaire]

Huh, didn't know Louis C.K. knew so much about the Kilogram.

[@TestarossaF110]

Robert McEwen HHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

[@ToddHowar.d]

Robert McEwen best comment

[@macintalkshow]

I SPECIFICALLY scrolled down to see if anyone had commented this.

[@lautaa33]

meaning the guy looks like louis ck? or is this a reference to some standup ?

[@360.Tapestry]

mainly in the eye bags only

[@Allan_Davidson]

There is an error at the density table @4:31, Iridium density is 22.56 g/cm3, not 22.65 g/cm3 as described. Osmium is the top material on density.

[@mammothfire]

"Connected iridium to radioactivity and flew off the handle" That's (any) checkpoint security for you. Not just the TSA. If playing secret service with ear pieces and uniforms, and being presumptuous twats doesn't pay enough, it sure strokes the ego. If they were smarter, they'd have a different job.

[@alexstixx]

Security Theater.

[@RandomInternetProfile]

@@organicallymaz it sure sounds scary and dangerous though 😂

[@chibani-]

could be an international border service not just TSA but ya know let's say Canadian,French German or even Urugyan for all we know. ....But yeah i suspect TSA made specific requirements to employ Douchebag

[@travelingrandom3106]

Well , i do travel a lot and from time to time i go through the US and so far they've been very professional. Sure there's idiots everywhere i guess...

[@LakshmananLM]

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Perhaps someone confused Iridium with Radium, which is radioactive.

[@comosellama5287]

I would so watch a movie about someone trying to steal one of these.

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

oceans 14?

[@shawnnoyes2776]

Recast gender reversed (since we lost Bernie Mac)? -Shawn

[@vincentb9827]

The metric system is one of the best legacy of the french revolution to humanity

[@peterfireflylund]

Just about the only good thing to come out of the French revolution and its aftermath! (And in reality, most of the work was actually done before the revolution.)

[@313power]

You forgot about choping head off bourgeoisie.

[@TheNachoOne]

Peter Lund the best legacy was actually the french civil code. It was a turning point for all legal systems in the world outside of the anglo-world (yes, they are always swimming against the stream).

[@volo870]

And Bistros.

[@psdaengr911]

One head off is the same in either system.

[@ahah86]

THANKS! This video will always be my answer to any conversation about metric system in America.

[@AbudBakri]

Yeah my scale at home is definitely not accurate then...

[@d_wang9836]

Dr.StickFigure Read it as Dr.DickFigure

[@VentiVonOsterreich]

Your videos hit me harder than my stepfather

[@karapapaxatzidimitrakopoulos]

hey ! I see you in every video comment >.

[@UhOhUmm]

you can send your scale in for adjustment in your countries standards lab. If you want it calibrated.

[@Catnugget76]

Nothing is ever accurate if you think about it...

[@weedandwine]

I manage building construction for a living and wish we would use metrics. It would be an easier system.

[@acchaladka]

weedandwine Same, from the land of heat pumps.

[@TheDetherageDialect]

6:14 I knew there was more to the deflate gate scandal. Brady was just trying to find those launch codes...

[@ze_german2921]

A New one is $100K Rick from Pawn Stars: I have to frame it, it will sit here in the shop for a very long time, How about $20

[@tanyano9]

Let me call a buddy of mine....

[@rooneyrythm]

So even Americans think the imperial system is stupid.

[@656hookemhorns]

Demon nope, just him.

[@chortles6969]

The Americans who aren't wrapped up in blind hypernationalism and respect the sciences agree.

[@zackalzar1]

Demon yes I'm pretty sure at this point alot of us do

[@656hookemhorns]

Guys other than your soda, name 1 thing you do now in metric every day.

[@Noremaad]

Convert every measurement so you can communicate with the outside world?

