Why America still uses Fahrenheit

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  • @Pulsar-1919
    @Pulsar-1919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21149

    As a child when I heard Americans say it's 100° outside I thought they were just exaggerating.

    • @axzcel7135
      @axzcel7135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1159

      I thought it was retardedly hot there lol

    • @firname395
      @firname395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +580

      Yes it's common to see 100°f here is the us

    • @ccstopmotionproductions739
      @ccstopmotionproductions739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +387

      I mean to be fair it is usually an over exaggeration. While at times it can be 100 degrees it’s usually not unless you live somewhere like Arizona. Basically what I’m trying to say is that even if it’s not 100 degrees outside people will still say it is as a hyperbole more often than you’d think.

    • @Meetu4151
      @Meetu4151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      OMG SAME!!

    • @ccstopmotionproductions739
      @ccstopmotionproductions739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Ko O I know but 100 degrees is used as a hyperbole a lot. Like if it’s hot out people will often say, “gosh it’s 100 degrees outside!” Even if it’s not really

  • @ninahoney6423
    @ninahoney6423 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12922

    ‘The problem was that, unlike the UK, Canada or Australia, the US was too much of a stubborn bastard to comply’

    • @jane8557
      @jane8557 5 ปีที่แล้ว +957

      I'm from Australia and my science teacher is American. Our class had a very lengthly discussion about why America is one of the only countries not to use the metric system and even our teacher completely wrote it down as a "act of stubbornness'. we then discussed how America was all about the idea of FREEDOM and how they view changing to the metics system (just like the rest of the world) as an improper way to show their right to freedom. I just through hearing her views on her country really interesting. (Just wanna let y’all know I don’t mean to offend any Americans I think if the system works for you guys then so be it but I just though our class discussions was very interesting and getting an Americans perspective on the issue gave us a better insight on the topic)

    • @shrekonion8307
      @shrekonion8307 5 ปีที่แล้ว +466

      Everyone: cast it into the fire destroy it
      Us: *no*

    • @ditjedatje9741
      @ditjedatje9741 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      "Was"

    • @camerongcarpenter
      @camerongcarpenter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It’s Because of pirates look it up

    • @atlas2296
      @atlas2296 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      ur just jealous that we can conquer your country in the span of a year.

  • @oxidzero7566
    @oxidzero7566 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16776

    Its -40° Outside
    Celsius Users : **Screams**
    Fahrenheit Users : **Screams**
    Kelvin Users : [Confused Screaming]

    • @GoodVideos4
      @GoodVideos4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +919

      I'd rather leave Kelvin out of it. I also know someone called Kelvin, and would rather leave him out of it. Kelvin not use Kelvin. :-)

    • @oxidzero7566
      @oxidzero7566 4 ปีที่แล้ว +298

      @@GoodVideos4 ok dude 😂

    • @somemagellanic
      @somemagellanic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +323

      why are the "Screams"-es in asterisks but the "Confused Screaming" in i square brackets? it makes no sense. it scares me.

    • @trebled9314
      @trebled9314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      @@somemagellanic would you say it makes you scream when you are *confused*?

    • @AatiNiiranen
      @AatiNiiranen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +240

      0celcius is 32fahrenheit
      So 0+0=64fahrenheit

  • @sanatanhalder6064
    @sanatanhalder6064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    In India we use
    Celcius for weather
    Fahrenheit for body temperature
    Metric for distance
    Feet for height
    Inches for nails
    Metric for general weights
    Pounds for gym weights
    We are never confused 😂 as we think this is normal.

    • @xyzzy64
      @xyzzy64 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      same in Canada

    • @bharathmkulkarni9411
      @bharathmkulkarni9411 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      But majorly everything is metric. No-one understands pounds in India. except for those who go to gym. And that's a tiny amount of people. And most gyms in india now use metric weights.

    • @adityagoyal3491
      @adityagoyal3491 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      as an indian i never saw pounds in any mesauring of anything except in the measure of cakes in bakery , that too has changed ,
      especially not gym weights ,
      as for the rest i apporve it

    • @angieakasara
      @angieakasara 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Some gyms use both pounds and kilograms, they are usually side by side labelled. And local units like “a dozen” or “one pau” is also used in India

    • @mmshohan99
      @mmshohan99 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And Pound for cake.😂

  • @oyuyuy
    @oyuyuy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5873

    0 degrees Celsius is the freezing point of water.
    100 degrees Celsius is the boiling point of water.
    Heating 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius takes 1 calorie worth of energy.
    What was Fahrenheit useful for again?

    • @valorbadger6051
      @valorbadger6051 6 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      BudgeThePutcher 0 degrees Fahrenheit is the freezing point of salt water 100 degrees Fahrenheit is the boiling point of salt water

    • @oyuyuy
      @oyuyuy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1230

      Except that salt water that you encounter in nature has a freezing point of roughly -2C/28F. The "salt water" that has a freezing point of 0 degrees Fahrenheit is completely saturated and contains something like 30% salt. That's something that you won't ever use or come in contact with. It's useless.
      And no, the boiling point of that "salt water" isn't 100 degrees Fahrenheit, it's more like 250.

    • @jessicar4536
      @jessicar4536 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Fahrenheit was the first standardized method of measuring temperature, 2:10

    • @oyuyuy
      @oyuyuy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1323

      The first wheel was made of wood. That doesn't mean it's any good.

    • @jessicar4536
      @jessicar4536 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      BudgeThePutcher any wheel is better than no wheels. First they develop an accurate system, then they would have something to improve on.

  • @mad9325
    @mad9325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9863

    American: its 1000 feet long
    Another american: no its about 0.18 miles
    Ah there's another american: ThReE FoOtBAaL FiEld

    • @uncleubi9008
      @uncleubi9008 5 ปีที่แล้ว +364

      Ok. As an metric using American. We can do math and answer in football fields

    • @laerin7931
      @laerin7931 5 ปีที่แล้ว +256

      @idk idc I mean, feet are also aribitrary. Everyone has different feet, so you still need a ruler to measure anything accurately.
      And if you want a vague visualisation, then one meter is about the size of an average step that a human takes. So each step is about a meter.

    • @necromancer2367
      @necromancer2367 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@laerin7931 i always think of metres in terms of those long 1m rulers

    • @Azuris190
      @Azuris190 5 ปีที่แล้ว +212

      @idk idc As an European, no, i have no Clue how long a Foot is.
      Long as my Foot or long as the Foot of my Girlfriend?

    • @reoglah
      @reoglah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @idk idc nope, not everyone know what foot is, so everybody except US use matric. We have nano meter,mili meter, centi meter meter, kilo meter. Gram, kilo gram, etc .

  • @chronic5487
    @chronic5487 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3894

    Its 73° Outside
    America : What a nice day
    Rest of the world : *AAAAGGHHHHH*

    • @tbro31218
      @tbro31218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      don't forget liberia and myanmar!

    • @arielgaray302
      @arielgaray302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      @@spongebob1849 HAHAHAHA good joke!!

    • @alanmaclaren4118
      @alanmaclaren4118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Danica Lockett oh I totally believe you

    • @Bruh4.
      @Bruh4. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alan MacLaren • 76 years ago nah he’s right search it up

    • @alanmaclaren4118
      @alanmaclaren4118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Homer explains the joke when did I say he’s wrong? I just said that I totally believe him

  • @facemcshooty6602
    @facemcshooty6602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    "It's 36° outside"
    Americans: Jesus, it's a new ice age?
    Rest of the world: Jesus, is the sun hitting the earth now?

    • @vijaykumarjha7822
      @vijaykumarjha7822 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Scientists- looks like winter in pluto has started

    • @78anurag
      @78anurag 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Ah 36°C, good old summer here at my place

    • @thatguyalex2835
      @thatguyalex2835 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Haha... That is why I always use units after a number. By the way, my home thermostat is set to 25°C during the summer (in the US). I decided to use the metric system for my thermostat starting in May 2022, and I don't want to go back to imperial. Shame my fridge and oven can't be set to Celsius. My weather app is set to metric also.

    • @pixelmon662
      @pixelmon662 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      as an american who lives in the north no one would ever say that about 36 degrees cause thats pretty warm

    • @yoyo777
      @yoyo777 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      36 is like average mid summer day

  • @nicowantscoffee
    @nicowantscoffee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9718

    American: its 48° outside today.
    Me, an Australian: funny, its 48° here too

    • @emilyruddock6098
      @emilyruddock6098 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      69 likes

    • @tasmanmillen
      @tasmanmillen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +291

      Roasted!

    • @Hiwhatisupy0
      @Hiwhatisupy0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      nico osullivan add a negative to that and that is our avrage winter!

    • @thabestsniper
      @thabestsniper 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      @@tasmanmillen literally

    • @Tune.03
      @Tune.03 4 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      me: searches on google what 48 Celsius is in Fahrenheit
      also me: begins to laugh

  • @oilics5826
    @oilics5826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2013

    when I was a kid I thought America was just absurdly hot because I thought they used celsius too

    • @its_aj251
      @its_aj251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      Lol, America is weird. Once in an Odd1sout video, James and Jaiden said that the temprature was 120 degreese and I was like, "Wait... Why aren't they burning?"

    • @Arranus
      @Arranus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same

    • @maya697
      @maya697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Blur

    • @oilics5826
      @oilics5826 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maya697 yes

    • @maya697
      @maya697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@oilics5826 you have impeccable taste 😌😼

  • @strider029
    @strider029 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4010

    When Middle Eastern asks what's the temperature in the NY
    Middle Eastern: What's the temperature there?
    American: It's 45 degrees
    Middle Eastern: Weird, it's 45 degrees in here too.

    • @JaffarTube
      @JaffarTube 5 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      And sometimes it reaches 55 degrees celsius

    • @Opdf88
      @Opdf88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      loll ol

    • @laikaperraespacial6025
      @laikaperraespacial6025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      NY your 45 degrees are not oir 45 degrees

    • @Robert08010
      @Robert08010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Where do you think Hell's Kitchen got its name?

