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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: cannabinated]
#26480482 - 02/11/20 03:27 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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u obv never started a fire or moved dirt
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: cannabinated]
#26480489 - 02/11/20 03:30 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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I can be smart and do manly things!
Naw, you’re totes right, but only cause I live in a city. Closest I did to man-work was unloading trucks🤷🏻♂️
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: feldman114]
#26480490 - 02/11/20 03:30 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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feldman114 said:
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Crazy_Horse said: 126
Wrong
umm, he's right.
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: feldman114] 1
#26480495 - 02/11/20 03:33 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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approx 250k 
The math is a lil harder - but for everyday functional use it's pretty meaningless - your mind just gets used to the sizes entailed by the unit and most meaningful science in the US utilizes metric anyway.
Also, F > C for everyday use - all of the temps that people see most often everyday are squashed into 30 degrees in C, while in F you get it stretched out a bit so you get a lot more detail in the temperatures that people normally utilize.
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: feldman114]
#26480503 - 02/11/20 03:35 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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feldman114 said: I can be smart and do manly things!
Naw, you’re totes right, but only cause I live in a city. Closest I did to man-work was unloading trucks🤷🏻♂️
Cause it was an automated process and u exist in the cloud 
This isnt a metric discussion anyhow
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: tyrannicalrex]
#26480509 - 02/11/20 03:37 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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tyrannicalrex said:
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feldman114 said:
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Crazy_Horse said: 126
Wrong
umm, he's right.
He’s wrong because there isn’t an even number of grams in an OZ. The answer is 127.5 (rounded)
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: feldman114]
#26480518 - 02/11/20 03:42 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Ummm, there's 28g to an ounce. Well, in the drug world of course, they just ignore that other almost half g, mo money!
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: tyrannicalrex]
#26480524 - 02/11/20 03:44 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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tyrannicalrex said: Ummm, there's 28g to an ounce.
I know, I know, I didn’t realize it for the longest time either, but
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Formula for an approximate result, multiply the mass value by 28.35
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: feldman114]
#26480527 - 02/11/20 03:45 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Meh, I don't deal so ...
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: tyrannicalrex]
#26480537 - 02/11/20 03:49 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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tyrannicalrex said: Ummm, there's 28g to an ounce. Well, in the drug world of course, they just ignore that other almost half g, mo money!
Lol ok, that’s true. But it kinda reinforces my love for metric - our weed is being shorted by the system myeeeen.
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: feldman114]
#26480555 - 02/11/20 03:53 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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LOL, yep! Always has been, but if they weigh the pound like that, then all is well.
28g = 1 oz
16oz = 1lb.
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: feldman114]
#26480557 - 02/11/20 03:53 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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the rounded down weed accounts for loss in transport and changes in water content
we have the game down to a science bro
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: cannabinated] 1
#26480581 - 02/11/20 04:03 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Still though I haven't figured out wtf is up with the interchanging between metric and standard in the cannabiz... or drugs in general.
I guess an oz is a nice inbetween of grams and a what, hectogram? Who the fuck weighs anything in hectograms
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: twighead]
#26480588 - 02/11/20 04:06 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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metric is good for rates
oz is gud for eyeballs
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: twighead]
#26480923 - 02/11/20 07:32 PM (4 years, 5 days ago) |
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twighead said: Still though I haven't figured out wtf is up with the interchanging between metric and standard in the cannabiz... or drugs in general.
I guess an oz is a nice inbetween of grams and a what, hectogram? Who the fuck weighs anything in hectograms 
I think its because theres no gram equivalent in the US system.
And a Kilo is way more than a pound, so a pound is the "standard" large amount, at least in some cases (big box cases ).
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#26480950 - 02/11/20 07:48 PM (4 years, 5 days ago) |
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I don't get why america didn't switch to metric after they blew up a spaceshuttle because they fucked up the conversion.
https://www.simscale.com/blog/2017/12/nasa-mars-climate-orbiter-metric/
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: Ahab McBathsalts] 1
#26480955 - 02/11/20 07:50 PM (4 years, 5 days ago) |
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scientists should only ever use metric
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: Ahab McBathsalts] 1
#26480957 - 02/11/20 07:51 PM (4 years, 5 days ago) |
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because, america.
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: tyrannicalrex]
#26480965 - 02/11/20 07:54 PM (4 years, 5 days ago) |
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and technichians/ nurses etc
unless its an obscure or archaic thing thats engrained like BTUs or mmHg
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: tyrannicalrex]
#26480967 - 02/11/20 07:55 PM (4 years, 5 days ago) |
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Floating the idea again would be a good way to distract from a political scandal. People would be livid.
You could hide fuel efficiency standards changes in the switch too.
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