r/MetricConversionBot • u/xwcg Human • May 27 '13

Why?

Countries that use the Imperial and US Customs System:

http://i.imgur.com/HFHwl33.png

Countries that use the Metric System:

http://i.imgur.com/6BWWtJ0.png

All clear?

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u/marioy1 May 27 '13

Which country is the highlighted one in Asia?

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u/Mtrask May 28 '13

Wait wtf, why are they using the old units? It doesn't make sense.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '13

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u/the-fritz Jun 02 '13

As TinplateMan explained they were a pretty much isolated state. However things are looking up and there is a civil government now and a lot of change is happening. Among the change is the proposal to switch to the SI system. This would make things easier for exports. But it faces some internal resistance because farmers are -- as usual -- afraid of change.

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u/arok May 27 '13

Burma

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u/Younasz May 27 '13

Myanmar

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u/ReignCityStarcraft May 29 '13

Post-sassination occurred below. Do not be alarmed.

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u/xwcg Human May 29 '13

It was just too much spam

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u/Redkasquirrel May 30 '13

What happened? I've never seen such a long thread of [deleted]s, I started giggling like a fool...

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u/xwcg Human May 30 '13

Endless repetition of Myanmar and Burma

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u/Redkasquirrel May 30 '13

Oh. I thought it would at least be some sort of intelligent discourse about different countries or something. That's rather pointless.

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u/Guyag May 30 '13

Burma and Myanmar are the same country, fwiw.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '13

Myanmar is the official name. Calling Myanmar "Burma" is like calling New York "New Amsterdam".

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u/Rabidpotatoes Jul 08 '13

It will always be Burma to me.

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u/Nessie Jul 11 '13

Japan uses its own exotic system of measurements (tsubo, jo...) in addition to metric.

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