People Share 30 Things That They Think Are Normal In Europe But Horrific In America

Not true. To boil one gallon requires 7 mouse penises length of fuel in a 1860 standart bottle of coke. Burned in the time it takes 5 leaves to fall from a tree in autumn. When the sun is up enough to cast 11 thumbs of mid-aged male orangutan length shadow. If there is no earthquake in Turkey. So easy to calculate - why you can't.

It takes only the energy needed to pour a gallon of water into a pot, put the pot on the stove, and turn on the fire. Then you wait. That's all you need to know.

Most of us in America have no idea how much a milliliter or centimeter or calorie of energy or centegrade means, so whatever Josh said means nothing to us, nor do we care. We also don't know how far a kilometer is. However, too often sadly, too many people know what a gram is. To be honest, I wish we were taught the metric system. It really PO's me to try any buy something that is only described in cenemeters and have to go lookup on the internet for the conversion to inches!!😂

That's just funny

How many people sit there caring how much energy it takes to boil their kettle, then precisely measures the water to the ml, and calculates the exact cost before deciding whether to do it or not? Yes, the metric system is all very convenient, but outside of science it makes almost zero difference to day-to-day life other than all being base-10 so easy to remember

Hmmm... I notice the answer wasn't forthcoming using the metric system either. So now I have to ask: Is that a US or an Imperial gallon? At what temperature does Josh Bazell consider "room temperature"? At what altitude is this supposed to be carried out at? High altitude? Sea Level? Too many variables no matter which system one uses. Should I also ask if it's hard water or soft water? LOL! I rather doubt if you asked someone who uses the metric system they would know how much energy (in calories) it takes to boil a gallon of water.

I understood zero of those words.

Hahaha! Brilliant..

In what world do you need to know how much energy it takes to boil a gallon of water?

This comment has been deleted.

Now do it in inches. Bet you can’t. Americans know about the metric system and it is insulting for you to assume an entire nation don’t know.

One joule

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

While that may be true, I always have a foot with me to measure things... ;)

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

You're a moron. Any American can tell you in a heartbeat to go fuckyourself!

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

A millimeter of water relates to the depth of the water and not the volume...

The airspeed is 20.1mph if you're interested

💙💯

I'm American. I learned the metric system in school. I prefer working in metric where I can. Stuff I do at my job is metric. I prefer recipes in metric. Imperial is a little more intuitive for me for some things since, despite learning metric in school, most folks in the US still use it. So I'm used to everyone stating their height in feet/inches and distances in miles, etc.

Certain Very Loud People in the USA hate change. But the rest of us can adapt. Sadly, there’s a lot of power in that loud minority of conservatives.

I'm not American myself. This is more of an outsider perspective.

Metric makes much more sense for science and medicine where you need really exact measurements for really small or really enormous things. But for human-scale things the old system gives one a better sense of the measurement. And people who only know metric aren't going to understand when they read in older books that the rope is twenty fathoms long or the travelers covered fifteen leagues in one day or that Little John was an ell around the waist. But I guess those who actually read the old books can google the terms they don't get.

It's not horrific, just different. When the whole country is set up around a particular system of measurement, people are likely to be resistant to change. My only significant objection to the metric system is screws smaller than M3. The metric obsession with everything being a round number has lead to the thread pitch on those fasteners being way too damn small compared to standard imperial fasteners. I feel like i've wasted many hours of my life driving in M2.5-0.45 (~56 threads per inch, compared to the equivalent imperial size, which is only 40 threads per inch).

I'm American. We do learn metric in school.

Yeah because because learning how to do stuff in 12ths is so difficult

funny but again the 48,3 is only arbitrary because he happens to live at that distance. If he lived at 50km from the school, it would seem annoying that he lived 31.25 mi away.

I don't see it as hatred, but many people don't seem to understand the nominal changes that would need to be affected for that switch to metric to happen. Absolutely everything in the US revolves around the US standard system of measure. Changing to metric units would require one of two paths: 1. Changing every single standard dimension to a standard metric one; 2. Leaving the nominal dimensions the same, but using metric units. The latter seems pretty easy until you start seeing how many things which have been a round-number of inches for more than a century suddenly become 101.6mm. We can't make it 100, because then it won't be the same as everything else that's always been 4" (electrical boxes, for example, and the devices designed to fit within them). It's also much easier to do 4x3 than 101.6x3. Another example is that 1 acre is 43560 square feet (if you're dealing in land, you'll just remember that one). Hectares would be a much better unit to use, and the conversion isn't awful

There is no hatred, Americans use BOTH. Europeans just ignore reality and cling to stereotypes from TV/movies.

The U.S has the imperial System because of pirates

so: military oligarchy, military junta, and military junta. Got it.