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2328639 No.2328639 [Reply] [Original]

>eurofags berate America for still using the imperial system instead of metric
>they still use a system for measuring time based variously on 60, 24, and 365
>mfw

>> No.2329095
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2329095

Op you will never..

>> No.2329105

>>2329095
I faked a British accent as April Fools Day joke on campus once, it was apparently effective with women.

>> No.2329108

Are you serious, op?
I mean, that's /sci/, lair of the worst trolls, but still.
I'm don't sure.

>> No.2329114

Switching from traditional time measurements to metric poses far greater logistical problems than switching to metric for other units of measurement.

There's also a very good reason for having a non-round number (i.e. 365) of days in the year. I've let you work out why that is.

>> No.2329157

>>2329105
>>2329095
>implying there's such thing as a british accent

>> No.2329173

>>2329157

>implying you don't know what they mean

>> No.2329181

>Both Europe and America still use a base 10 number system

Should be base 8 or base 12. Just sayin'
inb4 all bases are base 10

>> No.2329202

>>2329157
>I'm not going to pronounce certain consonants
>there's no british accent, we're being very traditional
Fucking fuck. Being the originating nation of the language doesn't make the way you warp it in speech any better.

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2329247

>>2328639

>implying that anywhere in the world uses a different system of time for day to day business

Until you come up with something better, fag off.

>> No.2329330

>eurofags

More like THE REST OF THE WORLD

>> No.2329338

>>2329202
Stupid Americunt detected.

>> No.2329340

>>2329181
France