Comments by "redfish337" (@redfish337) on "TED-Ed"
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Stefan Frunza I really don't even know what you're trying to argue.
My argument is:
People who complain about Americans using Imperial units when they still use "Imperial time", are ridiculously hypocritical.
The Imperial (ie, factoring) system could use an overhaul, but it still works well, and in some cases, better than a decimal system.
This is, at its core when you take the nationalities and history out of it, an argument of whether a decimal or fraction system is preferable. And that SHOULD get the response of:
"It depends on the application."
But rather, tends to get the response of:
"%(#*$ing idiot yanks"
I on the other hand, will continue to use whichever is preferable for the application. And while I, as others, of course use "regular" time for day to day activities and conversation, I'll still use what amounts to basic decimal time systems for certain applications (such as using 旬(10 day period) instead of weeks when monitoring progress.
Again, it's helpful that there's a lingua franca of measurement/time that everyone understands- but there are still situations where other systems can be superior. So they shouldn't be mocked.
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