It's common knowledge America is not fond of the Metric System. However, over recent years on social media, the USA have seemed to develop their own, rather creative measuring system consisting of rhinos, bananas, and salesforce buildings...
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5 Tomatoes
Six To Seven Washing Machines
1 Standard Banana
One Bald Eagle
3 Guinea Pigs, 2 Ferrets And 1 Hamster
One Rhino
100 Pugs
Nature's Baseball
One Komodo Dragon
64 Canadian Geese
Corgi-Sized
Doggy-Sized
39 Humans
15 Ice Creams
1 Pork Chop
School Bus-Sized
3 Salesforce Buildings
Reticulated Giraffe
A lot of these seemed like they were either just trying to make it fun for children or give something familiar as a reference, some were just pure stupididty though
I like that Celsius makes sense because it's based on the boiling and freezing points of water. But I grew up with Fahrenheit. There's a simplicity: 0°F is cold enough to be dangerous, and 100°F is hot enough to be dangerous. Seek shelter.
I'm not really sure what you're trying to achieve but 0°C is cold enough to be dangerous and 100°C is hot enough to be dangerous as well.
Load More Replies...what is with the american hate. my bad for not being able to get a mental grasp on a measuring tool that i haven’t used my whole life. me personally it’s easier to measure using “football fields” and even “bananas”. i get that it’s supposed to be funny, but i hate it when America is always the butt of the joke.
A lot of these seemed like they were either just trying to make it fun for children or give something familiar as a reference, some were just pure stupididty though
I like that Celsius makes sense because it's based on the boiling and freezing points of water. But I grew up with Fahrenheit. There's a simplicity: 0°F is cold enough to be dangerous, and 100°F is hot enough to be dangerous. Seek shelter.
I'm not really sure what you're trying to achieve but 0°C is cold enough to be dangerous and 100°C is hot enough to be dangerous as well.
Load More Replies...what is with the american hate. my bad for not being able to get a mental grasp on a measuring tool that i haven’t used my whole life. me personally it’s easier to measure using “football fields” and even “bananas”. i get that it’s supposed to be funny, but i hate it when America is always the butt of the joke.