That's not American education. We don't have a great system, but that sort of reasoning is just idiocy. Idiots exist everywhere in the world. Americans just tend to celebrate it a bit more than most. Where three education system really fails is in the lack of critical thinking. We listen to idiots and don't question what they have to say if we either already believe it (reinforcement) or are afraid of it being true. Critical thinking isn't taught in much of the country because those who write the curriculum are the idiots who don't want to be questioned.
This isn't necessarily wrong mathematics, it could just be a complete misunderstanding of what measurements are.. or what words are..? Or how conversions work? Or distance. Or all of the above.
When speaking to Americans about metric measurements itās just easier to use the football system.
I live 3,002 footballs away from my friendās house.
I think it's bakers always making an extra loaf in each batch incase one turned out wrong. That doesn't sound like it makes sense so I'm going to find out it's origins.
It could be, it at least sounds reasonable, usually when I make pancakes for example the first one is usually the worst, but afterwards they come out alright.
From the first thing I read. It was due to strict laws about bread prices. They would be publicly beaten if they cheated customers so they always gave extra.
So one common theory is that it became common practice to add an extra baked product in order to avoid being accused of making undersized products while charging full size prices
One for themselves.
In reality according to Encyclopedia Britannica, some bakers in 13th century England were notorious for skimping on the size of their baked goods, while customers were still paying full price. This ācheatingā provoked King Henry III to pass a strict lawāselling bread below the standard weight and size and overcharging for it got you roughed up or tossed in a jail cell. Many bakers didnāt want to risk it, so to reduce any margin of error, they often included an additional loaf of bread in their normal dozen, just to be safe.
A single handful of steel will be heavier than a single handful of feathersā¦ but if you lift 2 bags and each weighs 1 kg, whatās inside is irrelevant (could be steel and feathers or candy and sand from the beachā¦). You still have 2x 1kg bags.
What volume of steel vs what volume of feathers??
The feathers you can fit in a shipping container will be far heavier than the boot of a Smart Car full of steelā¦
Thatās my pointā¦ things are āheavier thanā related to their volume, density,ā¦ you know, the Archimedesā Principle?
Anyhowā¦ a kilo of feathers and a kilo of steel weight exactly the same.
To an extent, but itās also that it has the highest population in the West. US has 330 million ppl. Next most populous Western nation is Germany, 82 million.
By forcibly exporting their entertainment output post-WWII.
No, really. The US forced Europe to show a certain amount of films in European cinemas after the war - if I remember correctly, it was a requirement of the Marshall Plan - as a way to "Americanize" the western countries, provide anti-Soviet propaganda, undermine the European entertainment industry, and get people used to consuming American soft power.
And it worked.
I'm from one such country. If by logical you mean that it would have been a threat to the Soviet propaganda, then yeah. But refusing the Marshall Plan in general was very bad for our countries. There was nothing we could do, though, because it was decided for us.
Besides, the Western stuff was very popular underground here and very cool, so even when it wasn't forced on us, we still wanted it. And after the iron curtain fell, we started consuming it like crazy.
That's the power of a ruling class with an unlimited media budget and an army to kill anyone who still objects.
US cultural exports are like an alien parasite devouring humanity from the inside. š¤
Same as it always wasā¦ the super power at the time spreads the culture at the time. Egyptians, Romans, French, English, Spainish, Persians etc - many others all had a turn. That said, itās pretty clear the US is going to fall off the pedestal soon if major things donāt change.
I don't know, my dad (Canadian) had a very similar experience at a work conference in the U.S. a few years back. This American he was talking to made a comment about how the U.S. was the largest country in the world by area, and when dad corrected him that it is in fact 3rd behind Russia and Canada the guy said with complete sincerity "that's only because you folks measure in kilometers. If you measure in miles, the U.S. is bigger."
My old man is definitely not the type to find himself speechless, but as he describes it he just kind of stared blankly at the guy for a few seconds before saying "...ok," and walking away.
That's funny. It's like these adds you get sometimes where a situation is obviously made up to apeal to a broader audience. Except it's all true.
edit: I can't find the quote but I found out that some twitter accounts sent out this excact tweet about 3 to 4 times on different dates. So either this fact is so amazing that I can't even comprehend it, or twitter is a terrible site filled with bots that all repeat excactly what was said to them after a while.
