The Insanely Idiotic Institution of Imperial Indicators

[@masterplusmargarita]

The fact that some people still claim that the Imperial system is simpler and more logical than the Metric system makes me cry a little inside.

[@draconomicon6543]

Fun fact, you can spell the word "Illuminati" from the letters in the title of this video. I have no idea why my brain decided to point that out to me, but hey, it's a thing.

[@Errorvator]

My university's intro to mechanical engineering course used slugs and pounds on the exams. Nothing else has made me sadder.

[@GegoXaren]

Then we have the oh-so-fun decimal-foot system that was used in Sweden for a few years before the metric system was introduced...

[@tylertheultimatebadass87]

Definition of "The Imperial measurement system" [Also see: Clusterfuck]

[@GarketMardener]

Exactly.

[@lodziklocPL]

Cave Johnson here. That's 65% more bullet per bullet.

[@TerribleGrymmoire]

The metric system of measuring things uses Celsius for measuring temperature. Kelvin is used in the SI system to measure temperature. Fahrenheit is the unit used in the imperial system and it is, unsurprisingly, the most arbitrary of the 3.

[@TheDenialist]

Actually they are all equally arbitrary. It's just that the points used make them seem more or less so.

[@Draugo]

There were points where I was expecting for Tom Lehrer to start singing since the rhythm was so similar to the intro of 'New Math'.

[@DocxHammer]

Everyone knows imperial sucks. The only reason we use it still is that getting rid of it would be unimaginably expensive and difficult. Everything revolves around it. And so we are stuck with it.

[@dannylamb456]

I began bashing my face in at the explanation of why Fahrenheit is so goddamn annoying to understand. I mean, why the hell have a unit so arbitrary when doing what Celsius did makes more sense? 32 degrees is the freezing point of water but having your zero be the temperature of a solution that isn't constant? I don't get it...

[@Wilderwolfman]

The Imperial system may seem strange out of context (so does everything else) say you have a bushel of Wheat its 8gallons or 60 lbs but if you have a bushel of water its gonna be 66.76 lbs and still 8gallons. When transporting or selling a product you need to be precise so, that's why we have strange sounding measurements. Like the Chain which is 22 yards or 100 links the reason for this is because in the old days a surveyor would have a chain and a stick to measure great distances and they would keep the chains at 100links to keep a constant measurement across rocky or uneven surfaces and when your trying to survey something consistency is key.

[@dogstar234]

Wilder Wolf Man or you could use metric. Everything is in tens. 100 millimetres to a metre, 1000 metres to a kilometre. 100 millilitres to a litre, 1000 litres to a kilometre. ect ect

[@Wilderwolfman]

dogstar234 Metric has its place but its a multi-tool ; alright at alot but not great. Imperial measurements are specialized tools and not meant to be used for everything.Metric is easier for the Masses and uniformity.

[@dannylamb456]

Wilder Wolf Man I guess it's mostly because when you're used to using the flathead for everything, the Phillips screwdriver just looks weird.

[@NarvyDent]

The Metric system is used to define temperature in terms of water. However, Fahrenheit is used to better for humans on a scale from 0-100. 0 being really cold and 100 being really hot. And I am a people, not a water.

[@ChristinaLavitt]

Hooray for the metric system! :D It's times like these I'm glad to be Canadian.

[@Mark1990ish]

What a wonder story, hard to believe it is non-fiction.

[@rokkarokkaali]

5280 feet to the mile? I could've sworn it was 2000. I've been living a life of lies

[@saucyboi1065]

rokkarokkaali it’s 2000 pounds in a ton so that’s prob where you got it

[@futeramonfuturamet4830]

About 1740 yards or 1600 meters in a mile.

[@tugafighter]

Lol at the people defending fahrenheit. There is no appreciable difference between any 2 degrees in celsius. I don't need any more subdivisions. No normal person does. 19ºC = 20ºC for all intents and purposes in regular life. If you say you can tell the difference, I'm sorry but you either have some hypersensitive condition or you're lying.

