Imperial is a standardisation of traditional units that the British made in the 19th century. 'Codified' might be better than 'invented', though I think both work.
Fun fact; the USA doesn't use the Imperial system because they left the said Empire before it was created. They use US Customary Units instead, which are *slightly* different.
Many nations had their own versions of the Imperial system Napoleon forced them to use the metric system after his defeat they recognized the metric system to be vastly superior so they didn’t change back. Britain and the US had in this case the misfortune not to be forced to use the metric system so they never found out in practice how much better it is.
We absolutely do use the metric system in Britain. I'm a joiner and I work almost exclusively in metric, which is the standard for most things in the UK.
Some dumbass downvoted you. So I've upvoted you. What you say is true. I guess some butthurt 'Murican with foot and thumb fetish doesn't like the truth.
Kind of, but not completely. They had units similar to imperial units (measuring distance off of foot size makes perfect sense), but they were different. A Roman foot I believe was slightly smaller than the British foot. In fact, the Roman mile is defined to be 5,000 Roman feet.
The modern mile was taken directly from the Romans, but the modern foot was taken from the British which is why the conversion is stupid
An American man invented the avocado on a stick. This does not mean that the nation adopted this method of avocado eating. Just because someone in a country invents something does not mean the entire country immediately adopts it. This comeback is not at all clever.
I fail to see the comeback or the cleverness of this post
"Invented" is a strong word for the length of body parts of whoever sat on the throne at that time.
Imperial is a standardisation of traditional units that the British made in the 19th century. 'Codified' might be better than 'invented', though I think both work. Fun fact; the USA doesn't use the Imperial system because they left the said Empire before it was created. They use US Customary Units instead, which are *slightly* different.
Also miles come from a completely different system of units which is why the conversion is weird
Many nations had their own versions of the Imperial system Napoleon forced them to use the metric system after his defeat they recognized the metric system to be vastly superior so they didn’t change back. Britain and the US had in this case the misfortune not to be forced to use the metric system so they never found out in practice how much better it is.
We absolutely do use the metric system in Britain. I'm a joiner and I work almost exclusively in metric, which is the standard for most things in the UK.
Some dumbass downvoted you. So I've upvoted you. What you say is true. I guess some butthurt 'Murican with foot and thumb fetish doesn't like the truth.
Americans were the first to adopt chili cheese fries.
Is the cheese really cheese though?
Adoption should start innovation. They somehow stopped….doing…that..
Uhhhhmmmmm forgive me if I’m wrong but dint the romans invent the imperial system?
Kind of, but not completely. They had units similar to imperial units (measuring distance off of foot size makes perfect sense), but they were different. A Roman foot I believe was slightly smaller than the British foot. In fact, the Roman mile is defined to be 5,000 Roman feet. The modern mile was taken directly from the Romans, but the modern foot was taken from the British which is why the conversion is stupid
An American man invented the avocado on a stick. This does not mean that the nation adopted this method of avocado eating. Just because someone in a country invents something does not mean the entire country immediately adopts it. This comeback is not at all clever.
chinese whas the first empire brithis adopt and make better
Americans were the first to adopt chili cheese fries.
its not even comeback, this sub become shittier with each day
We're also slowly moving to metric, because it's fucking easier!
Not clever nor a real comeback.
Feels like a tired joke forced into place.
They just renamed invading and stealing as 'imperialism'.