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What's up with the imperial system?

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 15:30
by Lerato
Ok so I was going through some character bios as I was planning on making one of my own. I noticed that every bio that I looked at specified weight and height in imperial units.

What's up with that? I thought we were fighting against the empire :lol:

Re: What's up with the imperial system?

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 15:47
by Nekxyu
I see all different kinds of measurements being used, from lbs to pounds to kilos centimeters to feet/inches, so this strikes me as an odd observation.

Besides,

*sniffs haughtily*

the meter/kilo system is superior in every way.

Re: What's up with the imperial system?

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 16:11
by Lerato
Ah good. I just wanted to make sure an imperial agent wouldn't pay me a visit if I used the metric system. :D

Re: What's up with the imperial system?

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 19:01
by Halvy
Pounds and Feet all the way! :P I'm a "Stubborn" American that refuses to change to metric!

Re: What's up with the imperial system?

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 19:21
by Lerato
Wait what? I thought tkm was going to play on eu servers o.O

Re: What's up with the imperial system?

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 21:14
by Lisszia
Yes we will, poor Halvy is the minority in the Minority.

Re: What's up with the imperial system?

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 22:04
by Kaetha
You'll notice I use inches. I am a true rebel.

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Re: What's up with the imperial system?

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 23:46
by Cheesey
Technically a European here too but im a mm,inches,feet,metre,miles,pounds,stones abomination. Was brought up in the era of change over here in UK then we didn't go full decimal and ended up all confuddled lol.

And Americans don't count cause they make it up as they go :P ie 1 gallon=4.54 litres but in USA its 1 gallon=4 *liters* (how you get a gallon from a cat tray component I don't know ) They even changed paper sizes just to be awkward :P

Re: What's up with the imperial system?

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 13:47
by Tym
Cheesey wrote:Technically ...
Well thats US for ya. Most of them still think that 1EUR=1USD be happy that they dont make pounds into the equation. ((o:

Re: What's up with the imperial system?

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:16
by Zenosis
HUm good question :P

well I am British and I use Stones/lbs/feet/inches when describing someones weight/height but other things I use Metres or Kilo's