[@luiscarlosrico2304]

Reasons to use Fahrenheit and Imperial system: None

[@greesy76]

Reasons for driving on the left side of the road: None

[@jnes624]

well thats a stupid claim since it started out on the left with horseback, people would have a sword on the left hip, then napolean wanted to swap sides to show he wasnt like the monarchy which he spread over Europe(and then made himself emperor and brothers kings). Also the right eye is dominate for most people so its better to drive on the left since you can see more of the road with the stronger eye (but it doesnt really matter)

[@SA-rb5xq]

But when you drive on the right you sit on the left side of the car which puts your right eye closer to the centre of the car letting you see more of the road, doesn't it? :7 EDIT170531 It's also easier to use your more weaker hand steering. It just needs to go up & down. Then you free your right hand to make more complex tasks by the panels/gearbox.

[@ce7.0]

Fahrenheit is objectively a better system for describing the way humans experience the temperature. The temperature range in most habitable climates fits neatly between 0 and 100, and it maps intuitively -- 0 is extremely cold, 100 is extremely hot, in the middle at 50 you'll want a light jacket. Celsius is horrible for weather if you didn't grow up with it.

[@macksii]

In Celsius. Water freezes at 0 degrees, water boils at 100 degrees... Don't see why you don't use it..

[@sourabhchoure498]

0:13 "DO NOT ENTER, MEASUREMENT IN PROGRESS" Love that sign!

[@bunnybro5977]

Derek: so how much is it worth? Europeans: it's priceless Americans: about $100,000 apiece

[@spacexvanityprojectslimite3315]

so thats £90,000 british

[@Alice.59]

Rick : best I can do is 3$ , and I'm taking a risk here ...

[@saftschinken2353]

Well the originals are probably priceless. The new ones are 100k

[@Rybakov22]

Original are "Priceless" because of added cultural value. New ones, despite being made from the same materials, are much cheaper. This is antiquariat for you.

[@moondust2365]

@@Rybakov22 True. Of course, it's also because as time progresses, some materials are easier to mine due to better innovation, while other materials are harder to find because we're running out of them in nature. Then there's inflation.

[@brendarua01]

Ha! I knew I wasn't really gaining weight. It was the standards fluctuating around me. Damn you, Universe!

[@samm4510]

The weight of a kilogram is increasing so actually you should lose weight from the shifts in the standard...:P

[@Madcat0]

My car runs in football fields per burger and that's how I like it! God bless America! Go USA!

[@Teporame]

You are not a mad cat, just a stupid cat.

[@mew9763]

football fields per burger eaten... Now that's a system I can work with!

[@BubbasGarage]

@@Teporame and you're nothing more than a grumpy old brit

[@clonatul1]

You should do a video on how every si unit is defined

[@AnhTrieu90]

I think Sixty Symbols has already made that video.

[@scotthenrie5674]

1 inch was originally defined as the length of 3 dried barley grains placed end to end. They just later updated it to be based off of the glorious metric system.

[@KingBobXVI]

I feel like the relative changes between masses of the kilograms (and the sudden stop in changes) could probably be explained by improvements made in measuring tools and manufacturing tools since the originals were made. It's not that they were gaining or losing mass, but that the prototypes made in the 1880's weren't made as precisely as we can now measure, and that increase in precision is simply revealing their imperfections.

[@samirsuleymanov2099]

You are probably right.

[@davidplatenkamp]

What's priceless is that amidst airlocks, vacuum chambers and proprietary transport cases, the bell jar's marked with dymo tape.

[@HandbrakeBiscuit]

1/4" Dymo tape at that...

[@zapfanzapfan]

This reminds me of an episode of The Simpsons, "Who keeps the metric system down? We do, we do..." :-)

[@caav56]

Stonecutters Song? I really like it!

[@Gottenhimfella]

Middle America: Proud to be Dumb as a rock since 1776

[@drgilbertourroz]

Who rigs every Oscar night? We do... we dooo!

[@ChristOMalley]

Planck's constant The researchers placed a known mass on one end of the scale and then counterbalanced it by sending an electric current through a movable coil of wire suspended in a magnetic field. They then used that electromagnetic force to measure Planck's constant down to an accuracy of 34 parts per billion.