    • @BX138
      @BX138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I live in Phoenix, AZ. It gets up to 45°C here in the summer.

  • @TheRoadrunn
    @TheRoadrunn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Not to mention they use MM/DD/YYYY as date format

    • @That0neJawn
      @That0neJawn ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​​​@Shinymaniac I prefer order and consistency over expressing dates marginally quicker in a foreign language.
      DD/MM/YY or YY/MM/DD it is. :P

    • @IsaacWale2004
      @IsaacWale2004 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Oh, yeah, that's weird.

    • @emad-xp5up
      @emad-xp5up 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Oh he'll nah that's a forbidden date format

    • @terrybreeze6070
      @terrybreeze6070 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      USA also have their Maritime Port ( Red Left) and Starboard Green Right) markers reversed from the rest of the world so if you enter a port the USA the Green marker is on the Left and the Red is on the Right side of the channel, complete opposite from international navigation rules, but still have Port left and Starboard Right lights on their vessels.

    • @bulatog380
      @bulatog380 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      In Philippines we are starting to leave this date format behind.

  • @prateekbhurkay9376
    @prateekbhurkay9376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2010

    Who said the USA doesn't use metric system? Drugs are sold in grams and ammo calibre is measured in millimetres.

    • @wangiopqwe
      @wangiopqwe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      Guess you never buy drugs of large scale lol.... when the dealers are selling a lot they go back to ounces, ridiculous

    • @Avatar2312
      @Avatar2312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +239

      Also soft drinks and other stuff. Even power consumption is measured in Kilowatts per hour. Which is disappointing. I thought it would be something fancy like "stone-gallon per foreman gas grill clock-inch".
      The USA is inching towards the metric system.

    • @prateekbhurkay9376
      @prateekbhurkay9376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      @@Avatar2312 yes, "inching" towards metric, not "metering"

    • @Avatar2312
      @Avatar2312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @@prateekbhurkay9376 I chose those words carefully ;)

    • @tanhouzer
      @tanhouzer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      You forgot the "Tons of TNT"

  • @kingofroses302
    @kingofroses302 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11547

    Hipsters use Kelvin

    • @Josephusofantioch13
      @Josephusofantioch13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +538

      Gangsters use Rankine

    • @lunarfrog
      @lunarfrog 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1096

      Idiots use Fahrenheit.

    • @TheGoober2100
      @TheGoober2100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Thomas Tressel well I mean we did create a nuke which worked pretty well built the airplane made it to the moon won 2 World Wars and build some of the highest quality products you can find and the best teachers and doctors

    • @nittikorn
      @nittikorn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +294

      TheGoober2100 the first nuke was created by and Israeli engineer..

    • @lunarfrog
      @lunarfrog 7 ปีที่แล้ว +346

      We also walked our own soldiers through nuke craters which made them later get weird diseases, built "the first" airplane which copied a lot of ideas from those of French and English scientists from the 19th century, failed to send the first man to space, intervened late in both World Wars (especially the first one) which made us seem like huge douches who didn't care about the sufferings of our allies (not saying this is the case, by the way), import most of the products we consume yet exit the TPP and have doubts about the NAFTA, and have teachers who are Christian and fundamentalists to the point that they refuse to teach anything related to evolution.

  • @saenz7947
    @saenz7947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2159

    I only wonder why does the U.S. use such a simple currency, when there is clearly a more complicated option: *Wizard money* 1 Galleon = 17 Sickles and 1 Sickle = 29 Knuts.

    • @viniciust.s6884
      @viniciust.s6884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @fresch4395
      @fresch4395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +191

      Still too simple. That would be 493 knuts in a galleon.
      Why not 1 Galleon = 17.843 Sickles and 1 Sickle = 28.219 Knuts? That would be 503.5116 Knuts in a Galleon.

    • @saenz7947
      @saenz7947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@fresch4395 That's.. perfect.

    • @saenz7947
      @saenz7947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @Kang SwagGi Improvement.

    • @johnstamos4186
      @johnstamos4186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's just a silly temperature scale for humans because at 32 degrees being freezing is cold but not awful. 0 degrees being freezing just makes it seem as if it's super cold out when in reality it isn't.

  • @kougamishinya6566
    @kougamishinya6566 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    As a child always saw American movies where the mother would take the temperature of their sick kid and exclaim "100 degrees omg baby you're burning up!" and I always thought that it was just normal for your body to get up to the same temperature of boiling water when you get sick, until I realised they use Farenheit.

    • @Catfish270
      @Catfish270 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well, if it is 100 degrees Celsius, the child is really burning up

    • @Y.blobio
      @Y.blobio ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Catfish270100 Celsius degrees is not burning up that’s literally dying

    • @vonmoraes
      @vonmoraes 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I always think that was just an exaggerated thing HAHAHAHAHA

  • @jess.7137
    @jess.7137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7452

    They would probably just complain someone is taking away their freedom if they had to switch

    • @Garother
      @Garother 4 ปีที่แล้ว +722

      The freedom to use a system of the British Empire.

    • @lucaortolani2059
      @lucaortolani2059 4 ปีที่แล้ว +209

      This will surely happen

    • @juschtn
      @juschtn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +437

      @@Garother Invented by a German...

    • @Jina629
      @Jina629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      exactly 😂😂

    • @Jessica-eo5hg
      @Jessica-eo5hg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      As an American who thinks that both systems are equal, I really would have a problem with a switch. If it going to happen, then I think I'd have to mail the government a letter to do it when I'm dead

  • @UntakenNick
    @UntakenNick 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5834

    I'm one foot, one leg, one torso, one neck and one head tall.

    • @narayapapilaya1108
      @narayapapilaya1108 7 ปีที่แล้ว +477

      IAmAgainst i am approximately the size of 16 weed brownies

    • @DjJooze
      @DjJooze 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      IAmAgainst youre cute

    • @globalko
      @globalko 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      wot me 2

    • @ReallyWemja
      @ReallyWemja 7 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      I suggest just renaming all units to freedom. Here are some examples
      The drive from LA to San Francisco is 381.1 freedoms an apple weighs 5-6 freedoms and water freezes at 32° Freedom and there are 12 freedoms in one freedom.

    • @melekferguson-harrison9866
      @melekferguson-harrison9866 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I am five calf tall

  • @sherifsalem7791
    @sherifsalem7791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3852

    Hello, i am 16 iphones tall and i weigh 12,000 tidepods.

    • @Maya-xx5jc
      @Maya-xx5jc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lol

    • @v01can06
      @v01can06 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      "look, it's the funny!"
      "Wow, that's rare"

    • @joshr24
      @joshr24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @@v01can06 ok

    • @kenny-kent60
      @kenny-kent60 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What? 😂😂

    • @JKiler1
      @JKiler1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      You could weigh yourself in stone, but would have to decide whether to use UK or US stone...

  • @saiganesh7502
    @saiganesh7502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    funfact: nasa lost a 300million dollar aircraft in space due to conversion errors in 1990s. nasa used the metric system while the company that supplied the parts to NASA used imperial units

    • @johngalt3940
      @johngalt3940 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It wasn’t nasa It was a private American company that relied on the imperial sysyem rather than metric. NASA should have hired a European company but that’s another story,

  • @coreone3697
    @coreone3697 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7706

    "That would spend a lot of mony"
    Said the country with a military budget of 1 trilion

  • @Creativity06
    @Creativity06 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3803

    **Me dying cause of 45℃**
    US weather report:
    IT IS A *H U N D R E D* degrees here

    • @khancx5132
      @khancx5132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      😂

    • @johntracy72
      @johntracy72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      45 Celsius is 113 Fahrenheit. Either way that's HOT.

    • @Creativity06
      @Creativity06 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@johntracy72 well it's 313 kelvin

    • @JRCnone-xj7rv
      @JRCnone-xj7rv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @john tracy Happens every day during summer in India 😂

    • @zardian
      @zardian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Creativity06 kelvin doesn't use degrees.

  • @stephenyates962
    @stephenyates962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3395

    It's 20° outside
    Rest of world: What a lovely day
    America: ARGH!

    • @avarmauk
      @avarmauk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +482

      American: it’s 80 degrees outside. Awesome
      Rest of world: Armageddon is here, say your goodbyes.

    • @kalvon
      @kalvon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      America: Wait its always Canada?
      The rest of the world: Never has been.

    • @Terminator1O1
      @Terminator1O1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Finally snow in LA

    • @SnockLock
      @SnockLock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thats every day in my state

    • @oranjeboven9622
      @oranjeboven9622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Bro, 20° in Australia is considered freezing.

  • @kevinzhao3295
    @kevinzhao3295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    It's hilarious that the video is about Fahrenheit and it's 4:51 long! How clever!

  • @edgarsutawika
    @edgarsutawika 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2810

    Don't worry. The US is still inching towards the metric system.

  • @Paolanmetal
    @Paolanmetal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6524

    Basically the entire world uses Celsius on a daily basis and Kelvin for scientifc purposes, Fahrenheit is just pointless

    • @BigChiken44
      @BigChiken44 5 ปีที่แล้ว +462

      Kelvin is Celsius with offset. Celsius and Kelvin have the same scale

    • @allangibson8494
      @allangibson8494 5 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      The equivalent for Kelvin in the Fahrenheit is degrees Rankin (another painful scale to stumble across).

    • @Paolanmetal
      @Paolanmetal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      @@BigChiken44 I'd know, I have a PhD in Chemistry

    • @drgorkin2703
      @drgorkin2703 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@Paolanmetal wow you do! I just think maybe where s/he lives in, less people know what Kelvin is and s/he thinks it's an uncommon fact. If you have a PhD, you'd know how stupid people could be, so much that an entire community may not really know what Kelvin is and s/he is one of the 'smart' people.