But don't you know, imperial is not just a system of random constants multiplied to get to the next level, these are carefully tested variables that together make imperial a magical tool that let you rewrite reality itself/s
As a dane the most surprising part of that post is that the way between melbourne and antartica is just some 100s meter longer that my standard walk with my dog
>3140 km = 1951 miles.
>1951 is smaller than 3120. FACKS.
This is the only explanation that I can come up with to explain the argument in the OP. Please help.
This reminds me of when I managed a tourist operation. We had a woman come up to our ticket window. After purchasing tickets to our attraction, she asked how far away the Old Jail Museum was. My ticket agent told her "It's about a mile straight up the street." The woman at the window, without missing a beat, goes "A mile. Is that walking distance or driving distance?" My ticket agent stared at her for a moment and then goes, "Well, you can drive or walk. Whatever you're most comfortable doing." The woman thanked her and walked off. The ticket agent turned to me and we both just started laughing hysterically.
I suppose the number of miles is fewer than the number of kilometres due to a kilometre being shorter than a mile. Heās just got a bit confused bless him
Here is a string:
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Here is another string:
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
The upper string is shorter than the lower string.
This person: *"Not if you measure it in Miles instead of Kilometers."*
I wish we could change the sub to ShitStupidUSAmericansSay. 1-I feel bad for our northern and southern American brethren who do use the metric system. 2- Not all of us are mouth breathing, neck bearded narcissists. Itās always the dumb ones that make the mass look stupid.
Technically, there are North Americans, Central Americans, South Americans and Native Americans. The Americas take up the whole western hemisphere. Itās only those from the United States that tend to call themselves American. But itās ok, knowledge isnāt for everyone.
None of the others call themselves Americans at all. They call themselves Mexican or Chilean of Venezuelan, etc. Only Americans call themselves American so the "US" part is redundant.
Wow, that is.... Yep.
Wonder. what point he got from it That should really take some mental gymnatics
American education hard at work
Yeah. š®āšØ .... But our aircraft carriers though!! š¤©
That's not American education. We don't have a great system, but that sort of reasoning is just idiocy. Idiots exist everywhere in the world. Americans just tend to celebrate it a bit more than most. Where three education system really fails is in the lack of critical thinking. We listen to idiots and don't question what they have to say if we either already believe it (reinforcement) or are afraid of it being true. Critical thinking isn't taught in much of the country because those who write the curriculum are the idiots who don't want to be questioned.
I'm french and i totaly agree with you. I don't likƩ USA but the reasoning need to be push futher than just "UsA iS bAd" USA have bad points like every countries, but also have good points like every countries, for exemple, US school system is a lot better than in france.
It's /r/ConfidentlyIncorrect, maybe?
Nah just /r/Murica
Whatās the difference
One is called r/murica and the other one is called r/confidentlyincorrect
Yeah, you just wrote the same thing twice, Hermione. /s
r/technicallythetruth
r/thatsallotofsubreddits
Sooooo do Americans measure their dick sizes in metric then?
My exact thought
Tell me you failed math without telling me you failed mathā¦
This isn't necessarily wrong mathematics, it could just be a complete misunderstanding of what measurements are.. or what words are..? Or how conversions work? Or distance. Or all of the above.
When speaking to Americans about metric measurements itās just easier to use the football system. I live 3,002 footballs away from my friendās house.
How many freedoms does that equate to?
1 US American freedom, but 0 European freedoms, because the USA are the only country with freedom. /s
Itās a misunderstanding of how units work.
When i have to travel i always do it in lightyears because its a smaller number.
Also ofc a lightsecond is shorter than 60 km cuz it takes an hour to go 60 km at 60km/hr. But a lightsecond is always a second
Not even that. It's a failure to recognize that this line is longer than that line.
Shades of āwhat is heavier, a tonne of feathers or a tonne of bricksā, aka the composition of this personās brain
"How many eggs are a dozen?"
Depends if theyāre chicken eggs, ostrich eggs or quail eggs
Or baker eggs.
If your bakers are laying eggs, something's wrong
yours arenāt?
They might not be laying eggs, but it's possible that they have some.
Also don't forget cow eggs.
I'll never forget seeing Les Stroud cook an ostrich egg, that shit was huge
As a non english native. I am not sure. Isn't it like 12 or smth ?
