complaints

It's hot outside and blahhh yup

Like you ever go outside!

It´s true! He told me he goes out to buy Mountain Dew.

I thought he got that shipped in by the caseload.

Such a meanie you are hun ^^

And you should look into buying one of these.

gaddammit every time!

every time i fall for that :(

He got me too, was really hoping for some next level Mountain Dew transportation device.

And nos, the outside weather affects the inside temperature you know! At least when you only have a 500 year old relic sitting in your window.

diet double dew ftw!

Come live in Australia for a few months, summer is coming up!

Our summer is already over :(

its been over for a month ... and also it only lasted one month :/

The summer in NZ is coming up, we'll all go out and get skin cancer for a couple of weeks then go back inside again when the southerlies come back.

<3 you Antarctica

The summer in NZ is coming up

Nz summers are lucky to get to 25 degrees. That's nothing!

That's nothing!

That's perfect*

indeed 77F is just right :)

Not this F ing thing again!

Hey I work a dual system!

Hotness makes sense in Fahrenheit & coldness makes sense in Centigrade.

For example

100 Fahrenheit boy oh boy it's hot. I could crack an egg & cook it on that car bonnet!

/flips on a fan or too

-1 Centigrade brrr chilly :( look even the water's freezing!

/snuggles under a blanket

What's the tipping point of that multiscale?

273 degrees Kelvin...

50F - 10C

283.15 K

but surely that makes no sense to anybody ;)

Around 10 degrees Celsius yeah?

Kelvin kicks Celsius and Fahrenheit's asses though.

0 F = damn it's cold outside!
100 F = damn it's hot outside!

0 C = pretty cold outside!
100 C = dead

0 Kelvin = dead
100 Kelvin = dead

but it doesn't really inform me on the required attire for the weather :P

"Within the unregulated sector, such as journalism, the use of Fahrenheit in the United Kingdom follows no fixed pattern with degrees Fahrenheit often appearing alongside degrees Celsius. When publishing news stories, much of the UK press adopted a convention of using Celsius in headlines relating to low temperatures and Fahrenheit for high temperatures. In February 2006, the writer of an article in The Times suggested that the rationale was one of emphasis: "−6 C sounds colder than 21 F and 94 F sounds more impressive than 34 C".

That's fucked up :)

That's easy, always wear a hoodie and douchebag baseball cap and have a a backpack full of random clothes for all the seasons on you at all times. Throw in some matches, lighter fluid and firewood while you're at it. This is how you survive a heat or winter-based apocalypse when you are a hipster.

I'm more worried about the fact that if it is so hot around the world, how will anyone ever get to play Destiny? Their machines will explode after only like, 7 hours of gameplay! WHO CAN LIVE ON SUCH MEAGER GAME TIME?

See it's not me being odd. I've been conditioned that way!

That is fucked up Jans. Why can't you be more like Canadians and only use the Celsius scale? I mean sure my mother and father still use the Fahrenheit system without really knowing the conversion factors but they were raised before SI measurements were used in Canada. Mind you Kelvin is the SI unit for temperature but at least we changed from inches and stones and shit to milligrams etc. like civilized people from the 1700s and onward.

Fun fact: Celsius is the temperature based on the properties of water and nothing else.

nothing wrong with inches & stones ...

Lol! Jans favorite topic :P

I'm dutch, Zal, metric ftw ;)

Only the yanks and jamaicans officially use fahrenheit. The first because they think they rule, and the second because they're probably too stoned to care otherwise.

And don't get me started on yards, inches, ounces and the rest of the mess that is the imperial 'system'..

It's not really the temperature in NZ that matters, it's that we are close to the thinnest part of the ozone layer. While in your North American and European summers you can sit around in the sun all day with your meager amounts of protection, in NZ we slap on 35+ spf sunblock just to get to our car.

Hyperbole notwithstanding, NZ has some of the highest rates of melanoma in the world, and during the ninetys the "ozone hole" actually covered NZ during some summers, the TV PSA's at the time were hilarious.

Also Imperial measurements are stupid, and you'd have to be stupid to use them. Not an insult to anyone, definitely an insult to their governments.

The metric system is stupid.

because..?

I'm surprised that Nos's response wasn't "Haha, did they fill up that ozone hole with your mom DNM? Because she's that fat."

I don't make fat mom jokes, unless it's my fat cock in your mom.

In any case, the metric system was designed by ignorant people for ignorant people, to simplify everything. We prefer to use the more English (read "American") way.

In other news: Although the United Kingdom uses the metric system for most official purposes, the use of the imperial system of measure, particularly among the public, is widespread, and is legally mandated in various cases.

So suck it!

When you say ignorant, do you mean the Alan version of the word?