    • @FixNewsPlease
      @FixNewsPlease 5 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      Just like America has become. Pointless.

  • @robbiekite170
    @robbiekite170 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2255

    I swear, some day we'll stop having live political debates and just settle everything in the youtube comment section

    • @imatree4015
      @imatree4015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Robert Kite not just the comment section. There is gonna be diss tracks too, horrible horrible diss tracks

    • @watercat1302
      @watercat1302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No debate needed on that point...

    • @brandonkey181
      @brandonkey181 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Oh god no. TH-cam Comment Section Politicians. The lowest IQ demographic on earth I swear to god

    • @inkedhigh
      @inkedhigh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      people nowadays use opinions to fight with. that just separates us. opinions are not wrong nor right. yet we use that thinking it's the truth. one voices how they feel they attacked yet people say to stand up to what you believe in.

    • @brandonkey181
      @brandonkey181 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@inkedhigh Regardless of that, lets take a look at a popular political discussion. Abortion. One side of the argument is right, and one is wrong. Given that it is an important issue, each side argues believing they are right.

  • @abdallababikir9154
    @abdallababikir9154 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    As a mechanical engineer I can say, people seriously underestimate how deeply entrenched imperial measurements are to American and Canadian economies.

    • @satwikshaw1031
      @satwikshaw1031 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      canadian?? canada use metric system bro

  • @daviqhakim3936
    @daviqhakim3936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5409

    How tall are you?
    Americans: i'm 6'2
    Rest of the world: okay dwarf

    • @kaedenmiller2822
      @kaedenmiller2822 4 ปีที่แล้ว +233

      cries in 5'4

    • @colew.5744
      @colew.5744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +253

      So I’m confused about this I have friends that say their height around the world. They all use feet when saying height.

    • @hannahbishi126
      @hannahbishi126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      @Sebbo h actually, here in the Philippines, we use feet not meters to measure people’s height. But we still use km, Celsius, etc

    • @josepho3366
      @josepho3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Doesn’t the rest of the world use meters to measure height? Wouldn’t they be calling them super tall?

    • @Lussra
      @Lussra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      *meters*

  • @katal003
    @katal003 5 ปีที่แล้ว +483

    I've lived in the US my entire life.
    I learned the metric system for life science in the 7th grade, and have been learning the imperial system since birth because America.
    I cannot for the life of me remember in imperial:
    -Any of the weight stuff except a ton is 2000 lbs
    -Any of the liquid measuring stuff except a gallon is 4 quarts
    -The boiling point of water
    -How big an acre is
    -If a teaspoon is bigger or smaller than a tablespoon
    -The difference between a mile and a nautical mile
    (I am also the only person I am aware of that knows how many feet in a mile and how many yards in a mile, 5280 and 1760 respectively)
    I can, however, remember all of the metric system:
    King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk
    So...
    Kilo- (x1000), Hecto- (x100), Deka- (x10), (base unit), Deci- (÷10), Centi- (÷100), Milli- (÷1000)
    Add in liter, gram, or meter and you're set.
    For example, distance:
    Kilometer=1000 meters
    Hectometer=100 meters
    Dekameter= 10 meters
    Meter= 1 meter (duh)
    Decimeter=0.1 meters
    Centimeter=0.01 meters
    Millimeters=0.001 meters
    Where's my cookie.

    • @patrick-xu1go
      @patrick-xu1go 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Which King Henry? There’s 8 of them

    • @kark2036
      @kark2036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I don't have a cookie emoji so here is some cake 🍰

    • @michaeldavis2531
      @michaeldavis2531 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Pretty easy, 12 inches per foot, 16 ounces per pound, 3 feet per yard, 2 pints per quart, 2 tablespoons per ounce, 3 teaspoons per tablespoon, 2 cups per pint. etc...

    • @patrick-xu1go
      @patrick-xu1go 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Michael Davis metric is even easier. 100 centimeters is one meter, 1000 meters is a kilometer and 1000 grams is a kilogram and 1000 milliliters is one liter

    • @gulflines1960
      @gulflines1960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It's actually NOT the Imperial System. The US standard system is based on what the British were using BEFORE they adopted the Imperial System in (IIRC) the early 1800s. So the USA is actually TWO systems behind the rest of the English speaking world.

  • @RamLaska
    @RamLaska 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6060

    Wasted opportunity. It should have been titled:
    “Why the F° America Still Uses Fahrenheit”
    C’mon guys, a little creativity!!!

    • @PyroFloe
      @PyroFloe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      does

    • @dotbox3018
      @dotbox3018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@PyroFloe also r/woooosh

    • @PyroFloe
      @PyroFloe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +248

      @@dotbox3018 great job redditor, but that was a grammar correction

    • @sealand000
      @sealand000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +253

      I C° what you did there

    • @amna6842
      @amna6842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +242

      U mean... C°mon guys

  • @UlyssesGS
    @UlyssesGS 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I was born in the US spent the first 10 years of my life in Canada, it took me a whole lot of time to convert to Fahrenheit, I would mix them up, I think that the adoption of the metric system would be amazing, and using a 24 clock would be cool too.

  • @wx308
    @wx308 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4589

    *Metric system is so much easier!*

    • @wx308
      @wx308 7 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Metricccc

    • @CobaltBob
      @CobaltBob 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Wei Xun - *So, pretty much like your mom?*

    • @eruno_
      @eruno_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      *M E T R I C C*

    • @GuiSmith
      @GuiSmith 7 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Exactly, and nobody wants to learn how to apply the most basic mathematics to everyday life even though they use something similar but with different quantities.

    • @Marizyth
      @Marizyth 7 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      M E *T H I C C*

  • @arthure.w2006
    @arthure.w2006 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3584

    Fun fact: -40 is the only number in the scale that corresponds to the same temperature in celsius and fahrenheit

    • @fyukfy2366
      @fyukfy2366 7 ปีที่แล้ว +474

      its not that fun

    • @Ccirgrg
      @Ccirgrg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +212

      It is

    • @cityuser
      @cityuser 7 ปีที่แล้ว +276

      that's just more confusing

    • @Elesario
      @Elesario 7 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      And if I see that temperature I'm locking myself in a bomb shelter.

    • @yishaqdavid2029
      @yishaqdavid2029 7 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      YEah I found that out when it was -40C where I live and I checked F thinking it would be some large ass number and it was -40F. I was shocked.

  • @wierdchamp0
    @wierdchamp0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4988

    Farenheit looks like someone just picked some random numbers and called it a day

    • @firname395
      @firname395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You little bit of a good time to

    • @ShirtPantsGaming
      @ShirtPantsGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Wrong

    • @IONATVS
      @IONATVS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@g-4642 It’s believed to be because (1) the freezing point of brine and the boiling point of water were the coldest and hottest temperatures, respectively you could reliably reproduce in the lab with available techniques of the era (while something is in the process of melting or boiling, the temp of both phases remain constant until the process is entirely complete), so it was a good measure to reliably calibrate his new mercury thermometers with and (2) he wanted 180 degrees between freezing and boiling because 1/180th is literally what a “degree” means, and they were close enough to whole numbers that he could just adjust the brine mixture a little bit to MAKE both those points into easy-to-use (compared to other systems available at the time) whole numbers.

    • @avert_bs
      @avert_bs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      @@IONATVS meanwhile celsius...
      0° freezing point. That's it.

    • @grizzlybears
      @grizzlybears 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@avert_bs why dose water matter if we’re measuring temperature

  • @DrTomo
    @DrTomo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    American: It's like 100° outside
    Me as a kid: How tf are you still alive?

  • @thomasfriedl3137
    @thomasfriedl3137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2052

    At least the US also uses seconds, minutes, hours, days etc....

    • @p.f.r.5985
      @p.f.r.5985 4 ปีที่แล้ว +244

      No kidding, when I flew to the US for holiday about 10 years ago I went fully confused when I got that they used the imperial system but I lost it when I realised that they still used Seconds, minutes and hours

    • @FelipeKana1
      @FelipeKana1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      Thank God.
      But I bet if we find a better time keeping system, US would lag without it for a century more.

    • @Arniox
      @Arniox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      What's funny is that time is actually a base 12 measurement system developed in the Eastern parts of the world.
      Every other part of the metric system is base 10.
      I think there's some cultures that actually use different bases for time measurements such as base 10 time

    • @ObywatelMurawjow
      @ObywatelMurawjow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@Arniox French tried to made metric time made on 10, 100s in minute, 100 minutes in hour, 10 hours in day, 10 days in the weak. But that failed spectacularly and nobody really used that.

    • @Hugo-cn9no
      @Hugo-cn9no 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@ObywatelMurawjow As a french myself funny how i didnt knew this. Sadly few of us know that metric system come from us but to this point woyah sacrebleu

  • @taekatanahu635
    @taekatanahu635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5188

    Just brand them "military units" and Americans will switch to metric in no time.

  • @starkermann8119
    @starkermann8119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4168

    Well, as an European I like to use American units, like Eagles per Cheeseburger or Weapons per squareobisity.

    • @definitivedom5482
      @definitivedom5482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      *obesity, if your going to criticize Americans at least learn how to spell words in american.

    • @themarcel508
      @themarcel508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      hahahaha

    • @CruzeeStar
      @CruzeeStar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +285

      @@definitivedom5482 it's a joke. I love these types of jokes and am American lol
      We also use military per oil

    • @MegaKiri11
      @MegaKiri11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Did you forget football fields?

    • @IDonotHaveAGoodName
      @IDonotHaveAGoodName 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      or bullet square per child

  • @DumbBunny5328
    @DumbBunny5328 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Using non metric measurements should be classified as a war crime

  • @ultim8yeetr708
    @ultim8yeetr708 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1998

    Me in America: hows the temperature, siri?
    Siri: it is 90° sir
    Me: {confused screaming in spanish}

    • @carultch
      @carultch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I think you can program Siri so you'll get the temperature in Celsius.