[@tugafighter]

And on the other hand, if you really need the precision (for what will be, most probably, scientific activity) the metric system wins hands down every time. You can divide it in any power of ten you want and get as precise as needed.

[@Wilderwolfman]

Pedro Leitão you need the right tool for the job so why not use both?

[@tugafighter]

Because it crates confusion and sporadically destroys million dollar spacecrafts.

[@Wilderwolfman]

Sweet jesus not CRATE CONFUSION! (i know what you where saying) There was nothing sporadic about that! everybody knows Americans use imperial. btw it also sent a man to the moon and was used to make the first airplane. they both have their uses so, make use of both i say.

[@justaname9927]

@@Wilderwolfman The crate cunfusion....... Most perplexing of all cuboid

[@thegameenforcer]

True, true. Still, at least they're taught (mostly) side by side in schools. Hell, higher level science courses generally use SI units for everything anyway. I like to think that, in the distant future, miles will be the last remnants of the Imperial System, because we were too lazy to/didn't bother switching the road signs.

[@nanounit]

The thing is that it kind of was. I wouldn't describe the people who made the imperial system as "hicks" but they were living long ago. I'm sure the names of the units came before the units themselves were fully defined, for example hand and foot used to be simply "the length of a hand" and "the length of a foot" respectively. I agree it is archaic, whose hand and foot you use is extremely important, but it was what they had at the time. Everything was just built on the past.

[@Halksta]

Well, thank god 90% of the world works on the metric system now.

[@Makingthebullet]

To Europe, WE LEARNED IT FROM YOU, DAD! With Love, The USA.

[@Kbrundy]

God more people need to watch this stuff

[@shadowfragment]

I also hate the system, but think that the name is awesome. As a kid I even used to imagine that it was created by the Sith empire.

[@Grekkill]

We definitely use metric more than imperial in Canada.

[@kurami13]

litres, metres and grams. Never loved you this much ó_ò

[@KrimsinYT]

you should see what happens when this baby hits eighty-eight bushels per bushel

[@devilslayersbane]

Actually the imperial system is also used in the UK, Canada, some areas of Australia, areas of New Zealand, and was the standard of the Republic of Ireland until 2005 so many pre-2005 cars in Ireland still use imperial. It also receives limited use in India, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.

[@RustleRustle527]

You sir, are a badass.

[@Skywreckdemon]

I love the metric system more than ever now.

[@TheKhopesh]

Understanding even a fifth of imperial measurements: IQ +2000.

[@Mikeherebia]

This is stressing me out!

[@BrosephKony2012]

I would have to disagree, and state the case that Celsius is the better system for measuring temperature. The reason being, it is the simpler system. Water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is (IMO) the better system due to its simplicity.

[@heyjoeway]

My nightmares shall now be full of bushels and pecks.

[@EPR89]

YAY! Finally my whole brain can be incapacitated and not just my auditory cortex. ;D

[@The3biscuits]

Dear lord, let's never measure velocity and speed with this shit.

[@TheDenialist]

miles per hour

[@MrInfernow]

As an American, I still don't know how many feet are in a mile. The only imperial unit of measurement that I can relate to is an "[american] football field," 100 yards. Thankfully, science classes here generally use the metric system, and the conversion is happening for people, even if not for our government.

[@anthonyinger2867]

5,280 ft in a mile.

[@DarthAbysius]

Imperial: for people who hate logic. Metric: for everyone else.

[@speedio42]

Then I would argue that even though you can be more precise without decimals using Fahrenheit it really does not matter if the temp is 21C or 22C in everyday life. And It's not terribly hard to understand 21.1C :p

[@CmenDmen]

We can't because it would cost too much money to change EVERY road sign, have to teach everyone it, which also costs money. It's just too expensive.

