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So how long would it take to bury all these people?

7 hours what? By Car, by plane, by bicycle, by pogostick????? Anything but metric

Good God, don't give them something else to whine about.

Which, as a European, I find incredibly odd. All kinds of situations can dramatically change the time to get somewhere; traffic, regular speed, breaks, route. I've had the same ~500km route take me about 5 hours as well as almost double that. Yes, same route, same car, mostly just very bad traffic. If you tell me Chicago is about 7 hours away, I have no idea how long it would actually take me. 5? 10? 15? Could be anything. Distance is always the same and I can roughly get an idea how long it will take me because I know how I drive.

Everyone does that

I would rather know how long it'll take me to get there than know how far away it is

Sorry you got so downvoted, I probably will be as well. But your point really applies to me. I have been a baker since a very young age. I could visualize a cup, teaspoon etc but we never got visual aids for liter, grams etc. The metric system was just a short unit over a day or two and then we moved on. I would like to be able to switch seemlessly but at 52, that learning window may be shut and painted over.

At least New Zealand is on the map, this time.

🎼 "It's Hip To Be Square". (Apologies to Huey Lewis and The News..)

AND, If you don't vote, "You Lose Your Right to Complain".

If you don't vote then you are effectively supporting whoever wins.

If you do vote you’re an a**

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I didn't vote I was 20 I didn't feel like I had enough knowledge to vote for the best so I didn't

https://vote.gov/register you download the form, print it out, mail it in, you get your voter registration card and vote. If you're living or working outside the US you can get an absentee ballot. Voting stations are crowded and yes that takes time, but that doesn't mean it's difficult. The idea that it's difficult is based around requiring ID to vote.....despite the fact that most countries in the world require voters to have and show ID to vote.

Yep!

Its not difficult. I've done it in every election since i turned 18. Just because its not on par with voting for American Idol, doesnt make it difficult

Saint, that is wrong (US citizen and registered voter). It is easy to register to vote. US citizens can get the forms at various government locations such as the US Post Office, their state Department of Motor Vehicles, state public assistance offices, and armed forces recruitment offices. They can register online as well. There are also temporary registration booths set up on college campuses to support various causes. The political parties will also do voter registration campaigns as the elections approach. Voting is even easier. You can vote in person with your registration card, you can request an absentee ballot, or you can request a mail-in ballot. You can vote early if you want as well. Yes, the Republicans are attempting to make it more difficult by attempting to require a valid photo ID. Anyone who says voting in America is difficult is lying to you or is basically exceptionally lazy.

No, but it would be nice if the parties paid attention and produced candidates that those people would make an effort for, instead of the same million-year-old career hacks

It so bass ackwards that we can't elect a woman to our highest office, you know? Some people act like every country that has EVER elected a woman Head of State just imploded and fell back to the Stone Age. Some men's massively fragile egos simply can't handle the thought.

I hate being American.

There was two bad picks, I think it’s still possible in the future though wirh the right candidate

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Maybe people just didn’t like Hillary Clinton, you know?

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Every few years this apparently little-known fact raises it's head all over again. Yes, it's true, the standard mercator projection give a false perspective, but it's been known about forever. Why isn't it taught in schools?