    • @sergiocastro5304
      @sergiocastro5304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      In metric* 😂

    • @Andromediens
      @Andromediens 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      If siri or alexa does answer with imperial system I'd insta destroy it

    • @ColorblindBullpup
      @ColorblindBullpup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TSeries is better than OmNom honestly its not that hard to understand if you don’t think about it 0-50 chilly/cold 60-100 warm/hot obviously above 100 very hot

    • @aetheralmeowstic2392
      @aetheralmeowstic2392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I want to program Siri to give temperatures in the Jevrel scale, which I created because I was bored. Water freezes at 0°J and boils at 128°J.
      Me in the same situation: Siri, what's the temperature outside?
      Siri: It's 41°J.

  • @crowsader9943
    @crowsader9943 5 ปีที่แล้ว +698

    USA - Miles!
    Most of the world - KM!
    UK - Miles for speed, KM for distance!

    • @bigdickmcgee3293
      @bigdickmcgee3293 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      wtf really?

    • @tongpae02
      @tongpae02 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@bigdickmcgee3293 yup

    • @mohammedrazeenzaeencamil9344
      @mohammedrazeenzaeencamil9344 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @Demonic Sinister boi Japan and some Asian nations drive on the left too.

    • @thecraftiesyt1691
      @thecraftiesyt1691 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Uk mph Usa KPH
      Usa Watts uk Volts
      USA ounces and gallons uk litres and milliliters

    • @manxman8008
      @manxman8008 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      err... uk is miles for distance too.

  • @MaiCohWolf
    @MaiCohWolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +979

    I remember my 2nd grade teacher in 2002 tried to introduce us to the metric system. When some parents heard she was teaching something outside of the prescribed curriculum, they complained to the superintendent, and she was forced to stop.

    • @ads2711
      @ads2711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +229

      Sad press f to pay respect

    • @theodore23sanchez
      @theodore23sanchez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      You're stealing the kids' freedom to use Imperial! //s

    • @ammszz5939
      @ammszz5939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Sanchez, Theodore J. How on earth is it stealing the kids freedom when imperial is the official system that Americans use for everyday life? Metric is still the better option anyways

    • @theodore23sanchez
      @theodore23sanchez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@ammszz5939 it's sarcasm, duh

    • @benguman2231
      @benguman2231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@ammszz5939 you see, in Reddit, when you add /s to the end of your sentence, it means you were being sarcastic.

  • @hesse1241
    @hesse1241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    4:33 the rest of the world finally understood

  • @_sourgrapes_
    @_sourgrapes_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1715

    older canadians use fahrenheit and imperial and it drives me crazy
    "it's 46 degrees outside" is it really, Linda? it's only april but ok

    • @etn422
      @etn422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Lol in other countries around the world it's actually 46 degrees outside

    • @carlota4587
      @carlota4587 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Climate change hitting HARD

    • @alaskaball188
      @alaskaball188 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Respect your elders and use Imperial

    • @archdukefranzferdinand567
      @archdukefranzferdinand567 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @@alaskaball188 a lot of our elders also supported hitler

    • @projectkepleren
      @projectkepleren 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      As of writing this in thailand, yes ite 46 degree outside

  • @cherylmontebon
    @cherylmontebon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6493

    America: No! I will not use Celsius!
    The rest of the world: Ok Boomer.

    • @adrianflare7951
      @adrianflare7951 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      That moment when it's the rest of the world that are boomers

    • @davegrohlenjoyer877
      @davegrohlenjoyer877 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      k

    • @hiroyoshi00
      @hiroyoshi00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +467

      @@adrianflare7951 such a boomer thing to say

    • @adrianflare7951
      @adrianflare7951 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@derasas I'm 19.

    • @contentdeleted7662
      @contentdeleted7662 5 ปีที่แล้ว +361

      Adrian Flare 19 years from 80 get tf out of here boomer

  • @reggiecactus2810
    @reggiecactus2810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2952

    “Imagine using the imperial system ”
    This post was made by the rest of the world.

    • @upakramanikabishnu3690
      @upakramanikabishnu3690 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      The metric gang

    • @itchypit6413
      @itchypit6413 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      imagine not living in usa, what do you even do, like you cant even drive a tank

    • @reggiecactus2810
      @reggiecactus2810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +219

      ItchyPit Have normal healthcare

    • @trunghoanginh3505
      @trunghoanginh3505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      Imagine protest against Wuhan Virus
      - The rest of the world

    • @itchypit6413
      @itchypit6413 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@trunghoanginh3505 imagine thinking the entire united states was doing that
      -99.9% of the USA

  • @haleybarton4821
    @haleybarton4821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    That’s a naive perspective to say that Celsius is more intuitive just because it’s more intuitive to you. 0-100 Celsius is great as a measurement for how water reacts to temperature. 0-100 Fahrenheit is a great measurement for how humans react to and experience temperature. Just depends on perspective

    • @0ideia838
      @0ideia838 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      32-212*
      And umidity is more important than temperature(for humans).

    • @aspebb
      @aspebb ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Celsius better 👍

    • @ಠ_ಠ-ಭ2ಷ
      @ಠ_ಠ-ಭ2ಷ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fahrenheit is so subjective and arbitrary lol

  • @glassesvoices5097
    @glassesvoices5097 5 ปีที่แล้ว +792

    When I first came to the US I got really scared when the weatherman said it was 90° outside. I thought the world would end.

    • @laikaperraespacial6025
      @laikaperraespacial6025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      :o

    • @KaritKtana
      @KaritKtana 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      It will. by the time the US switches it'll get °90 Celsius

    • @aetheralmeowstic2392
      @aetheralmeowstic2392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      90°F would be 34.37°J. The J stands for Jevrel, a temperature scale I created out of boredom. Water freezes at 0°J and boils at 128°J.

    • @yesno9637
      @yesno9637 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      AetheralMeowstic neat

    • @Unknownn-
      @Unknownn- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Vision Thing yeeeeeah sure infact only one country in the world uses it

  • @duckonaroll1913
    @duckonaroll1913 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2072

    as an american i can indeed confirm that we use donuts per bald eagle

    • @Neyobe
      @Neyobe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      Sorry it’s hotdogs per gun

    • @shubbyshabaas
      @shubbyshabaas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      It’s actually soccer field per McDonald’s.

    • @mirabile1221
      @mirabile1221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Its actually shopping malls per guccis

    • @yeno6492
      @yeno6492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Football fields per moon landing

    • @foxfoods3579
      @foxfoods3579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@yeno6492 nah fam its atomic bombs per heart attacks

  • @khuongduyhuynh2982
    @khuongduyhuynh2982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4884

    Nobody:
    Americans: An ELePhAnT iS AS TaLL aS TwO ReFrIGErAToR.

    • @marisleong8725
      @marisleong8725 4 ปีที่แล้ว +344

      a real news article: "a sinkhole roughly the size of six to seven washing machines..." we as americans like to use anything but what the rest of the world uses to measure.

    • @ma14.27
      @ma14.27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      The thing is, how wide are 6 to 7 washing machines?

    • @Ruby_Mochii
      @Ruby_Mochii 4 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      A person is as tall as a human.

    • @atharvapuranik7106
      @atharvapuranik7106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      or a 1/100 of FoOTbAlL GrOunD

    • @flightmode782
      @flightmode782 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      fairy godmother sufhfshf feed d gf

  • @jonnyenglish9479
    @jonnyenglish9479 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    My experience growing up in the UK, when it came to weather, was that winter was for Celsius and summer for Fahrenheit. Seemed 0 could be understood for cold and 100 for heat. Spring and autumn were anyone's guess.

    • @C15Ckbn
      @C15Ckbn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've seen tabloids switch the temperature units every summer and winter. It's just plain weird; just use Celsius or Fahrenheit, not both.

    • @patrickgibbons7066
      @patrickgibbons7066 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Literally no-one in the UK uses Fahrenheit ever.

    • @gibbyjibby0
      @gibbyjibby0 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@patrickgibbons7066Do you know every single person in the UK?

  • @harrenhal2272
    @harrenhal2272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1409

    When I come to America I need to learn 3 languages.
    English, sarcasm and the Imperial System

    • @OrigamiMaster06
      @OrigamiMaster06 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Does the rest of the world not use sarcasm?

    • @CapyMartinBara
      @CapyMartinBara 4 ปีที่แล้ว +191

      @@OrigamiMaster06 nope, we just straight up throw insults at each other

    • @OrigamiMaster06
      @OrigamiMaster06 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@CapyMartinBara Huh, I thought sarcasam was pretty universal (except for maybe in the east)

    • @sushiibird7799
      @sushiibird7799 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Well, you'll learn that lesson pretty early because of Internet people

    • @jeremyx1378
      @jeremyx1378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@OrigamiMaster06 no only in Britain the rest of Europe will just be condescending

  • @beunice
    @beunice 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1811

    I am an American, specifically a Louisianian who exclusively uses the metric system unless absolutely necessary to use imperial units, such as speed limits. Something I've run into a lot is people in the U.S. have a strange cultural pride for being the only major country still using imperial units. People will ask me for the weather and I'll give it in Celsius, as that is what I get my weather in now, and will get responses like "This is America" and "Speak English, please". This usually results in a short discussion in which the other person gives out various reasons why they could never switch to metric such as "It's what I grew up with" and "America will always use Imperial units" and this one really bothers me "You're a STEM major and most people aren't Scientists or Engineers". These people never really even entertain the notion of switching to the metric system, it seems so outlandishly difficult for them to do. Just an interesting experience of mine as an American metric system user.

