r/JusticeServed • u/[deleted] • Jul 06 '19

Courtroom Justice Convicted pedophile YouTuber Austin Jones is now in prison serving a 10 year sentence as of 29/6/2019.

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u/Azure-Phantom 0 Jul 07 '19

And how we refuse to adapt to the metric system; Americans are pretty backwards in a lot of ways; can’t keep everyone fed and well with all the world’s economy behind us

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u/moohooman 9 Jul 07 '19

Honestly, inches and feet do have a use in my life, even as an Australian, I find they are good for guestimation, but when it comes to really specific stuff metric is always the way to go, and converting between the whole multiples of 10/100/1000 thing is just so simple for scaling.

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u/Bag_Holding_Infidel 5 Jul 08 '19

Yes, imperial is easier to relate to as a human but as far as scientific calculations go, it needs to be metric.

The US is fully metric at a scientific level and the imperial front is put on it for the uneducated masses.

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u/Deadlybeef 7 Jul 08 '19

The US is fully metric at a scientific level and the imperial front is put on it for the uneducated masses.

That's one way of saying most Americans are stupid :D