No, there's a huge difference in ignorance and just plain stupidity, Alan being the latter.

I love how nos explains things

For ignorant people? You trolling? :) Metrics are simple, not simplistic.

Wanna do this? Ok lets do this. Let's get into how utterly retarded the imperial measurements are \o/

Quiztime, no googling! What is 1 ounce?

A) 1.727 cubic inch
B) 1.7337 cubic inch
C) 1.8045 cubic inch
D) 1.898 cubic inch

And the answer is.......

.............................

.............................

.............................

E! All of the above!

Why? Because there are FOUR kinds of ounces! Buahaha!

And then there are 2 kinds of pounds, 2 kinds of tons, 2 kinds of feet/inches, 3 kinds of miles and 3 kinds of pints, quarts and gallons... ... Whahahaha :D

8 pints in a gallon, 12 inch in a foot, 14 pounds in a stone, 16 ounce in a pound, 20 ounce in a pint... Buehehe ^_^

By comparison, the metric units of meter (1 kind), liter (1 kind) and gram (1 kind) are so universal and simple, they're kinda boring. A 7yo can work with them.

But actually prefering the mickey mouse imperial measurements, that's.. whats the word.. ah yes.

Don't feel silly if it's too tricky for you to understand hun ;)

The origin of the word buttload (hint: it's a measurement!)

The insanity that is measurement conversion that Jans only hinted at. Also using buttloads.

That's all I really have to say on the matter.

Don't feel silly if it's too tricky for you to understand hun ;)

This, Jans. Right here. :)

Ok, since imperial is apparently simple to use: how much is a mile plus 10 yards plus 2 feet minus one inch and a half?

Quiztime, no googling! What is 1 ounce?

The full quote broke, but...

What? Why is the question about weight but the answers are volumes?

Google is also easy to use....

(1 mile) + (10 yards) + (2 feet) - ((1 1/2) inch) = 1.00603693 miles

nuff said

Exactly, clearly the rest of the world is full of simple people. :)

That's rich, coming from a yank :p

What? Why is the question about weight but the answers are volumes?

That's the point :)

An ounce could be 2 kinds of unit of weight (avoirdupois and troy). Or 2 kinds of unit of volume (US and UK).
"An ounce of water" could be any of the 4 cubic inches mentioned.

And to complete the clusterfuck, an ounce can also be a unit of length and force!

*cries laughing*

You're pulling this information from multiple countries variations of stuff. Here in the U.S. the system works fine. I'm not saying I'm against metric, but your argument is just a little crazy.

Ounces are good.

You're pulling this information from multiple countries variations of stuff.

The US doesn't do business with other countries? It has to be considered 'normal' that there are different definitions of what is an ounce, a ton, a mile, etc?

But even within your own borders there are differences. The only ounce you're not using is obviously the UK-ounce. But the other 5 (!) are existing and in use in America today.

Although some have very specific purposes and aren't used in day to day life, such as the 'ounce' that's used to measure the thickness of leather. (lolwut)

What's heavier? An ounce of gold or an ounce of feathers?

An ounce of gold! - because that's measured in ounce-troy, which is 1.1 ounce-avoirdupois!

I'm not saying the imperial system is broken. Just that it's highly impractical. And funny to me :)

The imperial system is like your penis Jans, anything you aren't using is obviously going to be funny. :)

Anyway, we're not saying the metric system isn't easier to use, it's just that the imperial system has been around for ages and to us it's natural. Natural progression should see us moving to the metric system as our official system, but we're stubborn.

Ounces are good.

Not better than unces.

UNCE UNCE UNCE UNCE UNCE UNCE UNCE!

Napoleon made us use it. It was that or the guillotine. Nothing like a tyrannical oppression to change things around a bit. Maybe it's time the US was conquered :)

Go Canada ;)

Mexico is already on the job

Defending the Imperial system by saying the metric one is stupid because it's simpler to understand as your main argument is pretty mind boggling, especially coming from you Nos, I thought you were more intelligent than that.

Obviously I was wrong.

*drops mike*

*walks off*

*conversation is over*

*calls Pokecenter*

*orders burn heal times 100 for Nos*

We're America, we like the challenge of being the only country left in this world using a different system.

Maybe it's time the US was conquered :)

I'd like to see it happen with our military budget that's higher than the GDP of most countries. If it somehow does happen, I'd immediately quit and convert to whatever country takes over anyway due to our government failing horribly at the only thing it seems to really care about.

I'd like to see it happen with our military budget that's higher than the GDP of most countries

That is not something to boast about. It means your country is fuelled by war.

That is not something to boast about. It means your country is fuelled by war.

I wasn't boasting if you'd read that in context of the rest of my comment.