[@stijn1113]

But if you do that, that defined mass is therefore defined in kg itself and therefore depends on the constant itself which wouldnt work.

[@alexis9212]

US: NO WE WILL NOT USE METRIC LIKE THE COMMIES US NOW: Okay we'll use it where it matters, but still use football fields per obesity squared for everything else.

[@shambosaha9727]

US NOW: WHY IS THE UNIT NOT FARMHOUSE MCNUGGET SQUARED PER OBESITY CUBED I AM CONFUSED

[@chrismitsubrown]

something something something i'M oFFenDEd

[@Livestreamlurker]

Did you watch the video? We've been using metric everywhere except common usage since the 19th century. And at least our everyday units are consistent unlike the UK. The UK is way more of a mess than the US.

[@DesertStateInEU]

Alexis - Thats so funny cause even though the US has a higher obesity rate than all European countries, in diseases linked to obesity most of the European countries have a higher death rate. These are coronary heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and cancer. Only in diabetes is the US among the top countries, in every other disease Europe has a higher death rate. And you heard this from a European who lives in the EU.

[@alexis9212]

@@DesertStateInEU That was a joke measurement. Just saying how stupid the inferior system is.

[@RU-zm7wj]

100 centimeters= 1 meter and 1000 meters=1 kilometer. 1000 grams=1 kilogram and 1000 kilograms=1 metric ton. There... ya'll know the metric system now. Everything is just more zeros, it's that easy.

[@tmd9412]

1000 Kilograms can also be called a Megagram

[@owlstead]

Actually a lot of things are measured in millimeters (mm) so we can divide by 1000 from the standard meter, just like we do with the weights.

[@DrD0000M]

Not everyone is so dumb they can only work with base 10 conversions.

[@tmd9412]

@@DrD0000M But you've gotta admit, base 10 makes the math a lot simpler

[@bobjones1432]

@@DrD0000M It isn't that we can only work with base 10, it's that it is far simpler, easier, quicker and gets it out of the way so you can do more important stuff. That and every single person can very easily do base 10.

[@GenuinelyJake]

But wouldn't relative gravity (the location of the testing equipment itself) also affect the weight? Not every place in the world has the same gravity. Also, as the Earth changes inside, so too does its density. In turn, gravity of one spot will also change over time, causing a unit of measurement to fluctuate as well? And wouldn't earths magnetic poles change things a bit too, or are the materials not magnetic?

[@AstronomyWales]

GenuinelyJake I suppose that's why they say that it's relative.

[@Pulsar77]

That's why each cylinder has to be flown to Paris if they want to compare it to the original. Comparisons can only be made at the same location. And the original cylinder is the definition of the kilogram, regardless of what happens to it or to the Earth.

[@AcidEric01]

but if you then move a primary and use it to make secondary's any item weighed against that will be different to an item weighed against a secondary made in another part of the world. Admittedly a very small amount but enough to be measurable........guess that's partly why we are getting a new system.

[@KirakoKhor]

Gravity wouldn't affect the results. This is because we're talking about mass, not weight. There is a difference between mass and weight. Mass is just kg and weight is actually kg x 9.8 (acceleration of gravity) fun fact

[@sidharthcs2110]

Gravity cannot change the MASS of anything , anywhere.

[@KyleLi]

Americans, the only people to promise to do something and forgetting that they did it.

[@MonMalthias]

The United States of Amnesia.

[@lsd6716]

Brexit

[@theoldone2089]

Kyle Li *America don't blame the people

[@lsd6716]

Brexit as in, Britain also promised to exit the EU if its citizens voted for it, and it remains to be seen if they'll actually do it.. (spoiler- it's highly unlikely)

[@mr_sn4k3s]

Article 50 has been signed, what are you on about?

