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Imperial measurements
"Biscuits" with gravy

In defense of my American brethren you British have the most fucked up mishmash system of measurement anywhere in the world. Little but of metric, little bit of Imperial and my favourite, the stone.
Hey Benedict, we need to figure out how heavy this bag of scones is. I know Edward, let's use this random rock!
It makes perfect sense in relation to literally nothig else.

Edit: I'm sure someone will explain the perfectly logical method used to arrive at this system but it's still stupid and as they say, you shouldn't cast stones...

 

[t-ramp]

This is sort of relevant.

Most of these are just stupid, but "globbernaughts" is a lovely word.

Americans don't have two separate taps for hot and cold.

Seems like common sense.

 

[Willy Wanka]

microwave uses less energy and is quicker

I can't comment on the speed but I find this really hard to believe unless you are boiling a full kettle every time you use it.

 

[Kusagari]

I boil water on the stove in a pan.

Who the hell even owns a kettle?

 

[Shaneus]

And in comes the Australian, proclaiming that you're all fucking crazy for still using the imperial system.

I'll show my own way out.

 

[illmatic22]

Weird thing is, a lot of you across the pond love clapping.

I watched SOCCER once, English Premier league I think, and they clapped every single time the ball was passed. They even clapped when they kicked the ball way over the goal.

What happens when someone runs the entire length of the field, does the crowd roar in appreciation?

 

[OldAsUrSock]

Us Americans are perfectly normal it's everyone else that's the weirdos

That is true since over 300m of us and way less of them.

 

[H2Yo]

Boiling water in the microwave

Y'Wha?

It baffles me why all people don't use though metric system though.
It makes everything uniform and neat, and easy to work out in a pinch.

The same goes for Celsius over Fahrenheit.

0C degrees = Freezing
32F degrees = Freezing
100C degrees = Boiling
212F degrees = Boiling

So simple.

 

[alr1ght]

And in comes the Australian, proclaiming that you're all fucking crazy for still using the imperial system.

we know

 

[WanderingWind]

Americans use toilet paper instead of a rag on a stick.
Americans watch sports where there is a victor on a regular basis.
American have to shoot X amount of people a day, where X is the amount of burgers they've eaten that week.
Americans walk on "feet" which are often covered in "shoes."
Americans believe every person has the right to be killed at random.

We're just different, us and them.

 

[Lissar]

The Japanese don't clap or cheer for anything (that I know of). Silence is how they show respect.

Plenty of clapping and cheering at concerts.

Oh god the cheering. Screechy voices. My ears.

 

[Half and half]

Driving big ass trucks w/o hauling stuff in them.

 

[Stinkles]

Does America not have electric kettles?

Usually not. We do however have the ludicrous toaster oven.

 

[thecouncil]

I have a kettle.

I don't own a microwave.

I have separate taps for hot and cold.

Im an American living in Philly.

Guys,... I'm scared.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

WHY NOT USE THE KETTLE?!

If humanity was content to boil its water in kettles, we would still be living in caves. This is progress. This is mankind's destiny.

This is sort of relevant.

Always relevant.

 

[OldAsUrSock]

Driving big ass trucks w/o hauling stuff in them.

You never know when you will need it. So it is better to have it just in case.

 

[Switch Back 9]

Try living in a part of the world where it snows like fuck 6+ months of the year.

Edit: in relation to the truck comment.

 

[demon]

Alooominum

You mean the original name that America stuck with- aluminum?

The worst of the worst- Brits inventing a ridiculous language with no consistency in spelling and pronunciation, bastardizing it over the centuries to the point of being unrecognizable and then complaining that Americans are butchering it by leaving out superfluous U's.

 

[bomma_man]

Imperial measurement (although the poms aren't much better)
month/day/year
hollering and whooping (more cultural clash than anything)
guns

From my experience talking to an American is always slightly harder than talking to someone from the other big anglophone countries, the cultural cringe factor is a lot higher (not saying they aren't nice, just different).

 

[Darknight]

Europeans like their women(partner) with herpes. Who would have thought.

 

[Jimothy]

The fuck. I have never heard of people boiling water in the microwave and I'm American.

 

[KillGore]

Does America not have electric kettles?

Tea isn't a big thing in the US, not sure why people would have kettles if they barely drink tea. Hot chocolate? just use the microwave, it's not like you drink hot chocolate every day.

I have a kettle.

I don't own a microwave.

I have separate taps for hot and cold.

Im an American living in Philly.

Guys,... I'm scared.

There are still houses without microwave? That's like saying your kitchen doesn't have a refrigerator

 

[Feep]

Why would I use a kettle? Raising plain water's temperature is not some kind of special chemical reaction where the "type of heat" matters. The goal is to pour as much thermal energy into the water as quickly as possible, and the microwave is a hell of a lot faster than a standard stove or electric kettle.

Put water-containing vessel into microwave -> press button -> hot water. Anyone wasting time doing it another way is weird.

 

[alfredofroylan]

"Torchs", well at least in the UK

 

[Switch Back 9]

Europeans like their women(partner) with herpes. Who would have thought.

What the hell went down in that thread...

 

[Mik2121]

The Japanese don't clap or cheer for anything (that I know of). Silence is how they show respect.

I went to a concert a few weeks ago and there was plenty of clapping (it was an orchestra concert, not a band or something, so no cheering here).

There's quite a lot of clapping for many things, just not stuff like clapping after watching a movie :S

 

[PBalfredo]

Serious question:

If British people call this:

biscuits

Then what do they call this?

