Should America Start Using the Metric system?

[Marla_Singer]

Basketball is teh win, though.

Basketball is the only sport I know where failing to score is more significant than actually scoring.

EDIT: well... thinking about it, handball isn't that far from that too.

 

[LucyDuke]

Easy, the center gives the ball to the Quarterback to start the play. If the player with the ball (The Quarterback, or whoever he gives it to) is tackled, the "Down" (Play) is over, and the center gives it to the Quarterback again. If you can't get the ball to advance 10 yards (By running with it or throwing it to a teammate) in 4 plays (Downs) the other team gets the ball. If you get 10 yards in 4 plays, its a new "First down" and it resets.

What?

 

[Hygro]

AKA:
Team Offense must get flag (the ball) to the end of the field. Team Defense must use their bodies and wits to stop them. Team Offense gets four tries to move the flag for every ten yards. Each try is called a "down". If successful in getting the flag further than ten yards, then the "down" count starts over.

 

[LucyDuke]

Crap I think you just converted me to soccer too.

 

[History_Buff]

Also, American Football, despite it's much better players and huge audience, has much worse rules than Canadian Football. Having only 3 downs rather than 4 means teams can't just run the ball again and again and again and again....

 

[jtb1127]

American football should be renamed "Add Ball".

 

[squall78]

I had several people explain to me the game of football, and still don't understand it. I do know more about the odds and over/unders then the actual game lol.

 

[civver_764]

Would you support using the government to enforce a change?

If they're going to endorse a system I'd rather it be the metric system than the imperial system, if that's what you mean.

 

[bhsup]

What will always boggle my mind, and I probably point this out every time this topic has a thread, is why all you non-Americans even care one way or the other? Me, personally, I couldn't care less if <insert random country here> uses the metric system or uses stones and ells. It's their business, and we can do some conversions if we need to interact with them. But for some reason, you guys almost seem to get offended that we refuse to embrace the metric system. It's just odd.

 

[Winner]

What will always boggle my mind, and I probably point this out every time this topic has a thread, is why all you non-Americans even care one way or the other? Me, personally, I couldn't care less if <insert random country here> uses the metric system or uses stones and ells. It's their business, and we can do some conversions if we need to interact with them. But for some reason, you guys almost seem to get offended that we refuse to embrace the metric system. It's just odd.

Because we don't understand what characters are talking about when we watch your TV and films

 

[Leoreth]

What will always boggle my mind, and I probably point this out every time this topic has a thread, is why all you non-Americans even care one way or the other? Me, personally, I couldn't care less if <insert random country here> uses the metric system or uses stones and ells. It's their business, and we can do some conversions if we need to interact with them. But for some reason, you guys almost seem to get offended that we refuse to embrace the metric system. It's just odd.

I don't really care what the US do, but if I'm asked what they should do I give an honest answer. And it's not as if the domestic supporters of the metric system seem to be that a small minority.

 

[bhsup]

Because we don't understand what characters are talking about when we watch your TV and films

Now that is probably the most honest, legitimate reason I've heard.

I don't really care what the US do, but if I'm asked what they should do I give an honest answer. And it's not as if the domestic supporters of the metric system seem to be that a small minority.

Fair point to your first sentence. Regarding your second sentence... it's a poll on the internet in a gaming forum. This place is kinda geek heavy, ya know?

 

[Leoreth]

It's a place where it is more likely to meet people who are actually informed about the metric system, yes

 

[woody60707]

Please tell me that you know your arguments sound a bit... silly?

What's sillier is people who started using Celsius because they thought it was part of SI (the metric system).

Did no one read my rant?

 

[Truronian]

What's sillier is people who started using Celsius because they thought it was part of SI (the metric system).

Did no one read my rant?

It certainly closer to the Kelvin than Fahrenheit is though, given that 1^oC = 1K.

 

[Lillefix]

It certainly closer to the Kelvin than Fahrenheit is though, given that 1^oC = 1K.

Slight correction:

&#916;1^oC = &#916;1K

Arrest me if I use the delta incorrectly here.

 

[Bestbank Tiger]

No reason to change the general usage. Anyone who needs to use metric already does.

 

[Truronian]

Slight correction:

&#916;1^oC = &#916;1K

Indeed, my bad.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

See, if we just made a meter 12 inches long, SO many of our problems would be solved...

 

[Skwink]

Because we don't understand what characters are talking about when we watch your TV and films

Get your own movies and shows!