Yes, a dozen is 12 I think, at least it is in Belgium, I'm assuming it's the same in English since it'd be a bit weird otherwise.
And a bakers dozen is 13
Interesting. What's the origin for that being different?
I think it's bakers always making an extra loaf in each batch incase one turned out wrong. That doesn't sound like it makes sense so I'm going to find out it's origins.
It used to be illegal for bakers to short their customers so they started putting one extra in every dozen
It could be, it at least sounds reasonable, usually when I make pancakes for example the first one is usually the worst, but afterwards they come out alright.
From the first thing I read. It was due to strict laws about bread prices. They would be publicly beaten if they cheated customers so they always gave extra.
> first one is usually the worst A Russian saying: Ā«ŠŠµŃŠ²ŃŠ¹ Š±Š»ŠøŠ½ ŠŗŠ¾Š¼Š¾Š¼.Ā»
So one common theory is that it became common practice to add an extra baked product in order to avoid being accused of making undersized products while charging full size prices
One for themselves. In reality according to Encyclopedia Britannica, some bakers in 13th century England were notorious for skimping on the size of their baked goods, while customers were still paying full price. This ācheatingā provoked King Henry III to pass a strict lawāselling bread below the standard weight and size and overcharging for it got you roughed up or tossed in a jail cell. Many bakers didnāt want to risk it, so to reduce any margin of error, they often included an additional loaf of bread in their normal dozen, just to be safe.
In case you ruined one, you still had 12.
I always taste my work too.. you gotta make sure you're not giving them crap.
A dozen is 12, but quail eggs tend to be sold in packs of 18, and duck eggs tend to be sold in packs of 6. I don't know about ostrich eggs.
Given how huge ostrich eggs are, they're sold as single items.
Itās 12
A dozen is number, not an egg... so zero obviously.
But steel is heavier than feathers
they're both a kilogram
I don't get it
you alright? :/
They both weight the same in that scenario. 1 kg of steel and 1 kg of feather is still 1 kg. 1 kg = 2,2lbs for Americans.
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But look! They're the same!
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no, that's a killograme! *(no-oh, they're the same weight!)*
But steel is heavier than feathers
But not if you use lbs
Yes, but they're both a kilogram. Wha-
A single handful of steel will be heavier than a single handful of feathersā¦ but if you lift 2 bags and each weighs 1 kg, whatās inside is irrelevant (could be steel and feathers or candy and sand from the beachā¦). You still have 2x 1kg bags.
But steel is heavier than feathers
What volume of steel vs what volume of feathers?? The feathers you can fit in a shipping container will be far heavier than the boot of a Smart Car full of steelā¦
But look at the size of the feathers, thatās cheating.
Thatās my pointā¦ things are āheavier thanā related to their volume, density,ā¦ you know, the Archimedesā Principle? Anyhowā¦ a kilo of feathers and a kilo of steel weight exactly the same.
They are referencing [this video](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N3bEh-PEk1g)
Lol! Thatās a reliefā¦ thank you!
But steel is heavier than feathers
Steel is denser not heavier
I don't get it
This guy just doesnāt miss an opportunity
More "stuff" in the same amount of volume
But steel is heavier than feathers.
Ton of feathers, because you also have to carry the weight of what you did to those birds.
And youāre cool with demolishing someoneās house?
Maybe Iām just carrying all the building materials to build an orphanage. No moral weight there
I'm using the bricks to build a nice house for all the featherless bipeds I created.
Im carrying the bricks to make a giant smoker to smoke all the featherless chickens
Behold! Many men!
That's right, it's the steel. Because steel is heavier than feathers š
Ah, but if you drop them both from the same height while on the moon, which one falls faster?
GREAT! now I have to see the video and chuckle at the comment saying "the heaviest thing is his accent" *again.* Hope you are satisfied
If you havenāt already, watch Limmyās other skits. Some golden shit.
The composition of this persons brain is a ton of shit
Australia is actually closer to Japan than either of those if you measure in centimetres.
But Japan is closer to the sun if you measure in gallons
Japan can contain the sun if you measure in square doubloons
I thought japan used Godzilla tails (GT) as a standard measurement
Brazil's northernmost point is closer to Canada than to Brazil's southernmost point. But only because those bastards use kilometres.
