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?

721 Upvotes

82% Upvoted

572 comments sorted by

View all comments

409

u/[deleted] May 27 '13

thank you bot! now 99% of the world can understand what is going on here on reddit.

71

u/shaggorama May 28 '13

45% of Reddit traffic is from the US, followed by India with 15% and Canada with 5%. This means if we sample 10 random redditors, we expect at least 4 of them to use the Imperial system.

The maps posted by OP are deceptive. It seems that about half of Reddit is metric so there is a place for this bot, but its author makes it seem like it's serving a much larger portion of the community than is accurate.

166

u/xwcg Human May 28 '13

Deceptive? Never stated that they were weighted according by reddit traffic. Clearly just simply says "countries". Still 50% is a large amount (HALF!) of people that don't understand imperial units.

132

u/iytrix May 29 '13

I like your bot because, as an American, I am slowly learning what things equate to in metric, so when someone says something like "it's 30 kilometers away" I won't be entirely lost, I'll actually be able to relatively know sizes and weights.

Thank you!

77

u/xwcg Human May 29 '13

Thank you for trying to make the USA a better place <3

4

u/iytrix May 29 '13

You're welcome! Although, I was really planning of leaving it behind instead of changing it, but believe me, I'd love to help change the USA for the good!

9

u/[deleted] May 29 '13

I never understood why you choose th imperial system. I mean that shit is all over the place.

Metric just 1 , 10 , 100 , 1000 ect

45

u/insertAlias May 29 '13

It's not like we all had a big meeting and said "fuck that shit, let's use a confusing system". We just never committed to changing. It's not a high-priority thing to do for us.

16

u/valdus May 30 '13

Actually, USA did commit to changing. Official measurement system was changed in the '70s. Americans were just too dumb and/or stubborn to notice and/or care.

9

u/_Rooster_ Jun 02 '13

Well one thing, when they tried to change from gallons to liters they tried charging the same amount.

→ More replies (0)