The General Chit Chat Thread

[1000mAh]

As opposed to the metric system which has very easy-to-understand multiples of 10, and simple consistent prefixes to indicate them.

Well I think metric systems is very easy to understand soo, never even thought about the Imperial system, just thinking the word "foot"... wasn't one foot about ~36,5cm? and even one inch is something so crazy in metric systems that O_O soo, you understood the point, metric system makes life so much easier...

[BrownMasterV]

As opposed to the metric system which has very easy-to-understand multiples of 10, and simple consistent prefixes to indicate them.

Well I think metric systems is very easy to understand soo, never even thought about the Imperial system, just thinking the word "foot"... wasn't one foot about ~36,5cm? and even one inch is something so crazy in metric systems that O_O soo, you understood the point, metric system makes life so much easier...

I was trying make that point >_>

1 inch = 2.54 cm I think
So 1 foot = 30.48cm

[Enzedder]

Thats cause you are a witch and smart Kuran. Hence you can deal with them.

Lol. You jumping on the witch band wagon?

I just got the iron out. For about the fourth time in my life. I hate ironing

Just this once and lol. You are beating me. I have taken the iron out a total of 6 times in my life. -_-

[kurandoinu]

I've lived alone for 2 years as well, and my clothes tend not to be creased. Its only because I tumble dried my uniform and it was creased as fuck that I bothered.

Off to KFC I go for 4 hours. I hate useless shifts! Ah well, its an extra £20 I suppose.

[Soulreaper77]

UGH!
America really REALLY needs to start using the metric system.

I think one of NASA's satellites crashed because the scientists didn't calculate the imperial units correctly into metrical units.
The imperial system is seriously outdated, I mean who the hell still measures distances in terms of feet? :/

EDIT: Also yay for my first post in this thread :3

[Scudworth]

any kind of carpentry is done with imperial system and probably always will be.
Even worse than that it's not accurate.  Wood is measured before the cut so in reality a 2x4 is smaller than 2 inches by 4 inches.

[NaRu]

I had such a good time last night. The party I went to was great. I don't remember most of the night but I do know I had a good time

[Hiero]

UGH!
America really REALLY needs to start using the metric system.

why is that?

Because our current system is fucking RETARDED, but we're too damn stubborn to change.
Seriously, who the fuck comes up with such measurements?!
It's like these two potheads were just sitting around a fire and went.
"Dude...this should be a foot"
"Duude...that's a great idea. Wha...what about umm...incz-...uhh...inches?"
"DUDE. FUCKING TWELVE."
"YES."

As opposed to the metric system which has very easy-to-understand multiples of 10, and simple consistent prefixes to indicate them.

And we're here with medeival fucking ounces and cups and pints and quarts and yards and feet and inches...gahhh.
Pisses me off.

That's why we're Americans, we stand against all others. Actually the measurement's are from the Greeks and it's assumed that it was founded on the basis of...*gasp* a man's foot, or maybe the King's at the given time.

[JoonasTo]

Thats cause you are a witch and smart Kuran. Hence you can deal with them.

Lol. You jumping on the witch band wagon?

I just got the iron out. For about the fourth time in my life. I hate ironing

Watch out. She's going to iron you! 

[kurandoinu]

Thats cause you are a witch and smart Kuran. Hence you can deal with them.

Lol. You jumping on the witch band wagon?

I just got the iron out. For about the fourth time in my life. I hate ironing

Watch out. She's going to iron you! 

I wouldn't. I hate ironing.

I have a nice cut across my nose now and have had to tell Mat to keep an eye on me in case I'm concussed.

[JoonasTo]

Thats cause you are a witch and smart Kuran. Hence you can deal with them.

Lol. You jumping on the witch band wagon?

I just got the iron out. For about the fourth time in my life. I hate ironing

Watch out. She's going to iron you! 

I wouldn't. I hate ironing.

I have a nice cut across my nose now and have had to tell Mat to keep an eye on me in case I'm concussed.

So how did you maim yourself? Not with the iron? 

PS. There is no witch bandwagon. I won't allow anyone to burn a witch as nice as you!

[kurandoinu]

A flap on the cabinet at work came down and smacked me in the face. It hurt. A lot.

And yay! I'd rather not be burnt!

[Klocknov]

Remember when someone calls you a witch just to smile and say may the blessing carry over to you also

I hate heat, though at the moment thank god it isn't bothering me... I may need to go to the hospital though If I don't start feeling it by the end of this upcoming week since if I still can't something else is wrong then my normal migraine drop-off time...

[Proin Drakenzol]

Thats cause you are a witch and smart Kuran. Hence you can deal with them.

Lol. You jumping on the witch band wagon?

I just got the iron out. For about the fourth time in my life. I hate ironing

Just this once and lol. You are beating me. I have taken the iron out a total of 6 times in my life. -_-

Assholes. I have to iron all the fucking time. Well, less now that we got rid of utilities/dungarees and Summer Whites/Winter Blues and went to the NWUs and NSUs which don't wrinkle and have permanent-creases where they need creases. Still iron my dress uniforms, though.


@Metric vs Imperial: The Imperial system was easier to use for what it was used for because it's base 12; 12 is evenly divisable by 2, 3, 4, and 6; base 10 (metric) is only evenly divisible by 2 and 5.