    • @simonefiumara2832
      @simonefiumara2832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      But... If you are American and you live in the US, why do you use the metric system? Why do you tell people the temperature in celsius? Obviuosly they are not gonna understand

    • @andyhaochizhang
      @andyhaochizhang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +239

      @@simonefiumara2832 perhaps it's because STEM education and training mostly use the metric system, even in North America. So for him the metric system is more intuitive.

    • @simonefiumara2832
      @simonefiumara2832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@andyhaochizhang Could be, but it is still weird

    • @tgilmore9
      @tgilmore9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      I like the metric system but Jesus Christ, you sound insufferable. I bet you're a blast at parties.

    • @floobe
      @floobe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      BASED

  • @sealmango3666
    @sealmango3666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +646

    Son: dad I’m cold.
    Dad: go to the corner. I heard it’s 90 degrees

    • @mariafe7050
      @mariafe7050 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Do you mean 90 degrees angle or 90 degrees in temperature?

    • @mariafe7050
      @mariafe7050 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is confusing

    • @ikcikor3670
      @ikcikor3670 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@mariafe7050 This is joke

    • @ppslayergod69xd96
      @ppslayergod69xd96 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @maria fe First time on the internet?

    • @ikcikor3670
      @ikcikor3670 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ppslayergod69xd96 dude you stole my profile picture, not cool

  • @bombski5657
    @bombski5657 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I use metric at home but have to use imperial at work the only unit I can't kind of visualise and convert is fluid ounces. If the USA changed to metric it would take almost no effort to learn because it's so much simpler than imperial. They'd also save money long term by improved efficiency and avoiding conversion errors.

  • @raghvendrasingh5636
    @raghvendrasingh5636 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4610

    Why America uses Fahrenheit system
    Why America uses Mile system
    Why America uses a different date format

    • @achilleparent1077
      @achilleparent1077 7 ปีที่แล้ว +673

      TheLegend27 BECUZ FREDUM

    • @IamRanJos
      @IamRanJos 7 ปีที่แล้ว +403

      TheLegend27 Because they're HIPSTERS

    • @tessewact
      @tessewact 7 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Wait, what's the difference in date formats?

    • @buizelproductions-movedtob7799
      @buizelproductions-movedtob7799 7 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      JJDraws In Europe, and Canada, and in most places, it goes DD/MM/YYYY
      In the US, it goes MM/DD/YYYY

    • @tlddchmkb
      @tlddchmkb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +219

      mm/dd/yyyy
      dd/mm/yyyy
      How often do you forget which month it is before which day? smh America.

  • @onsight1318
    @onsight1318 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2560

    There are two types of countries in this world-
    1.The ones that use metric system
    2.The country that loses war to rice farmers

    • @Pokeccc
      @Pokeccc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      underrated comment

    • @peekol
      @peekol 5 ปีที่แล้ว +257

      And my country, the one who lost a war to a species of big birds.

    • @gabe6475
      @gabe6475 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Yeah but we have the best weed

    • @alan5660
      @alan5660 5 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      3. countries that lose wars to the country that lost war to rice farmers

    • @cloroxbleach3023
      @cloroxbleach3023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Liberia doesn't use the metric system and it didn't lose a war to rice farmers.

  • @shep8519
    @shep8519 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2022

    The United States: **Gets joked about for not using the metric system**
    Liberia and Myanmar: 👌

    • @alaskaball188
      @alaskaball188 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Liberia is good and uses the Imperial system, Myanmar is also good because it dosent use the metric System

    • @cuphead8159
      @cuphead8159 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      I like american cooking instructions cause here in Canada the ovens are in imperial

    • @joaopedrodeamorim2634
      @joaopedrodeamorim2634 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thinking Brain whoosh
      that was the joke flying over your head, dude

    • @britishcodfish1472
      @britishcodfish1472 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cuphead , don’t you guys get a lot of appliances from the states? Is that why?

    • @tadtastic
      @tadtastic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      they get us...

  • @josiemigg
    @josiemigg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My college physics professor (an englishman) once explained to us the practicality of fahrenheit. In technical applications it's far easier and likely outright better to use metric, but for every day usage, imperial units are very "human-friendly"; 0 degrees F is very cold, and 100 degrees F is very hot - very simple. Furthermore the smaller degree units allow for better articulation of temperature to people, from 68 being room-temp, slightly cold, to 72 slightly warm, all expressed in integers.

    • @critique0767
      @critique0767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I don’t really see how imperial units are more “human-friendly” in this case. 0 degrees C is still very cold and 100 degrees C is still very hot and when you talk about room temp to slightly warm temp it seems more like a perspective thing if anything (In that whatever you were taught as a kid would be easier understand). Or am I just reading this wrong?

    • @JayNRamos
      @JayNRamos 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly! More graduations between whole numbers make it easy to get a better grip or "feel" of the number being said or stated.

    • @triloization
      @triloization 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For me metric is way easier: 0°C water is freezing - there could be ice in the streets-> I can perfectly imagine that, 100°C water is boiling-> please do not but your hand in water hot like that, it will hurt you... also very easy to imagine. 20°C -> nice not to hot summer day in europe. 36°C my bodies temperatue. All values that are easily imaginable and user friendly. The explanation for 0°F is (wiki) : Fahrenheit used as the zero point of his scale the lowest temperature he could produce with a mixture of ice, water and ammonia (= ammonium chloride) or sea salt (cold mixture): -17,8 °C. Water, ice and ammonia mixture is something I can rarely see in nature. I can see freezing water every winter in form of ice. I do not think that your professor worked in a STEM field.

    • @jerrardbeasley4247
      @jerrardbeasley4247 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@triloization OK, going by that logic, a foot is based on the average size of a human foot. Very easy to imagine and visualize. The meter is based on the circumference of the earth...a little bit harder to imagine. So in the US, if you need a rough estimate of how far 14 feet is, you simply walk toe to heel 14 times and you have about 14 feet.
      Also, just like you know 0 is the freezing point of water, we know 32 is the freezing point of water. 0 is just as arbitrary a number as 32. The important thing for people who live where water freezes is to know the temp at which it freezes in the system you use.
      Also, you know not to put your hand in water that is boiling, you don't need a thermometer for that.
      Finally, because you have about twice as many integers in Fahrenheit than Celsius, its very easy to say the temp is going to be in the 70s today as opposed to the temps are going to be between 21 and 26c today...what a mouthful

  • @Alvin-eq5rc
    @Alvin-eq5rc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    I get annoyed when US science TH-camr doesn’t include the Celsius metric. I have to literally google covert the metric to understand

    • @angelogiusti5283
      @angelogiusti5283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Which is funny because here in the US they force us to learn how to convert the metric or si units to the imperial system unit I honestly don’t understand why we haven’t switched yet

    • @polygontower
      @polygontower 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@EthanSimmons06 uhh not very easy

    • @FindBp
      @FindBp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@EthanSimmons06 you are the type of person who always showing off in the class during highschool.
      like ... bruh, not everybody can count that formula in their head in the blink of an eye.
      even with calculator, it still takes a time.

    • @FindBp
      @FindBp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@EthanSimmons06 ok smartguy

    • @FindBp
      @FindBp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@EthanSimmons06 ok smartguy (2)
      basic habit of smartguy at class: dont wont lose an argument and keep showing off their skill.
      im just ... yeah ok, whatever.

  • @deadasfboi
    @deadasfboi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2507

    America likes their measurement because it have the word "Imperial" in it.

    • @Robert08010
      @Robert08010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      The Imperial Strikes Back!

    • @Le0nnh
      @Le0nnh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Rebels hate em!

    • @tiffanybui4241
      @tiffanybui4241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      imperialism

    • @FManAngryAmerican
      @FManAngryAmerican 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Of course.

    • @GH-oi2jf
      @GH-oi2jf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Jerrodb5 - Bur it doesn’t. We use the US Customary System.

  • @TruffelChocolade
    @TruffelChocolade 6 ปีที่แล้ว +352

    This video is mostly about why America should change to metric, not why America is still using Fahrenheit

    • @reudensplasher1659
      @reudensplasher1659 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      because there is no reason why they are still doing it

    • @HULK-HOGAN1
      @HULK-HOGAN1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      She's making good points. America needs to get off its high horse and join the rest of the planet.

    • @kakashisfriend
      @kakashisfriend 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@HULK-HOGAN1 she's making great points and i'm 900% done with farhenheit and wish we'd use the metric system already (i'm US born and raised but still forget conversions from ounces to cups between wet and dry, how many feet in a mile, etc) but i came to this video looking for a better historical perspective rather than making obvious points in a way that alienates american viewers and gives everyone else warm fuzzies about using the better system. i kind of expected a better look into the cultural and industrial/business oppositions to switching to metric because it seems like an interesting dynamic.

    • @HULK-HOGAN1
      @HULK-HOGAN1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kakashisfriend Maybe the content you're looking for will surface as pressure rises for America to the switch. Not sure when that'll happen

    • @Electric0eye
      @Electric0eye 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was kind of trash

  • @borbus_6952
    @borbus_6952 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    If anyone is confused about Fahrenheit just think of it like a 100% scale.
    32%- Can snow, water can freeze. Really cold/freezing
    50%-It’s cold
    60%-Chilly
    70%-Nice
    80%-Warm
    90%-Hot
    100%-Desert
    Anything below 50% is freezing with extra steps. Now just replace the % with the Fahrenheit symbol and that’s it.

    • @eybaza6018
      @eybaza6018 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Still, quite a bit harder o grasp than Celcius or Kelvin

  • @vegard7020
    @vegard7020 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4577

    If Sweden could shift from left side driving, then USA can shift to metric.

    • @CMFrey-ii5tx
      @CMFrey-ii5tx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +275

      Cheers Mate Just remember, most of our small States have a population the size of Sweden.

    • @jacksonq.218
      @jacksonq.218 7 ปีที่แล้ว +347

      Christopher Frey so Sweden has more GDP than those states anyway.