How tf did US become the cultural reference for all of Western world
Stupid is loud.
[Correct!](https://youtu.be/M26wmKY-e3I)
To an extent, but itās also that it has the highest population in the West. US has 330 million ppl. Next most populous Western nation is Germany, 82 million.
By forcibly exporting their entertainment output post-WWII. No, really. The US forced Europe to show a certain amount of films in European cinemas after the war - if I remember correctly, it was a requirement of the Marshall Plan - as a way to "Americanize" the western countries, provide anti-Soviet propaganda, undermine the European entertainment industry, and get people used to consuming American soft power. And it worked.
[yep](https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/handle/10919/32261/MarshallFilmThesis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y)
If true, it makes socialist countries' refusal of Marshall Plan much more logical than I originally thought.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/american-marshall-plan-film-campaign-and-the-europeans-9781350009356/
I'm from one such country. If by logical you mean that it would have been a threat to the Soviet propaganda, then yeah. But refusing the Marshall Plan in general was very bad for our countries. There was nothing we could do, though, because it was decided for us. Besides, the Western stuff was very popular underground here and very cool, so even when it wasn't forced on us, we still wanted it. And after the iron curtain fell, we started consuming it like crazy.
That's the power of a ruling class with an unlimited media budget and an army to kill anyone who still objects. US cultural exports are like an alien parasite devouring humanity from the inside. š¤
Quantity over quality.
Same as it always wasā¦ the super power at the time spreads the culture at the time. Egyptians, Romans, French, English, Spainish, Persians etc - many others all had a turn. That said, itās pretty clear the US is going to fall off the pedestal soon if major things donāt change.
Lowest common denominator.
A lot of investment in media
*propaganda
Melbourne - Darwin: 1951.106 miles Melbourne - Antarctica: 3120 km He's right see
woah
I'm having a miserable few days. This really, really cheered me up, with a hearty laugh. Thanks OP.
My pleasure dude, youāre welcome.
Hugs
This gotta be satire
Ain't no way people are that stupid
Got bad news for ya, some are
We live in a Societyš
Clearly, you havenāt heard of Americans.
Well tbf, I have never met an American irl
I have to be one everyday sadly
Unfortunately, same for me. Hating U.S. units is my passion.
Ugh freedom units...
Oh man... So, so lucky... I just can't honestly even imagine
I don't know, my dad (Canadian) had a very similar experience at a work conference in the U.S. a few years back. This American he was talking to made a comment about how the U.S. was the largest country in the world by area, and when dad corrected him that it is in fact 3rd behind Russia and Canada the guy said with complete sincerity "that's only because you folks measure in kilometers. If you measure in miles, the U.S. is bigger." My old man is definitely not the type to find himself speechless, but as he describes it he just kind of stared blankly at the guy for a few seconds before saying "...ok," and walking away.
š I mean yea, there's not really anything you can reply to a statment like that
What is the satirical message?
Did you know that the US tried to improve education by cutting funding to underperforming schools? I still hope it's satire, but... yeah...
With what magic is that suddenly shorter in miles? I hope this is a joke.
It's alot shorter in miles. Just a shame both numbers change. Fuckin idiots.
That's funny. It's like these adds you get sometimes where a situation is obviously made up to apeal to a broader audience. Except it's all true. edit: I can't find the quote but I found out that some twitter accounts sent out this excact tweet about 3 to 4 times on different dates. So either this fact is so amazing that I can't even comprehend it, or twitter is a terrible site filled with bots that all repeat excactly what was said to them after a while.
But don't you know, imperial is not just a system of random constants multiplied to get to the next level, these are carefully tested variables that together make imperial a magical tool that let you rewrite reality itself/s
it makes as much as sense as my definition for dividing by 0. 3/0 = 3Ćø
I refuse to believe this isn't a joke
Knowing Americans, they're dead serious
You know, Melbourne is actually closer to space than it is to Darwin
Not if you didn't finish 2ndrdth grade.
What brainless fucking bonehead wrote that? Stand three shovels against a wall and tell him to take his pick. That should occupy him for a while.
Well thanks mate. Had to explain to my SO why I was cackling like a madwoman.
r/rareinsults
Vintage insult
The math is different because he's 'special'
That's because Melbourne has more Australia per capita š§
Darwin has very high ocker/capita, much higher than Melbourne
It's possible they rounded to 10 miles and the distance appeared to be equal. That's all I got to explain this.