[@mahina1963]

I had to stop at 1:17 and revel in this fact. I heard as a child about the metric system, and again we 'played' with is when I took a cooking course, but I truly started to use it when I joined the U.S. Army, and now that I've been living in Germany these, oh past 35 years, it comes naturally for me This information feels like the american public is being treated like children; (we're using Metric, but we'll leave the imperial labels on, so the public doesn't have a hissy fit)

[@LoneWolfsVoice]

I work in Weights and Measures in Illinois glad to see videos out there giving folks an idea of what we do.

[@carlos77121]

Watching this in 2018. *The whole thing is actually happening.*

[@gillesmatheronpro]

2:53 where did you get that map of Paris ? Not quite sure, but it probably was printed prior to 1920. As it shows a belt of fortified walls ("Les fortifications") which ended being fully demolished in 1929, after nearly a decade of efforts. I invite everyone staying in Paris to take a ride in the beautiful garden surounding the storage bunker of the prototype-kilogram, in the parisian suburb of Sèvres ("say-vre"). This park, named Parc de Saint-Cloud ("sain-kloo"), is one of the cutest exemples of XVIth century countryside-like gardens, with their typical "à la française" designs (geometric shapes, showing "the dominance of Man upon nature"). It used to be the home of "Monsieur", brother of King Louis XIV, and is now a public park with lots to see and enjoy. The BIPM (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures = International Bureau of Measures and Weights) ; the nearby Manufacture royale de Sèvres (a school and "living museum" for the finest in arts and craft of ceramics, producing to bestest of them) ; the sports club Le Stade français (founded 1883, featuring 22 different sports from track-and-field to rugby or rowing) ; several gastronomic restaurants ; "La Grande Cascade" (a huge garden waterfall, legacy from the royal era) ; the annual "Le Grand feu" (largest fireworks event in Europe, as a tribute to those set up by the "Sun King" Louis XIV), etc. etc. The Parc de Saint-Cloud is a must-see for anyone enjoying the nicest places. And even tough not exactly in Paris, this place is contiguous of the capital, with bus line 72 going straight to the main entrance grid of the garden... can't be any easier, just a 45 minutes ride from the Hotel de Ville (Paris City hall) or Place du Chatelet, or 25 from the Tour Eiffel (you all know about). Such a ride for the price of a bus ticket... how about it ? Hope you'll have time to see the "kilogramme-étalon" (litteraly the "stallion-kilogram") next time, live in the basement of the BIPM. This concludes our little "touristrium" interlude... Great video, as always !!!

[@cho4d]

"Are you allowed to say that!?" ".... it's true...." i like this guy :D

[@cooper4930]

6:15 love that sound

[@obviously1871]

OgSnoopDogg you monster lol

[@B15-c3u]

i hate u xD

[@user-bo2uo6cv5w]

me to

[@hpetes8412]

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[@michaelwatkins4304]

Are you a silocone salesman?

[@SagaraUrz]

If you use a personal Jet to travel somewhere, do you still have to go through airport control on your belongings?

[@BlueBD]

I think yes Unless you go through a private Or closed Terminal. Is boarding from a public terminal it has to be taken to the plane.

[@Dr.Spatula]

Traveling internationally you would still need to go through customs regardless of whether or not you need a security check

[@lejink]

No, not domestically.. If you fly internationally you have to check in with customs when you land. A phone call is enough for a lot of countries. They can send a customs official to meet you at the airport if they want though, so it's no grantee

[@1forjohnny]

Depend on how wealthy you are.

[@jimmysomethin5878]

Great Video, Jimmy!

[@dougthedonkey1805]

1:59 the guy in blue is how I look waiting for my pizza rolls in the microwave

[@jojobeanproductions1229]

American schools use Celsius or Kelvin when measuring temperature American nutrition labels use grams and Calories (same thing as Kcal)

[@leosypher9993]

I live in America and I actually grew up with the metric system, the only imperial measurement I can really estimate well is miles per hour, I really think its only a matter of time before we start using metric for everything

[@casey6578]

@Mac's Music & Art I can't help but feel like that's a friend problem and not a measurement problem

[@pgr3290]

5:43 Remember-- viable embryos. They're no use to us if they don't survive! The best bit is there is a short noise that sounds like a raptor call when he unscrews it.

