36 Times Americans And Europeans Roasted The Hell Out Of Each Other And Ended Up Online

The mile was invented by the Romans as 5000 feet (mille passus)and defined as 5280 feet by the Brits in 1593. Americans just used the British-invented system. https://www.almanac.com/fact/how-was-it-determined-that-the-length

Probably a retort from someone who uses stone as a unit of weight measure.

Most of the units of measure in the imperial system weren't originally developed by societies that used base 10. Doesn't justify why we still use it in the USA, but at least it makes more sense than drunk mathematicians

Feet and miles each originate in different systems of measurement used for different purposes, ie general measurement vs land surveying.. (There are other units that do divide the mile evenly - furlong, rod and chain). There were a few different lengths for "miles" used in different countries as well, until eventually one was settled on in the UK and then the US. (Though nautical mile and survey mile are still used in specific circumstances)

I use both, whatever fits better to the current project.

As an American, I would like to apologize for people like this.

The flag on the moon possibly is white by now. The US quasi surrendered to the moon. ;)

No one owns the moon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty

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The moon also has the Indian flag on it

It's not military time. It's twenty-four hour time.

American here. I actually wanted to get used to the 24 hour clock, or military time, so I just set my watch to it and... Adjusted? It isn't hard to subtract 12

These are Americans and Europeans roasting each other, these are so far Americans being shown by Europeans that they think the American way is the only way and the rest of the world is all one big under developed mass of countries that live in poverty and in the past!

I really don't get what the bigger issue is. I get that math is hard for some and that am and pm might be instinctively easier for others but why care what others have set on their phone? I don't like am and pm since I always have to think to remember which is before and after noon.

And getting 2 past their finger count is just short of amazing.

The Roman roads are the only good ones in the UK, too. ;)

Rome also lasted over 1000 years. The US isn't even 300. 🙄

Still does

I know right?!

Fair point.

I was once charged $2,500.00 for one I didn't even take. 2 came, I left in one, billed for both. Apparently I got an exam and everything in both too!

I woke up to my house on fire, jumped out a 2nd story window, messed up my ankle and then tried to kick in my front door with my bare feet. I badly sprained my foot/ankle and next thing I knew, I was on a gurney about to be put in an ambulance. I jumped off and hop/limped away all soot covered and looking like a crazy person. You do not get in an ambulance in the US unless you're rich or have multiple insurance companies (regular *and* supplemental health insurance). They were pissed I didn't get in, they lost thousands. F them. That's how messed up our system is.

good luck getting and uber driver trying to keep you alive on the way to hospital or even letting you in the car if its anything more than a paper cut

I walked after I broke five ribs, it was cheaper and less of a hassle.

A few years ago, my mom fell off of a ladder and her leg snapped. There was bone literally sticking out of her skin. Through her cries of shear agonizing pain, she begged my stepdad not to call an ambulance. He, of course, didn't listen and an ambulance was immediately called. But, being in such pain and worrying about the ambulance bill tells you a lot about our medical system. After the hospital stay, she also was slapped with a hefty hospital bill. She had insurance that she paid for, but the deductible was still $16,000. The ambulance isn't even covered by insurance.

I'm starting to think america might have lost the civil war which is really quite a skill when only america was playing

Looking at the current political situation in the US and how uh... great the US deals with the aftermath of the civil war, it's awe inspiringly hilarious that the US wanted to do nation building in countries they invaded. They did such a good job in their own country.

Schrödinger’s war. Both lost and won the war.

You kick me, fine. You kick my dog, then yoo-hoo, it’s bye time for you