Why the US Will Never Go Metric
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I believe it was this post: http://mangolassi.it/topic/1753/you-can-t-trust-your-memory/2
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There we go: found it! Go to 1:33. It's number 5.
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Ah I still worry about it. I think a decent memory is important - helps us with pattern recognition amongst a hoard of other stuff (which I've forgotten)
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That also shows how shitty most public school teachers are, and why we will always be behind the rest of the world.
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@RojoLoco said:
That also shows how shitty most public school teachers are, and why we will always be behind the rest of the world.
My private school teacher didn't know at what time one day turned into another, which meant she could never figure out AM or PM either. Literally, me teacher couldn't tell time or figure out the date for 1/24th of every day.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@RojoLoco said:
That also shows how shitty most public school teachers are, and why we will always be behind the rest of the world.
My private school teacher didn't know at what time one day turned into another, which meant she could never figure out AM or PM either. Literally, me teacher couldn't tell time or figure out the date for 1/24th of every day.
Was your private school teacher, Jewish? In Judaism, the day ends at sunset and the new day begins.
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@jevans said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@RojoLoco said:
That also shows how shitty most public school teachers are, and why we will always be behind the rest of the world.
My private school teacher didn't know at what time one day turned into another, which meant she could never figure out AM or PM either. Literally, me teacher couldn't tell time or figure out the date for 1/24th of every day.
Was your private school teacher, Jewish? In Judaism, the day ends at sunset and the new day begins.
No, she just didn't know how clocks worked.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@jevans said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@RojoLoco said:
That also shows how shitty most public school teachers are, and why we will always be behind the rest of the world.
My private school teacher didn't know at what time one day turned into another, which meant she could never figure out AM or PM either. Literally, me teacher couldn't tell time or figure out the date for 1/24th of every day.
Was your private school teacher, Jewish? In Judaism, the day ends at sunset and the new day begins.
No, she just didn't know how clocks worked.
wow
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@jevans no kidding. I was a little kid and knew she was a moron.
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lol @scottalanmiller
Some people will continue to argue the point even when they discover that they are wrong mid-argument. Ass-hats. -
@nadnerB said:
lol @scottalanmiller
Some people will continue to argue the point even when they discover that they are wrong mid-argument. Ass-hats.I'm not sure she ever figured out she was wrong. Once you can't read a clock, you really just need to be kept in a padded room somewhere.
