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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust how STUPID is Tucker Carlson?
This goddamn stupid.
Tucker Carlson: "Almost every nation on Earth has fallen under the yoke of tyranny -- the metric system"
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2019/06/05/tucker-carlson-almost-every-nation-earth-has-fallen-under-yoke-tyranny-metric-system/223874
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(21,744 posts)LakeArenal
(28,819 posts)Hekate
(90,714 posts)applegrove
(118,677 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Are Arabic numbers a tool of the Islamic terrorists?
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montanabuddha tazman an hour ago
The days of the week are named after pagan gods....
When will we be freed of this loathsome burden
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nola878 montanabuddha an hour ago
Don't even get me started on the months...too many named after pagan gods!
irst they came for Fahrenheit, and I did not speak out...
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Worrier King Thomas an hour ago
Have you ever read "Kelvin 505.93"?
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PMickD Thomas an hour ago
I will have to contemplate that as I sip from my two liters of Coca-Cola with 35 grams of sugar per serving.
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Randy Ringen 2 hours ago
Does Tucker realize that our military uses the metric system almost exclusively now?
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Chris Randy Ringen 2 hours ago
And the next time Turkey goes to the physician, I want him to INSIST that his medication be measured out in OUNCES, not ccs or mgs.
sop
(10,192 posts)The survey, conducted by Civic Science, an American market research company, was done to "tease out the prejudice among those who didn't understand the question...It asked 3,624 respondents whether schools should include Arabic numerals as part of the curriculum, but did not explain what the numbers were...The survey found that 56 percent of Americans think Arabic numerals should be banned from schools."
pangaia
(24,324 posts)I just got back from another trip to Japan, this time 7 days in Kyoto.
I beginning to think about moving there...
AT LEAST for the food..
pangaia
(24,324 posts)probably won;t know what a numeral is.
BTW, why ARE they called numerals and not numbers?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,010 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,662 posts)Bettie
(16,110 posts)but I must revise it to Monumentally Stupid.
rationalcalgarian
(295 posts)There are 195 countries in the world today.
Three of them do not use the metric system.
Liberia, Myanmar (Burma), and the United States.
Just so ya know.
RockRaven
(14,972 posts)The metric thing is just a distraction from his status as a moral abomination and disgrace of humanity.
RainCaster
(10,882 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)1 toadstool (ts for short, and I do mean SHORT) converts to 0.85 inches. Want to guess how many toadstools there are in a "belly?"
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)I always get so confused. Just don't drop a slug on your foot - you will know it.