[@alexp3752]

I hope all these amazing artifacts are protected against earthquakes and other potential disasters!

[@artfrontgalleries1818]

In the last few years,l I have been fortunate to be able to spend 2 to 3 months a year in central and Mediterranean Europe. I had long used Metric measure for distance (meters, kilometers) in photography and printing. I am trying to learn (adopt) the Centigrade scale (I'm comfortable at 24c). I don't think I will ever get pints to liters but if I keep drinking as much wine as I do, I'll figuer it out. Spending 2 months in Barcelona late this year and need to work on my language.

[@Tursiopstruncatus]

¡Buena suerte! :D

[@mj3299]

Roughly 2 pints = 1 liter and 2 pounds = 1kilograms or 1 pint = 0.5 liters and 1 pound = 0.5 kilograms, not to be used when calculating jet fuel, but good enough for beer and the steak on your plate. Strangely enough wine, beer, and spirit are still sold in 750ml or .75 liter volumes, not like other drinks in 1liter. Since France was the origin of metric and a country most famous for its wines, they should lead the world in increasing the bottle sizes of liquor to the standard of 1 liter.

[@bryan6870]

@@mj3299 litre*

[@DDBurnett1]

Are you from the U.S.? I rarely hear anyone talk about pints, except for ice cream. I would guess that most younger Americans are more comfortable with liters than pints (at least, I am).

[@valrina]

I love how he says that to this day the kg is defined by the big K , but they just changed that yesterday :D.

[@randmayfield5695]

I worked hard earning my hard science degree so am a total full believer in the metric system over the standard system. It's amazing how many people argue for the standard system being easier to use therefore better than the metric system. Of course this perspective comes out of ignorance and fear of the unknown. I on the other hand find great pleasure in working with the metric system because its based on logic and reason. One kilometer = 1000 meters, 1ml water (at standard conditions) = 1 gram, 1000 grams =1 kilogram.... a truly amazing system. Thank you France!

[@eliadbu]

1:18 THANK YOU that I was saying about those units all the time .

[@BloodyMobile]

This is too good, now I really have no reason to ever again to not laugh at someone for using imperials, because they're still based on metric xD

[@pr0xZen]

The UK transported the Hope diamond by sending it in the mail, while a courier carried a fake replica. Inconspicous is often the safest attribute.

[@fhajji]

So before the kilogram was redefined, a change in mass of the physical Standard Kilogram meant that everything ever weighed suddenly had a different nominal mass. Kind of like everytime the US dollar gets inflated by the FED, all prices worldwide (in all other currencies as well) go up. We really need to redefine money in terms of some physical constant like with the kilogram (it used to be mass of gold).

[@IllidanS4]

Well it's more like you have less money than before if that happens. The issue is that all money that is owned is only nominal, and not fixed based on its value. There are however "global" monetary units, WCUs, that attempt to fix it based on the average GDP.

[@DheerajBhaskar]

That's one cliffhanger you left us there in 😀

[@abdulazizzz]

But which is heavier, a killogram of steel or a killogram of feathers?

[@pavelthefabulous5675]

A kilogram of weed.

[@d.n.3652]

Abdulaziz Fahd I'd rather have a kilogram of feathers be thrown at me than a kilogram of steel. Same weight but it's the density that makes it feel heavier

[@dontworry1302]

The feathers, you have to carry the weight of what you did to those birds.

[@AlexSSB]

Da Ali G show reference

[@farid7753]

Obviously both are same. The difference is only in density

[@-----REDACTED-----]

Those little spikes of contempt and disgust in his voice when he lists the imperial measurements (0:51-0:53)… 👌😂

[@Hobbes4ever]

6:30 sounds strange that they have to fly on a commercial plane instead of a government owned aircraft since there are quite a lot of military planes going to and from Europe

[@WycliffStudios]

0 degree Celcius is the freezing point of water. 100 degree celcius is the boiling point of water. Metres is a better measure of distance. 1kg is the measure of 1 Litre of pure water.

