Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 10:24 pm
In north america people just crossed whenever they could. I felt like an idiot standing there and waiting for green
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Ankuran wrote:In Japan, the way restaurant staff thanks you for every little thing. I am the one receiving the service; I should be thanking you.
Sjealand wrote:In north america people just crossed whenever they could. I felt like an idiot standing there and waiting for green
AiliAiliA wrote:Pedestrian crossing lights that show how many seconds remaining to cross the road before the lights will change.
OK, that's something that DOES make sense, OP was asking the opposite.
Well, any country that doesn't at least TRY to make its people use Metric. I can't understand that.
Galloism wrote:AiliAiliA wrote:Pedestrian crossing lights that show how many seconds remaining to cross the road before the lights will change.
OK, that's something that DOES make sense, OP was asking the opposite.
Well, any country that doesn't at least TRY to make its people use Metric. I can't understand that.
The metric system is socialism applied to mathematics.
Galloism wrote:AiliAiliA wrote:Pedestrian crossing lights that show how many seconds remaining to cross the road before the lights will change.
OK, that's something that DOES make sense, OP was asking the opposite.
Well, any country that doesn't at least TRY to make its people use Metric. I can't understand that.
The metric system is socialism applied to mathematics.
Sjealand wrote:In north america people just crossed whenever they could. I felt like an idiot standing there and waiting for green
USS Monitor wrote:Sjealand wrote:In north america people just crossed whenever they could. I felt like an idiot standing there and waiting for green
I actually liked the way Germans don't walk in traffic. It got on my nerves when I came back to Boston and everyone was just crossing the street whenever and wherever they felt like it, with no regard for the walk signals.
Galloism wrote:AiliAiliA wrote:
First adopted by Revolutionary France ... OK, that's close enough to "socialism" I guess
Ever notice every measurement has the same number of units?
10mm to a cm, 10cm to a decimeter, 10 decimeter to a meter, etc?
Compare that with the imperial system, which each type of measurement has earned its number of units. 12 inches to a foot. 3 feet to a yard. 5280 feet to a mile.
Your way eliminates our measurement differences and forces all the measurements to behave the same. It's socialism.
Sjealand wrote:USS Monitor wrote:
I actually liked the way Germans don't walk in traffic. It got on my nerves when I came back to Boston and everyone was just crossing the street whenever and wherever they felt like it, with no regard for the walk signals.
I was in Houston on vacation and i was like the only person not crossing the road. There weren't any cars but i'm just so used to not crossing until green.
USS Monitor wrote:Sjealand wrote:I was in Houston on vacation and i was like the only person not crossing the road. There weren't any cars but i'm just so used to not crossing until green.
In Boston, some people will go even if there are cars, as long as there's enough room for the cars to brake. Of course, people drive like idiots too, so I guess they're just taking the way they drive and applying the same principle to walking.
Galloism wrote:AiliAiliA wrote:Pedestrian crossing lights that show how many seconds remaining to cross the road before the lights will change.
OK, that's something that DOES make sense, OP was asking the opposite.
Well, any country that doesn't at least TRY to make its people use Metric. I can't understand that.
The metric system is socialism applied to mathematics.
NERVUN wrote:Ankuran wrote:In Japan, the way restaurant staff thanks you for every little thing. I am the one receiving the service; I should be thanking you.
It's a Japanese thing. You're either thanking, apologizing, or noting that it's hot, cold or you're tired. Some 99% of Japanese conversation is that.
NERVUN wrote:Ankuran wrote:In Japan, the way restaurant staff thanks you for every little thing. I am the one receiving the service; I should be thanking you.
It's a Japanese thing. You're either thanking, apologizing, or noting that it's hot, cold or you're tired. Some 99% of Japanese conversation is that.
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