    • @door-to-doortaxcollector3484
      @door-to-doortaxcollector3484 7 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      True, my grandfather still remembers the day when we switched. He always says that it was a mess

    • @phileasfogg5785
      @phileasfogg5785 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dagen H yay!

    • @jadenantal1652
      @jadenantal1652 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      bongo155 my ass. There's gonna be a lot of people pissed about switching. But idc, it's not gonna happen anyway

  • @fattypark
    @fattypark 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    It's worse in the UK in a way, because in classic British fashion, we've got one foot in and one out. We buy Coke in 2 litre bottles, but enjoy a pint of Beer. Car dimensions are now in millimetres, but we measure height of a person in feet and inches. A bag of sugar is 1kg or 500grams, but the weight of a person is often still measured in Stone, which barely anyone else in the world understands. Petrol and Diesel are priced per litre, but fuel consumption is measured in miles per Gallon. Not even the US Gallon either, it's the Imperial Gallon, which is larger! We're slowly transitioning to metric, but slowly is the operative word. Oh, and older people here still like to use Farenheit, and many weather reports quote both Farenheit and Celsius. Great, isn't it?

    • @haania1649
      @haania1649 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, you're learning more ways to measure stuff.

    • @stephencrompton4352
      @stephencrompton4352 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @GodBotherer1 you can find both metric '500ml' cans of beer an imperial 'pint' cans in the UK too.

    • @cadenyoung9968
      @cadenyoung9968 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh and miles per hour too, right?

    • @wino0000006
      @wino0000006 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't forget about stone as weight scale.

    • @fattypark
      @fattypark 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cadenyoung9968 Yep. Vehicle speed limits are in miles per hour. Interestingly though, the tram system in Nottingham has metric speed signs (KM/H)! We're so confused!

  • @basicburgers978
    @basicburgers978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2847

    The US: Spends $700+ Billion on the military, literarly more than the next 10 combined
    Also the US: Not converting to metrics because it "costs a lot of time and money"

    • @KDH-br6hy
      @KDH-br6hy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ??

    • @danobanano2505
      @danobanano2505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Lolz.. they dont even use the military time.. like the rest of the world. 😆😆

    • @darkangel13915
      @darkangel13915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And because it’s too hard :(

    • @parksalot7669
      @parksalot7669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Funding a miltary and trying to change 330 million peoples way of measuring things are two entirely different things.

    • @reddytoplay9188
      @reddytoplay9188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@parksalot7669 yet the whole world managed to change to celsius. Even China and India.
      I believe it is just because your government is too lazy to care

  • @IsaqueFontinele
    @IsaqueFontinele 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In Brazil the only remaining use of imperial I can remember, is for measuring TV diagonal sizes, in inches. Which I never understood, why we keep using it...

    • @plumebrise4801
      @plumebrise4801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same in France ,every screen (For TV ,Computer ,laptop etc...) are in inches ,but nobody understand it and we have to convert it on Internet .

    • @amadeosendiulo2137
      @amadeosendiulo2137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same in Poland… just why? Centimeters, please!

  • @scott7224
    @scott7224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +442

    I remember my father freaking out when he heard the weather on the US was 80°.

  • @tokekkk
    @tokekkk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2470

    Kelvin cries in the corner..

    • @Lykos4D
      @Lykos4D 7 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      I mean, it's basically the same thing as Celsius.

    • @username55ify
      @username55ify 7 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      Kelvin is worthless in day to day life.

    • @timithy4569
      @timithy4569 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      tokekkk I like how I know exactly what 0 kelvin is, and how concrete it is. If it's better to use Celsius, why don't we continue worth the logical extreme, and just use kelvin. It's not like adding 273.15 is very difficult. Remembering that ice roughly melts at 0 C as it does at 32 degrees F or 273.15 K. Using Kelvin also makes doing science easier considering you'll have to do simpler calculations. It is also very difficult for you to confuse if someone is using celsius or Fahrenheit. Additionally Kelvin is faster to speak, and easier to spell than either Celsius or fahrenheit.
      But I guess the benefits all of the can be grossly outweighed by the additional ink required to write the extra digits. Then again, I'm pretty sure if we add up the minuscule amount of tome that's wasted over the F vs C debate, the additional calculation errors, spelling mistakes, it would have been optimal if the system everyone adopted were Kelvin, and not Celsius.

    • @mike4ty4
      @mike4ty4 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @ timithy4569
      Not to mention you usual weather thermometer won't be measuring 1/100 of a kelvin, so you can round that 273.15 K off to 273 K for freezing in weather apps. Also, there is no degree symbol which makes it much easier to type. I find that to use Celsius or Fahrenheit you either need to omit it (which makes it almost look like an electric charge, in coulombs (C), or a capacitance, in farads (F)) or you need to use some awkward computer magic to get that ever-lovin' degree symbol. But for Kelvin it's just K, no degrees, with 300 K read as "300 kelvins" or less accurately/more colloquially, "300 Kelvin". So no need to try to obtain awkward symbols not found on your keyboard to type anything.
      I find it funny that I'm more familiar with the Earth average surface temperature as 288 K, then any other scale. Then again I also might advocate not only for kelvins but kiloseconds. None of that hours and minutes bullcrap. 1 000 s, 86.4 per day, 9 192 631 770 000 cesium sneezes is where it's at. Then that's the only non-SI factor you'd ever need (since there's no need for a 273.15 offset to get Celsius when you're not using Celsius anymore but straight up Kelvin although Celsius is SI it is wedged in a little awkwardly so I'm calling it "non-SI" here) - 86.4 ks / day. You'll have to deal with a worse number when you go to Mars: there it's 88.775 per day (or "sols", actually, they're called, not "days", heh.). With kiloseconds there is no need for kilowatt hours, just use megajoules (MJ) to bill electricity as SI intended, so all energy units can be just reduced to joules and prefixed joules, with nothing else needed, making all energy comparisons transparent (dump food calories too and use kilojoules (kJ).). Speeds can be set on the road to m/s, not km/h. So 30 m/s might be a typical highway speed limit. Since m/s = km/ks by cancellation, if you're driving 30 m/s you can see you will drive 60 km in 2 ks, but also 600 m in 20 s. Which actually shows how fast highway speed is - doing that calculation I was a bit surprised you go that far that fast. We take our highway travel for granted so often we forget just how insane these speeds really are. Except when there's a crash...

    • @bobtheduck
      @bobtheduck 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      It is. The degrees are the same size, but the zero point is different. So it is basically Celsius.

  • @ahumanistpotato
    @ahumanistpotato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1055

    The world: "Why can't you just be normal?"
    USA: *screams in Fahrenheit*

    • @monkeydui7241
      @monkeydui7241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      What’s wrong with being a little different?

    • @enchantednightcrawler6629
      @enchantednightcrawler6629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@monkeydui7241 a lot of things

    • @my.dear.watson
      @my.dear.watson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      @@monkeydui7241 nothing, its just because of America's unwillingness to change its broken system that a million dollar satellite went missing.

    • @monkeydui7241
      @monkeydui7241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@my.dear.watson Do you know how much it would cost to change it?

    • @monkeydui7241
      @monkeydui7241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Also how's it broken? It's been working for us for a long time.

  • @HemlockandYew
    @HemlockandYew 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was hoping for a video about farenheight usage not just another plea to switch to metric.

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko 5 ปีที่แล้ว +480

    A Primer on Celsius for United Statesians:
    50 °C = The Great Outdoors are now a proper sauna or a roasty oven, depending upon humidity.
    40 °C = Right toasty. Break out the water; you're gonna need it.
    30 °C = Tad warm. Not so comfy any more, yeah.
    20 °C = Entirely comfortable, for most folks.
    10 °C = Brisk! Winter is coming?
    0 °C = Bracing! Freezing, literally.
    -10 °C = Frigid. It's double-sock time, for sure.
    -20 °C = Bitter. Got a parka? You might want it today.
    -30 °C = Extra Bitter. Get wrapped in enough layers to pass yourself off as a modern version of a mummy.
    -40 °C = -40 °F, or approximately the temperature down in the Ninth Circle of Hell.

    • @lolasmusings
      @lolasmusings 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      While a shorter scale seems nice, it's hard to translate differences in 10-15 degrees Fahrenheit. Living in Minnesota means that 40 can be cold (fall) but also warm. There's a huge difference between 10 and 30; the former meaning full winter gear and the latter meaning jacket and gloves minimally. Plus when it gets warm, 70 is comfortable, 80 is bearable, 90 is awful, and 100 means we're sitting in dark, air-conditioned houses were even a microwave heats the house up too much.
      In Celsius there's barely 20 degrees difference between a nice temp and certain death. It's hard to look at something that affects everyday life and say what the hell, let's do it!

    • @allangibson8494
      @allangibson8494 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      -60°C = Proper Russian / Finnish winter temperature. Time to put on second coat and thaw out the dog.

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lolasmusings Very good point -- and I actually think of Celsius in 5° increments, or sort of what you are suggesting here in Fahrenheit terms. I just didn't have the brainpower at that hour to do twice as many descriptions of temperature levels in my OP. :D

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@allangibson8494 ahahaha! I would be wearing a well-heated vehicle in that sort of weather. I've never experienced below -20°C and I am -perfectly fine with continuing that. :D

    • @allangibson8494
      @allangibson8494 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@HayTatsuko Working in 52°C is not much fun either (about 15 minutes an hour is about my limit).
      60°C in a turbine house is really pushing it (particularly since overalls and gloves are mandatory to avoid burns from exposed metal).
      At the other end -80°C is where your parka shatters from the cold after 10 minutes, forklift batteries freeze solid and the grips on your insulated tools shatter - freezer work is just bad...

  • @pas5735
    @pas5735 4 ปีที่แล้ว +673

    America: hmmm yes I can see here that this football field is about the length of a football field.

    • @ma14.27
      @ma14.27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Or 165,9 washing machines.