[@Crunkles1119]

My brain..Hurts so mu- *head explodes

[@Pavel7918]

why do we still use this system? well that's easy, BECAUSE MERICA

[@harry5542]

hmmmm, still trying to work this out. BRB IN 1000000 YEARS :)

[@Ethan-Relearning-Movement]

That "What" made this video! Did you try different ways of saying the what beforehand, so as to give the "are you fucking serious?" type of intonation?

[@dialupnoises]

Because we have more people.

[@barcod11]

dude you give me gushing eargasms, and for this I thnkyou

[@LynnDrumm]

I approve of the PETSCII font.

[@TheLittleStanley]

Does anyone know the name of the song at the end?

[@NotSpiffums]

Kratos, you're greek.

[@0cheeseburga]

i offer instead, a crazier solution. We keep all of our commonly used names, and the physical measurement of a mile but instead of 12 inches to a foot we have 10 in to 1 ft, 10 ft to 1 yd and 10 yd to 1 mile and then create some other form of measurement lower than the inch and break up the system to where the new 'micro inch' is about the equivalent to an inch/centimeter and then move up from there. It's perfect, it's contrived and completely useless and pointless! Do i get a peace prize now?

[@thegameenforcer]

I'm on the same top-comment tab as the guy who made Shephard's mind. My day is officially MADE. Rock on dude. Rock on.

[@jmm1233]

metric , it wins everytime

[@tylarstephens1686]

GG my friend GG

[@devilslayersbane]

I never said you didn't. I just said is used.

[@Kylemsguy]

Imperial measurements have always made soooo much sense to me, and this video has just proven it. /s Yup. Idiotic. Makes me glad that I grew up with the Metric system.

[@thegameenforcer]

I want to respond in a thoughtful, coherent manner, but I'm too awed by that profile picture. FoE forever.

[@Doomessenger4654]

Why do I want corn now?

[@TheCIScommander]

The only useful part of the imperial system is the foot. Other than that just leave the imperial system to cooking.

[@RustleRustle527]

Quick question; do you play Borderlands 2 for Xbox? In May I'm getting Gold Membership and I think you and I would be the deadliest duo on Pandora. :) +1 sub

[@gta4life112]

intro song??

[@TokenStudios]

You also realise that since Kelvin and Celsius have the same scale they are pretty much interchangeable, right? They are both SI units.

[@ZestyMcLime]

KELVINS 4 LYFE

[@clint-webb]

Make some goddamn sense, my dear man.

[@ohfouroneone]

I find it hard to believe that any of this is true and not a satirical hyperbole.

[@InsecureLobster]

It was a reference to the fact that his username was Ulfric Stormcloak. I'll assume you've never played TESV:Skyrim, so you should ignore that part of his comment :P

[@Kahandran]

First. Where is my cookie. I was told there would be cookies.

[@tomika50]

He's saying they're "big" in that that each 1 degree Celsius accounts for more (or is larger) than its Fahrenheit counterpart. I.E. you can be more precise without doing into decimals, which is nice.

[@MrIhavenolife94]

Murrica!

[@RageKoala]

No one actually understands all of it. No one. Ever.

[@thegameenforcer]

Hey man, you're the dude who put freaking LittlePip as his(her?) youtube avatar, not me. Rock on dude. Rock on hard.

[@viralengine908]

actually all the industries & institutes in america already use the metric system, it's only the the end customer who deals with the imperial unit. even the fast food industry uses metric measures but the customer gets the 2 pounder or 5 pounder measure.

[@TheDenialist]

trolololol. You obviously just pulled that out of your ass. I don't care that this post is 3 years old I'm still gona call you out.

[@wstevenbrown]

We use inches in manufacturing.

[@thegameenforcer]

But the names are better. We've got "mile" (rhymes with "bile"), and they've got "kilometer" (rhymes with... nothing, because it's too cool for poetry).

[@RickeySnake]

We learned things. DEAL WITH IT!

[@Lyz920]

It would be amazing if you would quote off of Patrick Bateman.

