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If you’ve ever found yourself somewhat confused by the logic of the imperial system — you know, pounds, ounces, all that good stuff — you’re not alone.
Because unlike the more modern metric system, which is fairly logical when it comes to the way different measures and weights are broken down, the imperial system just seems a bit… messier.
Anyone who’s ever found themselves struggling to follow a recipe that contains the phrase “cup”, will understand.
Anyway, here to perfectly encapsulate your confusion is this Scottish video games programmer, who on Monday evening went on an epic 45-tweet rant about the issue.
Here’s the entire thread, in all its rage-fuelled glory:
JUST LEARNED THERE ARE 16 OUNCES IN A POUND AND I AM FUCKING LIVID
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
i have had no reason to actually look into imperial measurements until now and frankly i immediately regret it finding this out
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
it makes some sense though because a pound is defined as being 7000 grains so that makes each ounce a nice round…
437.5 grains
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
and then, oh my word, oh my fucking actual god
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
you’ll never get it, it would be fucking impossible to guess this
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
THERE ARE FOURTEEN POUNDS IN A STONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
THAT’S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FUCKING NUMBER! FYI!!!!
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
THERE’S LITERALLY NO WAY TO KNOW HOW MANY OUNCES ARE IN A STONE!! NO-ONE CAN KNOW THIS
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
“but innes you can just multiply up the fourteen by sixteen and you’ll g-“
NO
MATHS HAS CLEARLY ABANDONED US. NUMBERS MEAN NOTHING AT THIS POINT
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF ANTIQUATED JOKE SYSTEM ARE PEOPLE WORKING WITH
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
my mum: wow count yourself lucky you only need to learn your 10 times tables, when i was a kid we had to go up to 12
me, a child: oh, for weights and stuff?
mum, a liar: sure
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
TURNS OUT NO-ONE ON THE PLANET IS TRAINED TO WORK WITH THESE FUCKED UP NUMBERS. THEY JUST MAKE STUFF UP. NO-ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH A POUND IS BECAUSE IF THEY’D EVER USED THIS BULLSHIT SYSTEM THERE WOULD BE RIOTS
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
HOW DO YOU ALL OWN THE SAME SIZE OF CUP
WHO HAS A MONOPOLY ON THE ONE GOOD CUP SIZE
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
PRESUMABLY THIS IS JUST STRAIGHT UP BULLSHIT TOO TO COVER FOR THE FACT THAT NO-ONE KNOWS HOW MANY ANY QUANTITY OF ANYTHING IS
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
me: so, the recipe calls for 2 lbs 3 oz of flour, you got that?
you: uhhhh, sure. yeah. that’s like… 3 cups, probably. this is a great system.
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
PRESUMABLY. I ASSUME THAT’S THE ORDER WE’RE GOING IN
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
though judging from american dates IT IS KINDA HARD TO TELL
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
so what’s heavier, a ton of feathers or a ton of gold?
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
IT’S THE TON OF GOLD BECAUSE UNDER IMPERIAL MEASUREMENTS THESE ARE COMPLETELY FUCKING DIFFERENT SCALES
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
SEE ALSO: WOOL, COINS, MYSTERY ENGLISH ILLEGAL POUND, MISCELLANEOUS
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
THE ONE JOKE WHICH MAKES IT CLEAR THAT MASS IS A UNIVERSAL METHOD OF COMPARISON REGARDLESS OF MATERIAL HAS NO BEARING ON THE FUCKED UP BIZARRO WORLD OF YESTERDAY THAT IS THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
I’VE GONE MY WHOLE FUCKING LIFE BELIEVING THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM WAS DIFFERENT, SURE, BUT I THOUGHT IT HAD AT LEAST SOME GROUNDING IN REALITY
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
I CANT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU’VE DONE THIS TO ME
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
Have you ever wondered how many pounds are in a hundredweight?
That’s an actual name of an actual measure.
Go on, guess.— Pete🏳️🌈🇪🇺🌱 (@muddyfox50) November 26, 2018
THIS IS WHY IM NOT TAKING ANY OF YOUR SHIT WHEN YOU TRY AND TELL ME FAHRENHEIT IS A MORE LOGICAL SYSTEM
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
i cant take this right now im going for a fucking walk
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
everyone is just saying terrible number conversions at me i hate this
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 26, 2018
trying to get to sleep but all i can hear is your voices chanting “pints a pound the world around” over and over in my brain
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 27, 2018
i still don’t entirely know what it means but I am 100% fucking sure it’s not even true
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 27, 2018
Mic. Dropped.
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Todo Yin tiene su Yang: la Fuerza de los Jedi su reverso tenebroso, cada héroe su archienemigo, la materia su correspondiente antimateria, La SextaTV tiene 13TV y las integrales, sus derivadas. En este contexto es normal que más allá del simplón balance entre ingreso y gasto de energía, se haya planteado la existencia de las anticalorías o calorías negativas. Una especie de agujero negro que presente en algunos alimentos, que contrarrestaría el efecto de las calorías positivas presentes en otros alimentos. Las puñeteras: las que mantienen acojonada a la mitad de la población de esta galaxia (o incluso a más).
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NASA’s InSight spacecraft landed on Mars on Monday, and there’s no better place to relive the nail-biting moment than from inside mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The space agency posted a 360-degree video of the process, including the electrifying moment signals returned from the InSight craft as it landed on Mars.
Around the 50-minute mark, things start getting real quiet, as the parachute deploys, the radar powers up and locates Mars’ surface, and finally, around 55 minutes, it’s time for touchdown.
Now sitting happily on the surface, the spacecraft has already beamed home photos from Mars — here’s the first one. Read more…
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Last night’s 10 minutes of terror as the InSight Mars Lander descended to the Martian surface at 12,300 MPH were a nail-biter for sure, but now the robotic science platform is safe and sound — and has sent pics back to prove it.
The first thing it sent was a couple pictures of its surroundings: Elysium Planitia, a rather boring-looking, featureless plane that is nevertheless perfect for InSight’s drilling and seismic activity work.
The images, taken with its Instrument Context Camera, are hardly exciting on their own merits — a dirty landscape viewed through a dusty tube. But when you consider that it’s of an unexplored territory on a distant planet, and that it’s Martian dust and rubble occluding the lens, it suddenly seems pretty amazing!
Decelerating from interplanetary velocity and making a perfect landing was definitely the hard part, but it was by no means InSight’s last challenge. After touching down, it still needs to set itself up and make sure that none of its many components and instruments were damaged during the long flight and short descent to Mars.
And the first good news arrived shortly after landing, relayed via NASA’s Odyssey spacecraft in orbit: a partial selfie showing that it was intact and ready to roll. The image shows, among other things, the large mobile arm folded up on top of the lander, and a big copper dome covering some other components.
Telemetry data sent around the same time show that InSight has also successfully deployed its solar panels and its collecting power with which to continue operating. These fragile fans are crucial to the lander, of course, and it’s a great relief to hear they’re working properly.
These are just the first of many images the lander will send, though unlike Curiosity and the other rovers, it won’t be traveling around taking snapshots of everything it sees. Its data will be collected from deep inside the planet, offering us insight into the planet’s — and our solar system’s — origins.
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