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[1ac]

Feel bad for all the animals that primarily stay outside. Can't even leave my own pets outside for long.

Indoor pets only. Allergies unfortunately.

 

[MattShizzle]

Good morning and happy Caturday. It's also 4th of July - which isn't particularly meaningful to anyone outside the US.

 

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Honestly I wasn't the biggest fan of the story in the first one, but I loved the animation, mind you I watched it before playing the game or knowing anything about cyberpunk tbh.

I am excited for the new season though, and going into it with some understanding of the lore of the cyberpunk series. Plus the new character designs look pretty sick, my favourite probably being Weak.

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Happy Freedom Day!

What the fuck is a kilometer!

a kilometre is 0.6 miles & if the 2 last countries on earth would start teaching their citizens metric everyone would know that
the usa needs to stop using old math & start using it because its easier, no one likes dividing 3/8th by 13/16th

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Good morning and happy Caturday. It's also 4th of July - which isn't particularly meaningful to anyone outside the US.

correct, except we like the American people, the American governments...... not so much !!

Happy (you got rid of the British governmental system day) America

 

[MattShizzle]

a kilometre is 0.6 miles & if the 2 last countries on earth would start teaching their citizens metric everyone would know that
the usa needs to stop using old math & start using it because its easier, no one likes dividing 3/8th by 13/16th

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We don't like it because we can't picture it without converting - which the conversion is often not easy to do in one's head (or remember how it's done.) I can imagine how a temperature feels hearing it in F, not in C. Same with length in US vs metric units, weight, etc. Liquid volume a bit different as wine/liquor (not beer) is sold in metric as are large soda bottles (2 and 3 Liter) - smaller are in US units. Medication is also in milligrams.

 

[SiimonBaz]

a kilometre is 0.6 miles & if the 2 last countries on earth would start teaching their citizens metric everyone would know that
the usa needs to stop using old math & start using it because its easier, no one likes dividing 3/8th by 13/16th

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correct, except we like the American people, the American governments...... not so much !!

Happy (you got rid of the British governmental system day) America

Honestly, the average american doesn't have the ability to switch to the metric system... it requires ability to adapt and set aside idiosyncrasies...
Does it make sense to standardize units of measurement with the rest of the world? Yes, that's why it's taught at the college level.
But the average person won't accept it because it requires admitting that the U.S. is wrong and the rest of the world is right and there no democracy in this century would tolerate such an unpopular measure

 

[cowerack]

We don't like it because we can't picture it without converting - which the conversion is often not easy to do in one's head (or remember how it's done.) I can imagine how a temperature feels hearing it in F, not in C. Same with length in US vs metric units, weight, etc. Liquid volume a bit different as wine/liquor (not beer) is sold in metric as are large soda bottles (2 and 3 Liter) - smaller are in US units. Medication is also in milligrams.

Since freedom units are so ingrained in people's daily lives I don't think America will ever switch to the metric system, which is fair enough. I don't think I could imagine myself switching to imperial either.

 

[GettinOlder]

Good Morning, Fellow Conscripts and HAPPY 250th to EVERYONE!!!!!!!

 

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Honestly, the average american doesn't have the ability to switch to the metric system... it requires ability to adapt and set aside idiosyncrasies...
Does it make sense to standardize units of measurement with the rest of the world? Yes, that's why it's taught at the college level.
But the average person won't accept it because it requires admitting that the U.S. is wrong and the rest of the world is right and there no democracy in this century would tolerate such an unpopular measure

i live in a country that metric is standard, since the 1970's i believe, i worked in the construction biz all my life, the only metric I've used is when building on or to the property line or when setting the concrete footings for a home or building as to be 100% precise.
every interior job is imperial measurements & the dozens of measuring tapes i own are all imperial. (except the 100 meter reel used for outdoor work which has millimetres on it too)

so I'm versed in both, i also do scientific things as hobbies & metric is the only way to go when doing scientific calculations.
there is no way to measure a micron (μm) in imperial measurements. which is one-millionth of a meter (10⁻⁶ m).

 

[MattShizzle]

They were going to do it in the 70s in the US but there was too much backlash - politicians who wanted it voted out, protests, signs that were put up with metric units SHOT...

 

[archermihail]

Is there a chat feature on this site? like chatting with other users over dm?

 

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They were going to do it in the 70s in the US but there was too much backlash - politicians who wanted it voted out, protests, signs that were put up with metric units SHOT...

oh man, this is the same country that removed the silent "E" in many words & last names because it was easier to spell LOL
and removed the "U" from all British spelling to distance themselves from the monarchy.

see, no "u" in flavour

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Is there a chat feature on this site? like chatting with other users over dm?

the DM feature is earned & the site also uses software to keep spammers / rule breakers out

just found this, if you were a member before, you already know the answer to your question
get to or purchase M+ & you can DM & change your sigline + more

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Spoiler

Hey, genuinely don't know where to ask this but- how does the content in Games + being behind a membership barrier prevent constant takedowns that happen on other sites? And even then, it seems very arbitrary when sites remove games for breaking their 'rules' even though the loli/shota categories still exist in many, and also have similar, if not the same features of gameplay that get others removed.

this is a public thread seen by anyone, even people that do not have an account & web crawler bots that index the data
this may not be the place to ask this & IMHO is better off removed from this thread because one can never be too paranoid in today's world

 

[ForgeMaster]

the DM feature is earned & the site also uses software to keep spammers / rule breakers out

just found this, if you were a member before, you already know the answer to your question
get to or purchase M+ & you can DM & change your sigline + more

Just to correct you here: you don't need the M+ to use dms, I got the M+ today and yesterday I had already exchanged dms with another user. Unless it's a bug.

 

[highlrecommend]

Just to correct you here: you don't need the M+ to use dms, I got the M+ today and yesterday I had already exchanged dms with another user. Unless it's a bug.

oh, thx.
i thought features came after M+

 

[MattShizzle]

That looks weird having all those extraneous Us in British spelling words. And somehow sneaking an O into diarrhea.