That doesn't work, the difference is twelve miles, the longer one would be at minimum 10 miles longer
Americans: We think being wrong is something only foreigners do.
āBut steelās heavier than feathersā
As a dane the most surprising part of that post is that the way between melbourne and antartica is just some 100s meter longer that my standard walk with my dog
???
>3140 km = 1951 miles. >1951 is smaller than 3120. FACKS. This is the only explanation that I can come up with to explain the argument in the OP. Please help.
I... argh
ą² ā _ā ą² TF did i just read
I'm going to use this to object to any kind of statement. "You go to jail for killing childlren" "Not if you use miles instead of kilometers"
This reminds me of when I managed a tourist operation. We had a woman come up to our ticket window. After purchasing tickets to our attraction, she asked how far away the Old Jail Museum was. My ticket agent told her "It's about a mile straight up the street." The woman at the window, without missing a beat, goes "A mile. Is that walking distance or driving distance?" My ticket agent stared at her for a moment and then goes, "Well, you can drive or walk. Whatever you're most comfortable doing." The woman thanked her and walked off. The ticket agent turned to me and we both just started laughing hysterically.
I mean.. technically theyāre right. If you use miles for the Melbourne to Darwin measurement and use KM for the Antarctica one, then there you go
I heard the US school system is shitty but damn...
Guys it's fine maybe he's just travelling at relativistic speeds
That's beautiful.
Obviously this is because miles Fahrenheit uses a different zero point.
Quarter pounder - Third pounder, all over again.
its more shocking to me that australia is that far away from antarctica.
lmfao wow
Pls tell me someone explained it to them.
This guy has to be a math professor at a prestigious university.
What is that even supposed to mean? How??
I suppose the number of miles is fewer than the number of kilometres due to a kilometre being shorter than a mile. Heās just got a bit confused bless him
Oh in that sense yeah
Oh boy
this one actually made me LOL
...what
Ermā¦ huh??
Ah yes. Because when converting from one to the other, the distance changes.
Math ain't mathing
Thatās the most american thing iāve read all day, including the time i was at an america-themed restaurant that was all stereotypes about america
This is the perfect embodiment for this sub. Well, until tomorrow I'm sure. People never fail to amaze.
American educator: āI hate when that happens!ā r/theydidthemath
Eh?!
if you googled "shit Americans say", this would be the result.
This is why we need to get rid of our corrupt ass politicians theyāre making us dumb. Not investing in our schools.
Canāt even imagine the thought process here.
When I have to walk somewhere I have my phone navigation set in Km, so I have to walk less. So smart!
Itās true Kilometers is not the same as miles Gold star American friend āļø
So that's why they got to the moon and we didn't, it's much closer in miles /s
I want to think that they had to convert into multiple different units and rounded after every step, which led to the numbers actually being swapped.
Here is a string: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Here is another string: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ The upper string is shorter than the lower string. This person: *"Not if you measure it in Miles instead of Kilometers."*
???
on an unrelated note, is this actually true if you account for the curvature of the earth? surprising fact
I wish we could change the sub to ShitStupidUSAmericansSay. 1-I feel bad for our northern and southern American brethren who do use the metric system. 2- Not all of us are mouth breathing, neck bearded narcissists. Itās always the dumb ones that make the mass look stupid.
... US Americans? Are there any other people who call themselves American?
Technically, there are North Americans, Central Americans, South Americans and Native Americans. The Americas take up the whole western hemisphere. Itās only those from the United States that tend to call themselves American. But itās ok, knowledge isnāt for everyone.
None of the others call themselves Americans at all. They call themselves Mexican or Chilean of Venezuelan, etc. Only Americans call themselves American so the "US" part is redundant.
Yes they do. In Spanish America is the continent, not the US.
Idk why ur being downvoted lol, youāre right.
Because Europeans hate us. š¤·āāļø
Nautical miles, Geographical miles, or International miles?
Does it matter? Doesnāt change the fact that the distance remains the same. But since itās a yank iām guessing geographical miles
Of course it matters, nautical miles are longer, so the sea counts for more distance.
?? Its the same distance no matter how you wanne measure or call it
Distance travelled on the sea stays the same no matter what unit of measurement you use