 

[Dice]

If you need to heat enough water for a few people, an electric kettle is definitely faster than a microwave.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

Serious question:

If British people call this:

biscuits

Then what do they call this?

A sconeywoney

 

[Zeliard]

Heating water in a microwave, sure. Boiling it? When you cook spaghetti, do you boil the water in the microwave first?

 

[OrangeGrayBlue]

In defense of my American brethren you British have the most fucked up mishmash system of measurement anywhere in the world. Little but of metric, little bit of Imperial and my favourite, the stone.
Hey Benedict, we need to figure out how heavy this bag of scones is. I know Edward, let's use this random rock!
It makes perfect sense in relation to literally nothig else.

Edit: I'm sure someone will explain the perfectly logical method used to arrive at this system but it's still stupid and as they say, you shouldn't cast stones...

To be fair, we measure things by "feet" and never consider that to be as arbitrary as "stones".

 

[Wellscha]

UK love eating dicks.

 

[bomma_man]

Serious question:

If British people call this:

biscuits

Then what do they call this?

Looks like a scone

 

[Willy Wanka]

They say shopping 'cart' instead of trolley. How uncouth.

 

[Jakten]

We don't clap on theaters either in Spain (where I'm from) nor Japan (where I live). Clapping in the theater just seems... meaningless. If it's at the end of the movie, that is. I assume nobody ever claps mid-movie, of course.

Clapping at the end of the movie would only make sense if the actors or directors or other staff is also attending and it's some sort of event or something.

They do this in Canada though I've noticed its only after nerdy movies such as Spiderman or LOTR. I assume its not so much to show appreciation for the movie as much as it is to show the other nerds that you enjoyed the movie more.

Also I've always been amazed by how many people tell me they wear their shoes indoors in the States. Felt weird meeting some Japanese friends in California and have them assume I'm a scrub because everyone wants to walk in their house with shoes on.

 

[Dice]

Heating water in a microwave, sure. Boiling it? When you cook spaghetti, do you boil the water in the microwave first?

You leave pasta in water that has only been brought to boil then removed from heat?

Looks like a scone

Absolutely nothing like a scone.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

Heating water in a microwave, sure. Boiling it? When you cook spaghetti, do you boil the water in the microwave first?

Uhhh no. When boiling spaghetti you need to be able to take it off as soon as its al dente, which you cannot ascertain from outside a microwave

 

[Switch Back 9]

To be fair, we measure things by "feet" and never consider that to be as arbitrary as "stones".

Shhhh I'm trying to help here. Us North Americans gotta stick together !(sometimes)

 

[suzu]

What, people boil their water in the microwave?

I have a kettle, but then again we drink tea a lot (asian american).

 

[AppleMIX]

I've only boiled water in the microwave once when our stove was on the fritz.

 

[Zeliard]

Uhhh no. When boiling spaghetti you need to be able to take it off as soon as its al dente, which you cannot ascertain from outside a microwave

I'm just trying to wrap my head around people boiling water in a microwave. This is literally the first time I've ever heard of it and I'm American.

 

[DrSlek]

You mean the original name that America stuck with- aluminum?

The worst of the worst- Brits inventing a ridiculous language with no consistency in spelling and pronunciation, bastardizing it over the centuries to the point of being unrecognizable and then complaining that Americans are butchering it by leaving out superfluous U's.

Do you say potassium or potassum? Calcium or calcum? Titanium or titanum? Uranium or Uranum?

...I could go on until I've exhausted the periodic table.

 

[lenovox1]

Usually not. We do however have the ludicrous toaster oven.

Toaster ovens make complete sense if you have done kind of small Japanese-style kitchen or you live in a dorm, but otherwise...

I think we Americans like having a lot of stuff in our kitchens.

 

[demon]

I'm just trying to wrap my head around people boiling water in a microwave. This is literally the first time I've ever heard of it and I'm American.

Same here.

 

[rudieboy77]

Tea isn't a big thing in the US, not sure why people would have kettles if they barely drink tea. Hot chocolate? just use the microwave, it's not like you drink hot chocolate every day.



There are still houses without microwave? That's like saying your kitchen doesn't have a refrigerator

In the South almost everyone has sweet tea.

 

[Steamlord]

Serious question:

If British people call this:

biscuits

Then what do they call this?

flaky dough-puffs

 

[demon]

Do you say potassium or potassum? Calcium or calcum? Titanium or titanum? Uranium or Uranum?

...I could go on until I've exhausted the periodic table.

Please do.

 

[Zeliard]

Same here.

Can't they see how bizarre they make us appear to the rest of the world?!?

 

[Rhomega Beta]

They say shopping 'cart' instead of trolley. How uncouth.

And you people and your "aeroplanes".

Do you say potassium or potassum? Calcium or calcum? Titanium or titanum? Uranium or Uranum?

...I could go on until I've exhausted the periodic table.

I think aluminum is the only element that doesn't have "-ium".

 

[KillGore]

They do this in Canada though I've noticed its only after nerdy movies such as Spiderman or LOTR. I assume its not so much to show appreciation for the movie as much as it is to show the other nerds that you enjoyed the movie more.

Also I've always been amazed by how many people tell me they wear their shoes indoors in the States. Felt weird meeting some Japanese friends in California and have them assume I'm a scrub because everyone wants to walk in their house with shoes on.

You Canadians and your nudism. You all must be desperate to get your shoes off because your country is freezing 11 months in the year and have to wear lots of clothing outside.

Spoiler

I love Canada