[@thegameenforcer]

MEDALS FOR THIS MAN FOR HE IS A GENIUS!

[@jigglywiggly6103]

Let me put it this way. The USA has, according to some of these posters, 310M people. Australia has 25M, but is just as vast. Most of it's uninhabitable, and we cluster along the snake/spider/dropbear/hoopsnake/jellyfish/shark... (3 weeks later) ...drongo, Pauline Hanson infested coastline in blissful, 100% METRIC USING civilisation. But some don't. Some live in isolated desert townships, or Alabama-esque Central QLD. And nothing's changed there since the '50s, when we used Imperial shit.

[@RustleRustle527]

Damn. At least I have CoD, Halo, L4D, and Gears. :)

[@thegameenforcer]

Well, on one hand, it's ponies, which many people have... strong opinions about. On the other hand, it's Fallout freaking Equestria, which is awesome.

[@killerexe007]

I know, I'm living in one of them. Although, with what EU is doing, it is only a matter of time

[@NekoJanz]

I finally understand 7th grade mathematics.

[@GR33TINGSEARTHL1NGS]

...This seems way to complicated, I prefer the units in Australia...

[@mikehouchens1223]

Do you know..... *sigh joke.jpg...really....

[@Nebafyer_DandD]

actually, a hand is 4 inches. Based on knuckle to knuckle, how we measure horses

[@btkw]

METRES4LIFE

[@TheAndrewc5120]

you know those people you get your prescription meds from? yeah... they take classes where they have to learn all of this. and apply it. even the discontinued stuff.

[@devilslayersbane]

I would like to point out that most of those units aren't even used in America, and that he left out the teaspoon and tablespoon (among others). And while the Imperial system looks really complex and illogical (and I'm not arguing that it isn't), a lot of jobs and companies use these measurements.

[@killerexe007]

Then Europe? Are you aware that while USA has population of 310mil, while Europe is considered about 731mil?

[@masterzoroark6664]

You know what is the worst? When your significant other uses the fuckin imperial unts and you are on metric and you just don't know how the fuck to pass the rescipe witout both sides getting an aneurysm

[@clint-webb]

Thats the joke.jpg

[@okimura690]

JFK tried that. America responded by saying it was too difficult.

[@devilslayersbane]

I was just pointing out that America is not the only place that still uses imperial.

[@peterdietrich8810]

Both Fahrenheit and Celsius are stupid. Start using kelvin. It's better.

[@DarkShadows713]

Pete Detrick "What's the weather like out there?" "It's 615 degrees!"

[@sweatysocks8214]

@@DarkShadows713 yeah dude, that sounds fucking awesome.

[@Nixonitus]

I'm american and I approve this message.

[@TagRoss]

.... screw this sh*t, let's join the metric system.

[@leahsdreams]

I'm so glad i grew up with metric.....but people still use imperial in building and in math....and area..can we just pick one and go with it already

[@amiitoxi]

You know it would be awesome to have the metric system for all the suckers who will have to take science and learn a completely new system or the tourists driving around not knowing how far their going. However, You all realize changed to the metric system would cost a lot of money yeah? A lot of things in America use Imperial units and changing that would mean altering factory equipment, books, and other things. It just fucking sucks.

[@ragingmongoose222]

Second Eh? Well I guess we are just going to forget logic on this channel.

[@animeangela227]

Really? 100F is approx. 40C Please tell me how 40 is greater than 100.

[@Witchtheif89]

but...but then we couldn't confuse you

[@timothywu96]

what.

[@viralengine908]

no but, The united states has an area of 9,827,000 km² which is pretty close to that of europe at 10,180,000 km². and despite this minor difference the population density is much higher.

[@macro312]

I see my foolishness. Thank you haha

[@AGrayPhantom]

@okimura690 @_@ but... huh?!

[@RageKoala]

I'm American and use the Imperial System, but I have no idea what 90% of these things are.