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| tooki:
--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on February 06, 2020, 12:39:18 am ---It is clear that some in the US feel uncomfortable when people discuss what, in the modern world, seems to be an odd cultural trait. --- End quote --- No. We don't care about it being discussed politely. What we Americans object to is the patronizing, sanctimonious way that the metric nuts describe Americans as being backwards, stupid, etc. for not switching to metric. Then again, it's no surprise, since Europeans are frequently patronizing and sanctimonious towards Americans anyway, regardless of the topic and regardless of the veracity of the European's claim. (And yes, some Americans are patronizing and sanctimonious towards Europeans, but frankly, most Americans have a positive opinion of Europe, while I think most Europeans have a negative opinion of the U.S. It's certainly not a balanced give-and-take.) |
| Cubdriver:
--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on February 06, 2020, 12:39:18 am --- --- Quote from: Cubdriver on February 05, 2020, 06:48:46 pm ---Well then apparently the US is metric enough, proving this whole discussion even more pointless than it already was. --- End quote --- We are not discussing whether it is crucial to use the metric system to land on the moon. We are discussing why the US does not adhere to the metric system to the point of deprecating old systems of measure. It is clear that some in the US feel uncomfortable when people discuss what, in the modern world, seems to be an odd cultural trait. So, to try to shut up the discussants, the moon landings or other equivalent event are mentioned, implying that the imperial system is not only an alternative to the metric system, but also probably even better, since it helped a nation that apparently doesn't give a toss about metric achieve something the other nations couldn't. When it is shown that the US actually used metric to achieve something, debunking the above argument, then it is said that the US is "metric enough", "metricated where it makes sense" or the like. But this is exactly the moon-landing argument, only that you replaced imperial with metric. However the issue we are discussing is left unanswered. In short, this kind of argument is a fallacy and this thread is still going on because we are not falling for it. --- End quote --- The title of the thread is "Why is the US not metric?" That question has been answered multiple times in the thread. :palm: |O :palm: |O For some unfathomable reason, YOU seem unable to accept the answers given, despite them being presented to you repeatedly. I'm not sure why you're dug into this like a tick, but here we are. I'm not going to bother rehashing the reasons; if you want to know why the US is not metric all I can suggest is that you re-read this thread and take note of the answers to that question contained herein. Have a splendid rest-of-your-day. -Pat |
| tooki:
--- Quote from: Cubdriver on February 06, 2020, 01:03:35 am ---The title of the thread is "Why is the US not metric?" That question has been answered multiple times in the thread. --- End quote --- Yup. The metric nuts simply don't like the answer (since the question was almost certainly asked out of smugness, not genuine curiosity), so they pretend the answer is invalid, or even pretend the answer is not there. |O |
| Cubdriver:
--- Quote from: tooki on February 06, 2020, 01:09:02 am --- --- Quote from: Cubdriver on February 06, 2020, 01:03:35 am ---The title of the thread is "Why is the US not metric?" That question has been answered multiple times in the thread. --- End quote --- Yup. The metric nuts simply don't like the answer (since the question was almost certainly asked out of smugness, not genuine curiosity), so they pretend the answer is invalid, or even pretend the answer is not there. |O --- End quote --- It's like explaining to a three year old. *answer question* "But why?" *answer again* "But why??" *answer yet again*. "But whhhHHHhhyyYYyYyyy??" <lather, rinse, repeat ad infinitum > -Pat |
| bsfeechannel:
--- Quote from: tooki on February 06, 2020, 12:58:47 am ---What we Americans object to is the patronizing, sanctimonious way that the metric nuts describe Americans as being backwards, stupid, etc. for not switching to metric. --- End quote --- It is the Americans that say that the use of imperial is backwards, stupid, etc.! Didn't I post a video pages ago about some senior scientist at NIST saying exactly that? Holy crap! So we say what we say using the authority of the highest body instituted with the task of defining those doggone units. What patronizing do you see there? Geez! --- Quote from: Cubdriver on February 06, 2020, 01:03:35 am ---For some unfathomable reason, YOU seem unable to accept the answers given, despite them being presented to you repeatedly. --- End quote --- I, and others, have accepted many of the answers. But some answers are clearly bullshit. I've just shown the moon-landing/metric-enough fallacy a few posts above. --- Quote from: tooki on February 06, 2020, 01:09:02 am ---Yup. The metric nuts simply don't like the answer (since the question was almost certainly asked out of smugness, not genuine curiosity), so they pretend the answer is invalid, or even pretend the answer is not there. |O --- End quote --- We are "nuts", but not because of metric. Because of that kind of argument. |
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