    • @simulping4371
      @simulping4371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      your pfp represents america right now

    • @x-90
      @x-90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or 3 School Buses

    • @bondrewdthelordofdawn3744
      @bondrewdthelordofdawn3744 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How much feet ?

    • @anoszymekk7760
      @anoszymekk7760 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ma14.27 washing machine: 60cm
      Rugby field:144m
      14400:60=240

  • @ludominguez4176
    @ludominguez4176 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2254

    No one:
    Not a single soul:
    Americans: hºw mªnY fO0Tbªll fiElDs iS a kíL0meTeR?!?!?

    • @Jessica-eo5hg
      @Jessica-eo5hg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      On a real note, I don't think anybody knows. To convert football fields to kilometers or miles you would have to have at least some knowledge of how big a football field is. To my observation so far, no single person in the world knows how big a football field is. The most accurate answer I have gotten is "I dunno, it's probably really big"
      Edit: Jeez, I didn't know you guys were football fanatics. On a real note though, basketball is so much better

    • @Lynnme-eh9cz
      @Lynnme-eh9cz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      literally all of Europe: HoW mAny RevaLutiOns AnD wArs iN a YeAr?!?!?

    • @shirou9790
      @shirou9790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      about ten, give or take. (when you take their length obviously)
      the american football field is 100 yards, thus 91.44 m, meaning 11 of these make 1.00584 km.
      on the other hand soccer fields are 105 m, thus 10 of these make 1.05 km.

    • @hubbletrubble7875
      @hubbletrubble7875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      very roughly 10, 1 footbal field is 100 yards, 1 yard is roughly 1 meter, so 1 football field is roughly 100 meters, which is a 10th of a kilo(thousand) metrers

    • @taylorbritt499
      @taylorbritt499 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Jessica-eo5hg football fields are VERY clearly marked with how big they are,,, that's why the numbers are there, they're not just there for fun, to spice up the game with some math

  • @konnieprohaska5553
    @konnieprohaska5553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I switched to Celsius just as I was going into college, because of this video. Now five years later I’m glad I did.

  • @evergreensweetnesslavender
    @evergreensweetnesslavender 5 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    the first time i went on a vacation to the states (i was 6) my parents turned on the news and it said it was 60 degrees or something. my parents then told us we were going to disneyland that day. my little brother started crying because he thought we were all going to burn

    • @ramarblood7697
      @ramarblood7697 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Psssh in Florida you should worry about it randomly raining more than burning.

  • @steprockmedia
    @steprockmedia 7 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    I'm an American and I would REALLY love to see us switch. Try telling me how many feet are in 3 miles without a calculator or scratch paper. However, you know there are 3,000 meters in 3 kilometers without even thinking. It's much easier if we were raised that way from the start. As it is, we're asked to learn conversions instead of just starting out that way.

    • @TheAwesomeGardenOfEden
      @TheAwesomeGardenOfEden 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But the amount of problems would be very high, car companies, schools, and older people would be affected :/

    • @HotelPapa100
      @HotelPapa100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Car companies are affected already. Most all of engineering today is done in metric, cars are a mix.
      Yes, there would be an initial investment; but the running cost you have today by maintaining your oddball "standard" next to the world having another one are also substantial.

    • @Tadwac
      @Tadwac 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Who cares how many feet are in 3 miles, not like there’s any practical real world math that you’ll need to know that for.

    • @HebaruSan
      @HebaruSan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Tad nailed it. Lumber is sold by the foot in the US. No one is going to order "3 miles" of two-by-fours; a large bulk order would just be specified in thousands of feet. These supposedly oh-so-important examples just don't come up in practice.

    • @FrVitoBe
      @FrVitoBe 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      older people just need some time to adjust ;)

  • @solomon2532
    @solomon2532 5 ปีที่แล้ว +718

    nobody:
    America:
    Miles!
    Inch!
    Foot!
    Yard!
    Fahrenheit!
    MM/DD/YYYY!

    • @rezkid283
      @rezkid283 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Weeaboo Generator *yyyy

    • @solomon2532
      @solomon2532 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rezkid283 o_o fixed

    • @obadiahpear
      @obadiahpear 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok "weeaboo generator"

    • @aaanawaleh
      @aaanawaleh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      I absolutely hate the American date format. For some reason most digital watches use that annoying format. It's DD/MM/YYYY. The month is not before the day!

    • @aaanawaleh
      @aaanawaleh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @Natalie Wood Can you please explain why you prefer MM/DD/YYYY over DD/MM/YYYY?

  • @castirondude
    @castirondude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Fahrenheit was a Dutch biologist. 100F is the ideal temperature for bacteria to grow and 0F was the minimum temperature where bacteria can grow. So freezers always have to be below 0F. yogurt and rising bread work well at 100F. Since people are biological beings it makes a lot of sense to use biology as a scale.

  • @BabylonGames798
    @BabylonGames798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +614

    I cannot tell you how many times teachers tried to teach us the metric system, always saying "America is gonna switch to the metric system soon"

    • @Tjalve70
      @Tjalve70 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Well, they're right.
      On a geological scale, USA will switch to the metric system soon.

    • @harrisonkarn2078
      @harrisonkarn2078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Tjalve70 ?

    • @kingleonidasiofsparta7966
      @kingleonidasiofsparta7966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@harrisonkarn2078 in other words: it won't last long anymore

    • @harrisonkarn2078
      @harrisonkarn2078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kingleonidasiofsparta7966 ik, I just don’t know what he meant by “geological scale”

    • @naiwitmimimi6761
      @naiwitmimimi6761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@harrisonkarn2078 probably compared to the lifetime of planet earth

  • @metadragon7500
    @metadragon7500 5 ปีที่แล้ว +932

    “Right now it’s 90 degrees.”
    ALMOST BOILING?!?!?!? DAMMIT!!!
    In America
    “Right now it’s 25 degrees Celsius.
    Oh shoot it’s below freezing

    • @aster6804
      @aster6804 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      As a Texan I can say this:
      90 degrees definitely feels like boiling for us.
      EDIT: Trust me. Summer exists down here and it boasts it well..

    • @littlestsnowy8177
      @littlestsnowy8177 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ixabi Seriously? That’s boiling to you?

    • @littlestsnowy8177
      @littlestsnowy8177 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      When it’s like 35 degrees Celsius or rather over 40 degrees Celsius is when it’s boiling for us.

    • @Technicalnotdino
      @Technicalnotdino 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@littlestsnowy8177 hahahahahha 35c is our daily lives and its not hot , because mans not hot . Okay i'll stop

    • @aster6804
      @aster6804 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@littlestsnowy8177 35 degrees is 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
      Because 5 degrees is so much of a difference.. (40 = 104 F but that's also boiling to us)

  • @ByJuanfe
    @ByJuanfe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1748

    Honestly, No Hate but This makes me think...
    Americans: So... How big is your city?
    Me: 564 km2
    Americans: I don't unders...
    Me: Like 76 Football fields
    Americans: Oh.
    🤦😂😂

    • @parzival8331
      @parzival8331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      im american and that would make me understand lol.

    • @EthanBoBethan
      @EthanBoBethan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      I hate to say this, but yeah, I would probably understand the football fields more.

    • @hone9519
      @hone9519 5 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      It would actually be 105396 football fields to be precise.
      Football fields are not a good measure of area, kids.

    • @gabrieltenera4292
      @gabrieltenera4292 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Also me:which football?

    • @cutienerdgirl
      @cutienerdgirl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm American and I actually understood that lol.

  • @kookykritter2912
    @kookykritter2912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ive been trying to learn Celsius as an American for many reasons(one is i dont plan on staying here) and the other is im tired of looking up converters. I love that its easy to understand. That 100 is boiling and 0 is freezing. A lot easier than 32 is freezing and 212 is boiling. But i kind of like the variability of Fahrenheit. How you can get a pinpoint on the exact temp. But even then id still prefer Celsius. It just makes so much more sense…

    • @simondahl5437
      @simondahl5437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just… use a decimal. I get that weather reports never show decimals, but that’s because the accuracy would never need that. Arguably Fahrenheit creates the illusion of exactness, while being exactly as exact…

    • @GH-oi2jf
      @GH-oi2jf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When you boil water, do you care what the temperature is on any scale? Most people do not. They just heat the pan until they see the water boil.

  • @skippingstep1515
    @skippingstep1515 4 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    England: *Invents Imperial System
    USA (Former colony): *Uses system of former mother country
    England: *Changes to metric, and makes fun of USA for using Imperial.
    USA: "Wait, this whole operation was your idea."

    • @sxli3340
      @sxli3340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      f

    • @Legion849
      @Legion849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      F

    • @blazingfish8486
      @blazingfish8486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hol up, I think u mean the U.K
      F

    • @skippingstep1515
      @skippingstep1515 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @TopCat Answer me this, do you trust the US government?

    • @skippingstep1515
      @skippingstep1515 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @TopCat As an American, I do not trust the US government. Therefore, I do not want them to be the only ones with the firearms. That's what I was getting at.

  • @purfekmarketing
    @purfekmarketing 6 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    Great video but why don't the lady just change her echo setting to Celsius 🤔

    • @RewindOfficialDoesMusic
      @RewindOfficialDoesMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      That would make sense

    • @somedudelol781
      @somedudelol781 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      bc she tries to make a point or she's just stupid

    • @monadolifesaver5613
      @monadolifesaver5613 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      INSIDER needs the settings for the video

    • @FixNewsPlease
      @FixNewsPlease 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are a genius.
      And that *is* a mystery.

    • @crimsonnite9291
      @crimsonnite9291 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@monadolifesaver5613 That's a Vox video, dumbass.

  • @williamlangdon2596
    @williamlangdon2596 4 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    As an American, I also don't get why we haven't switched to Celsius. The freezing point being 0 and the boiling point being 100
    makes a lot more sense.

