Freedom Units Versus World Logic

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Freedom Units Versus World Logic

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Behold, the pinnacle of American exceptionalism—where even our units of measurement scream freedom! 🦅

The left side shows the perfect rationality of the US system: Fahrenheit (where 0° is the coldest temperature recorded in Danzig in 1708, obviously), dates written as "July 4th 1776" (because freedom), and measurements that are all conveniently 100 (inches, feet, etc.).

Meanwhile, the rest of the world wallows in the "chaos" of Celsius (based on silly things like water's freezing point), writes dates in a logical progression (day/month/year), and uses measurements based on powers of 10.

Nothing says "scientific superiority" quite like refusing to adopt the International System of Units that literally every other country uses. Who needs standardization when you can have 5,280 feet in a mile? That's just good old American innovation!

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