[@puncheex2]

Celcius isn't metric. Kelvin is.

[@RacTac]

@@puncheex2 Well, Kelvin is just Celsius - 273.5

[@puncheex2]

Yup, it is. But they are not the same. After all, Fahrenheit is just Celsius * 8/5 + 32.

[@connorparkinson6574]

Don’t use 8/5 in an equation

[@RacTac]

@@puncheex2 But 1 Celcius is the same size as 1 Kelvin. You can't say that for Celcius and Fahrenheit.

[@tomokokuroki2506]

"America you can sign either the Metre Convention or the Geneva Convention" America: **now weighing napalm in kilograms** "ok"

[@smacman68]

We are slowly getting there. Once we are finally past the "baby boomers" age group (God, I hate that phrase) we will pick up speed. Where I work, we are all metric. And I prefer it to be honest. What you must do is accept the measurement for what it is, not what it converts to in inch. What I mean is when you hear millimeter, think about how far that actually is, not that it is close to .040". Then it begins to make sense

[@jasontaylor8877]

I'm somewhat mixed. When watching videos on woodworking, for example, I have no idea what a sixteenth of an inch is, i have to convert it to metric. However in my daily life, I cannot seem to understand celsius, what is 52c? Don't know, but I know what 70f feels like. Same for speed limits, I know MPH, and can't guesstimate KPH. I need to just turn all my digital things to metric and force myself to learn it before it's too late.

[@williamblackmon9136]

cracktober You are right. It is easier to use the system you were raised with. Since I am an American I can visualize and use Inches, Feet, and Yards effortlessly. But If I have use the metric system I have to think twice as long about it. But no matter what side you are on the most annoying thing about having both systems here is I have to have about a thousand different wrenches to do simple mechanic work on my car. That is infuriating.

[@Dave-us5fq]

cracktober it is absolutely not 10km to a mile xD, there is 1.6km to a mile.

[@williamblackmon9136]

Jason Taylor I somewhat agree. I know what 70 degrees Fahrenheit is supposed to feel like. Same with MPH.

[@williamblackmon9136]

cracktober I was helping a friend change the thermostat in his truck and I needed 4 metric wrenches and 3 US wrenches. In regards to automobiles I wish they would just pick one. It would make things easier to work on

[@dethkl0k]

The World: We're gunna give you 4;20 America: Hold my joint

[@AdmiralBison]

The only reason why imperial continues to persist in the United States alone is because many industries don’t want to spend money converting and the government (most likely on behalf of those industries) has made metric “voluntary” So in schools it is really up to the class curriculum if metric is taught instead, and I suspect many parents have influence on wanting their kids to stick to the antiquated system. 1 big problem: The United States can’t keep using two competing measurement systems for too long, especially with tech industries being more global and hiring international workers on special visas who naturally understand metric far better than most Americans.

[@GH-oi2jf]

Use of metric has always been voluntary in the US until recently. Nowadays, some government work requires metric. I think NASA is entirely metric now. It has worked out well enough being voluntary, in my opinion. Our automobile industry uses metric hardware without ever having been told they must. Businesss will do what makes for good business without being forced.

[@MorRobots]

Why is a NIST K standard getting inspected by customs... This is an object subject to an international treaty, can't USSTATE get that into a diplo pouch or get signed orders from host country.

[@Gottenhimfella]

It's a slippery slope. First it's measurement standards, next it'll be buggy whips getting loopholed into the country. Fiddlesticks, I say! Let them eat hamberders!

[@rastislavstanik]

this was super interesting!

[@tdnator9534]

WTF you can't just leave me on such a cliffhanger!!!!!!!! 😜

[@cxn_media]

1:03 one second of mind blowing silence XD