    • @tellyvisionwatcher8617
      @tellyvisionwatcher8617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Metric is good all around, but celcius is less accurate than Fahrenheit because metric is tied to water where as Fahrenheit is tied to body temperature.

    • @GN00001Lee
      @GN00001Lee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      @@tellyvisionwatcher8617 wadafuq? 😂

    • @danieltysyachuk9290
      @danieltysyachuk9290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@tellyvisionwatcher8617 ehm...

    • @martimoleraijaner8010
      @martimoleraijaner8010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      @@tellyvisionwatcher8617 But body temperature is different for everybody and changes when you are sick. Water has the same properties everyday everywhere in the universe, and Fahrenheit also uses the freezing and boiling point of water.

    • @nubiiiii
      @nubiiiii 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@tellyvisionwatcher8617 .....

  • @theofficialczex1708
    @theofficialczex1708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey, I agree with your overarching point that the United States of America should switch to the metric system. Still, I do disagree with some of your arguments and information.
    2:03 The average temperature of the human body is actually 98.2° F. The figure of 98.6 was created by Carl Wunderlich, a German physician, during the mid-1800s and perpetuated, without evidence, for over a century.
    4:07 The US does not use the imperial system; they use US customary units. The critical difference is US customary units are not equivalent to imperial units; instead, they are derived from "clean" multiples of metric units to approximate imperial units. This makes the two systems non-synonymous
    .

  • @andrewchou3277
    @andrewchou3277 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1639

    Kelvin scale

    • @fgvm3855
      @fgvm3855 7 ปีที่แล้ว +333

      It's identical to Celsius though. It just starts at absolute zero.

    • @malikfaisal416
      @malikfaisal416 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Reamur Scale

    • @laur9251
      @laur9251 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      FGVM But then again, so is fahrenheit, just marked at different places. Temperature doesn't change because of different markings.

    • @fgvm3855
      @fgvm3855 7 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      ChefLaur, it's actually not, 1 degree has 2 different values in these systems

    • @laur9251
      @laur9251 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      FGVM Ah, got you now. Misunderstood the statement of yours.

  • @tandy139
    @tandy139 5 ปีที่แล้ว +432

    In the UK we use degrees celsius for temperature, we buy carpet by sq metre, petrol by the litre etc yet all our road signs are in miles????

    • @BillyBob_McSanchez
      @BillyBob_McSanchez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      So you guys use both??? Wow that's a drag

    • @persephone3892
      @persephone3892 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      UK also uses stone to measure weight. Which is an imperial measurement. (14lb = 1 stone)

    • @BillyBob_McSanchez
      @BillyBob_McSanchez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@persephone3892 That makes sense. Otherwise they'll get Pound (money) confused with pound (weight measurement)

    • @PotataAte
      @PotataAte 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      metRE

    • @persephone3892
      @persephone3892 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@BillyBob_McSanchez or they could use kilograms like everyone else that uses metric...

  • @livingaloneinjapan
    @livingaloneinjapan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    And in the Philippines we use kilograms for weight, feet for height, inches for body measurements and celsius for temperature. 😅

    • @nazrinpascal9438
      @nazrinpascal9438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same also for elders in Malaysia. Mix between imperial and SI.

    • @khinshamujahid-6154
      @khinshamujahid-6154 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Samee in Pakistan

    • @CantWords
      @CantWords 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same in the UK

    • @tomkelly8827
      @tomkelly8827 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same in Canada, although we use pounds for weight when it comes to human bodies usually

    • @taptapuyo2714
      @taptapuyo2714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Enjoying the itch of both worlds.

  • @libbysevicke-jones3160
    @libbysevicke-jones3160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You nailed it, l too am completely confused with the imperial system. I was looking at the price of petrol at a ‘Gas Station’ in New York. Lady asked me if l was okay. I told her I had no idea how much a gallon was, she looked at me real funny. I still have no idea what a gallon is and l don’t need to know.
    Metric is simple, currency is easy, weight is easy, distance is easy, speed is easy, measurement is easy and temperature is easy pessie.

    • @Turtle1631991
      @Turtle1631991 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      US galon is about 3,7l. Funnily UK galon will be abour 4,5. Most infuriating thing is US cooking recipes because they can't even agree if cup is about 250ml or half that

    • @evekakuru2633
      @evekakuru2633 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I stayed in America for a little while. While there I equate gallon to that big bottle of milk that they sell in the store. It's the largest milk bottle I saw in my life. It stuck in my head.

  • @OurnameisLegion66
    @OurnameisLegion66 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2000

    NASA uses metric!!

    • @danielmantione
      @danielmantione 6 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      I always find it fascinating to see how NASA employees use metric units in press conferences and then get quentions to convert to metric.
      I guess they learnt their lesson and banned imperial units for good.

    • @gmdpartii7339
      @gmdpartii7339 6 ปีที่แล้ว +214

      they are smart, unlike the rest of america (not implying that everyone's stupid)

    • @ImperativeGames
      @ImperativeGames 6 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      I guess they are more logical. It's logical to use C. People in USA love F because it has sentimental value to them, despite it's being archaic.

    • @4khd630
      @4khd630 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      because it is the international system

    • @maldavion1003
      @maldavion1003 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yeah they do after losing a satalite due to conversion failures as parts where build in Europe.

  • @pulanjuri
    @pulanjuri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    Wheather in us: 70 degrees
    9 year old me: bRo HoW aRe ThEy NoT bUrNiNg

    • @evanhughes1510
      @evanhughes1510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is your caps button broken?

    • @pulanjuri
      @pulanjuri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Bindhu Antony and youre 5

    • @chunkyboi7443
      @chunkyboi7443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is the dumbest comment thread ive seen in a long time.

    • @pulanjuri
      @pulanjuri 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Panzerkampfswagen VII Maus i aint nine your moms iq is 9

    • @chunkyboi7443
      @chunkyboi7443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Panzerkampfswagen VII Maus you can easily figure out his age range. Just click on his profile picture to see which videos he has recently commented on and what those comments were. By doing this, you can see that he is just reaching his pre-teens.

  • @dina-d6h
    @dina-d6h 4 ปีที่แล้ว +782

    me: wants to follow a recipe i saw on the internet
    also me: reads 1/4 cups and immediately stops and looks for another recipe that uses kg

    • @kahimma4577
      @kahimma4577 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      One cup about 250ml
      So 1/4 cup is about 60ml

    • @helloperson3264
      @helloperson3264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      There are metric cups as well

    • @Helperbot-2000
      @Helperbot-2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      This dude measures volume in weight

    • @renataester8158
      @renataester8158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kahimma4577 😮

    • @barackobama5530
      @barackobama5530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I’m confused, do Europeans not know what 1/4 is? You don’t even need to use the metric system for that.

  • @funuleinuk
    @funuleinuk ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Alexa, set the temperature to Celsius."

  • @joshualim1339
    @joshualim1339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +597

    Normal people: 110 metres
    Americans: 361 feet
    Also Americans: 1 soccer field
    Also also Americans: RoUgHlY 130 wAsHiNg MaChInEs

    • @dangalladon8417
      @dangalladon8417 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@ichijofestival2576 it is a joke mate

    • @_JustAnotherKid__
      @_JustAnotherKid__ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@dangalladon8417 Uk? Trivago

    • @zacheryjequinto7259
      @zacheryjequinto7259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Me an intellectual:110,000mm

    • @ryanzugman7008
      @ryanzugman7008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      better than saying a stones throw from the queens tiddlywhackers

    • @Unknownn-
      @Unknownn- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ichijofestival2576 what do you want to be called: US Citizen 😂??

  • @bangtran2152
    @bangtran2152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    I’m a Vietnamese and I move to USA in 2017. I remember that I asked my professor how is the weather. She told me is 106 degrees outside.🧨😱 I thought the apocalypse was coming outside

    • @gtxg.
      @gtxg. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      bruh 106 fahrenheit is over 40 celsius
      scp-001 weather be like

    • @Orincaby
      @Orincaby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      41 degrees, yeah, the apocalypse definitely was coming that day

    • @recordkeepingandinformatio8206
      @recordkeepingandinformatio8206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gtxg. I think there are a lot worse things to worry about in SCP-001 than the weather...

    • @maybeanonymous6846
      @maybeanonymous6846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@gtxg. 40 celsius? that is australian weather not scp001

    • @penraikrab
      @penraikrab 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bruh 40 degrees celcius isnt that hot 💀

  • @AdrianArmbruster
    @AdrianArmbruster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +747

    In Celsius water freezes and boils at nice round numbers. In Fahrenheit people freeze and boil at nice round numbers.

    • @quappelle3869
      @quappelle3869 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      FYI, -40 Celsius = -40 Fahrenheit = 40 Below in Canadian. Lately in Canada a big jug of antifreeze and many other liquids holds 3.78 liters which is 1 USA gallon. It's amazing how much mischief a Trudeau can make.

    • @samuelfernandez6516
      @samuelfernandez6516 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Herr Zeppelin euros founded the U.S good one how long did it take you fools to become free again?

    • @LittleSparklingStars
      @LittleSparklingStars 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Marc Llorens rocketscientist in murica use metrics as well. Are they nasafags now?

    • @samuelfernandez6516
      @samuelfernandez6516 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Herr Zeppelin way to backpedal we all know that you are just jealous of our freedom

    • @samuelfernandez6516
      @samuelfernandez6516 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No. Rights, capitalism, the constitution in general, those are freedom. Stay mad that your "prime ministers" keep taking away your rights. Europoors can only barely hang on to the fact that they use to own the world, but now they are small socialist SJW pieces of crap. No wonder the U.S is still the greatest country in the world no matter our shortcomings.

  • @Sakusha116
    @Sakusha116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I’m a Canadian living alongside the border, so naturally both the imperial and metric systems influence me, oddly I use Fahrenheit during the summer months and Celsius during the winter months.