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Britain also invented Imperial measurement system that is still used in the USA while being extremely outdated and inconvenient.
The US just can't adopt changes. It will most probably die as an XVIII century country with a pile of juridical clutches and props.
18th century aka 1700s? Seems a bit unfair
When did their constitution was written? And only "juridical clutches and props" since then :)
Oh, I didn't entertain the notion that the country's remained essentially the same since the constitution was written.
RIP
The US doesn’t use imperial measures. It uses US customary measures which often have the same names but are significantly different.
The US measures are based on an older Imperial system that Britain changed. There were different measures in different parts of the UK.
Technically theses days they use SI with weird conversion factors, and call that by the old US customary names
I don't think that is any different than SI changing the definition of a meter and calling it a meter still.
Well this escalated quickly
All of your thoughts don't always end with death to america?
I was eating at my kitchen table the other day, looking out the window and watching the wildlife. It's nice to see the trees budding and the critters out again. What's really wild is how lazy Americans are. Those fatasses couldn't get up even if the country was doomed, and will most probably die as an XVIII century country with a pile of juridical clutches and props. At least the weather has been nice recently.
I see you didn't end that last thought with death to America. How easily the common man's mind is distracted from the downfall of an empire by a little sun. The weather is nice despite the president's best efforts to boost the stock value of umbrella corporations.
I have much to learn, sensei
British people still use it too sometimes.
Brits can't make fun of Americans for measurement because they still measure bodyweight in stone
Yeah. I also sometimes use pre-reform grammatic of my native language (a huge reform was made a century ago); for comical purposes mostly.
Nope. They seem to have successfully moved into early 20th century politics already.
Mid second quarter even
Let's see what happens when the American Empire falls
The US is more flexible with systemic change than most countries, which is why it led the way in the 20th century in terms of societal and technological progress. We achieved boots on the moon (using metric AND the imperial system ;) during the Apollo mission; Britain by contrast achieved celebrations as conscription ended and loud drunken Beatles concerts, but not much else.
Have a day.
Only the instruments for the astronauts displayed imperial units. All the science and engineering was done in metric.
And much of the calculations were done by computers. And I mean the wonderful ladies that made spaceflight happen:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Area_Computers
You forgot "Every major life event of pompous aristocrats"