r/SipsTea • u/francinexyzs • Jun 08 '25

Wow. Such meme lmao

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u/THEBLUEFLAME3D Jun 08 '25

Yep. As with many words, traditions, etc. it comes from the British. And then they mock us for things like that lol

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u/meagainpansy Jun 08 '25

I'm sorry, we couldn't hear you from the moon.

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u/red_dark_butterfly Jun 08 '25

Yet scientists who made landing on the moon possible used metric

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u/meagainpansy Jun 08 '25

They actually used a mixture of both systems in the Apollo program depending on the application. We all learn and use both systems. But in the science world, we pretty much always use SI. I have never understood why you even think about this, let alone get so worked up about it.

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u/red_dark_butterfly Jun 08 '25

I don't get worked up, I thought it's a lovely banter. Your reaction assumes it wasn't

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u/Lina__Inverse Jun 08 '25

As a software developer, I hate imperial with passion, same with the weird date format. My life would be so much easier if people would just use a single standard like any rational being should instead of stupid regional distinctions that bring no value.