In other news: joint exercises in Korea have begun again, so I'm stuck on the ship even though we're moored during the exercise. At least I have SC2 to play. And my other strategy games. And someone to play them with.

And yay! I'd rather not be burnt [as a witch]!

Are you saying you weigh as much as a duck?

[BrownMasterV]

Speaking of ironing...I was out to dinner with my parents at a Chinese restaurant yesterday.
I had forgotten how fucking racist immigrants in America can be >_> (You know what I mean if your parents are immigrants)

We were sitting there eating, and my dad looks over at the table next to us.

Dad (in mothertongue): Hahaha, god ironed their eyes, nose and hair when he made them
Mom (in mothertongue & laughing): Be quiet
Me /facepalm: Wow, dad. Just wow.

What made me /facepalm was that when he was saying it, he put his hand to his face and 'chinked' his eyes, if that makes any sense.
Indians use their hands while talking. A LOT. This was one of the worst times for him to do it.

What's worse is, they call Asians 'chinkus' and they think it's a word in their own language, as they have never heard 'chink' before.

This seems to happen almost every time I go to dinner with them. ;-;


P.S. Hiero, your ava makes me gag. That trait of her's was so fucking gross >_>

[Frexter]

I have an excellent advice for you. Stop hanging out with your parents. There are times in a person's life where hanging out with either one of you parents just sucks for both of you. You get bored and embaressed, they feel it and get sad... It just doesn't work.

I'm 22 years old, my dad asked me not to move out before graduating collage so i'm just trying to keep my promise but even he knows us hanging out together is not the best of ideas. We watch movies now and then, clean the apartment together, sometimes he drops me off of work and other times we talk about career opportunities. He asks me to come to dinner with him and my mom, just to be polite but he doesn't asks twice. He's a cool guy i guess, moving out will be hard on him and my mother. But it's embaressing enought to be still living with parents in my age, i can't say i'll miss it terribly.

[BrownMasterV]

I have an excellent advice for you. Stop hanging out with your parents. There are times in a person's life where hanging out with either one of you parents just sucks for both of you. You get bored and embaressed, they feel it and get sad... It just doesn't work.

I never said anyone was sad.
To be honest it was quite hilarious after we got outside.
My dad, even though he's been in America for a long, LONG time, still has a heavy accent and messes up his words in English all the time. His blunders make me laugh like a madman sometimes.
I don't hate hanging out with my parents; in fact, we all had a great time yesterday.

[Frexter]

I have an excellent advice for you. Stop hanging out with your parents. There are times in a person's life where hanging out with either one of you parents just sucks for both of you. You get bored and embaressed, they feel it and get sad... It just doesn't work.

I never said anyone was sad.
To be honest it was quite hilarious after we got outside.
My dad, even though he's been in America for a long, LONG time, still has a heavy accent and messes up his words in English all the time. His blunders make me laugh like a madman sometimes.
I don't hate hanging out with my parents; in fact, we all had a great time yesterday.

Then you're an incredibly lucky guy and I salute your awesome family.

I just never get along with any of my relatives so i sometimes think other people are like me; but your way of things are definately more fun then mine. Say hi to your dad from us.

[Pruderator]

Speaking of ironing...I was out to dinner with my parents at a Chinese restaurant yesterday.
I had forgotten how fucking racist immigrants in America can be >_> (You know what I mean if your parents are immigrants)

We were sitting there eating, and my dad looks over at the table next to us.

Dad (in mothertongue): Hahaha, god ironed their eyes, nose and hair when he made them
Mom (in mothertongue & laughing): Be quiet
Me /facepalm: Wow, dad. Just wow.

What made me /facepalm was that when he was saying it, he put his hand to his face and 'chinked' his eyes, if that makes any sense.
Indians use their hands while talking. A LOT. This was one of the worst times for him to do it.

What's worse is, they call Asians 'chinkus' and they think it's a word in their own language, as they have never heard 'chink' before.

This seems to happen almost every time I go to dinner with them. ;-;


P.S. Hiero, your ava makes me gag. That trait of her's was so fucking gross >_>

That grosses me out too. Aughhhh....

[Soulreaper77]

I have an excellent advice for you. Stop hanging out with your parents. There are times in a person's life where hanging out with either one of you parents just sucks for both of you. You get bored and embaressed, they feel it and get sad... It just doesn't work.

I never said anyone was sad.
To be honest it was quite hilarious after we got outside.
My dad, even though he's been in America for a long, LONG time, still has a heavy accent and messes up his words in English all the time. His blunders make me laugh like a madman sometimes.
I don't hate hanging out with my parents; in fact, we all had a great time yesterday.

Then you're an incredibly lucky guy and I salute your awesome family.

I just never get along with any of my relatives so i sometimes think other people are like me; but your way of things are definately more fun then mine. Say hi to your dad from us.

Same here. I can't get along with my family and then I mean everyone. My parents always pressure me to do things their way and my other relatives revere me because I'm in a uni but I have nothing whatsoever in common with them. My current study is basically 60% my parent's choice and 40% mine ... even the schools I went to were decided for me. I couldn't transfer high schools because my parents said "You're in it for so long might as well finish it" and I HATED that high school. Also they force their religion on me ... ugh I hope I can move out soon :3