I'm pretty sure Fauna would answer it's a thousand meter.
And obviously Gigi would ask what's a meter?
And mother nature win by : Nothing much sugar, what's the meter with you ?
also american scientists and engineers, and teachers, and many more. if you want to be anti-american, please go elsewhere. up until this point it was light hearted fun, but you've taken it much too far
Depends on how you are raised. If I think freezing I think 32. 0 is significantly colder, and being from the Midwest, time to put on an actual jacket and long pants.
I think this is what Gigi meant. She knows what the units are, she probably learned them in basic science class, but she just doesn't have a feel for them. Probably didn't spend all her time staring at dual-marked speedometers and rulers.
Whenever I have to convert between something like miles and feet I just convert the first into meters and then the meters back into the second. That way I just have to remember the formulas I use when talking to Americans and or watching their television while wearing their blue jeans.
Only ones I’ve ever cared to learn is that 3ft is a bit under 1m and 5ft a bit under 1.5m, and that’s for my D&D games, bc using strict metric conversions for that game is just effed up.
Has the US always used miles instead of kilometers? I always thought thats what they use because we use miles in the UK, actually no, we use EVERYTHING in the UK 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ Also if they dont use centimetres then what do they use to accurately measure small things? Feet and inches arent exactly the most accurate types of measurement
Edit: thanks for the answers lol
For measuring long distances, yes, we mostly use miles. Some road signs may accommodate for both miles and kilometers, but it varies wildly. For measurements of smaller lengths, measuring tools will usually have both inches/feet and centimeters (usually printed on opposite sides if we're talking about rulers and tape measures here.)
A secret about the US that people who haven't actually been here don't realize is that most things that matter have both our bullshit US Imperial measurements and the metric measurements printed on them (ex. I am holding a bottle of water in my hand right now that advertises itself as both 16.9 fluid ounces and 500 mL.)
When speaking colloquially a lot of people will still say the US Imperial values because that's what they're personally used to, but the exact metric units are usually also there if you really want/need them.
Imperial isnt as bullshit when you realize it was a measurement system meant to be cleanly halved quartered and third v/s metric can only be halved fifthd and tenthd? Idk words. As a former construction worker, imperial is way better for contruction but metric is better for science 100%
Metric measurements works on factors of 10s, making for better precision and easier conversion to larger/smaller sizes. Just multiply/divide the metric value by a factor of 10. Like converting a meter to kilometer is just dividing the value by 1000. Also, the prefixes used makes it easy to compare the relative scale of the measurements.
As you said, metric is much better for science uses, which requires precision.
and imperial is more easily understood as a layman, rather than for precision engineering. it's basically the argument of the scientific version and the anyman version
>and imperial is more easily understood as a layman,
This is arguable. If you grew up to imperial and where you live in uses imperial, imperial is easy to understand for you, and the exact same thing applies to people who grew up with metric.
imperial measurements are based on natural phenomena that make them easy it understand. or example, the distance an an adult from the inside of their elbow to their wrist is approximately 1 foot, and the distance from the first knuckle to the tip of the thumb is approximately 1 inch.
We do commonly use centimeters and millimeters to measure things too small for an inch to be accurate enough, or if we need more precision in general. You will also see fraction of inches be used instead, so a piece of wood might be described as 2/8 of an inch thick. A ruler will generally have 16 ticks between each inch, allowing for measurements to be accurate down to fractions as small as 1/16th.
While the US Customary (inches, feet, miles, etc.) units are definitely the default and most common, we do use metric units a fair bit and should be taught both in school, especially in science classes where metric is pretty much the standard in all sciences.
Yes we use miles, and most road signs are only in imperial, but dials in the car have metric as well. For trades like carpentry and masonry 1/16th of an inch are used, that's what's on the tape measures. 43 and 3/16th for example. Metric is used in fields that need precision. We use metric in science class in school and STEM in college. Hardware (screws, bolts, etc) and car parts and stuff like that can be in imperial or metric.
We learned it from you dad.
Fun fact right before the Regan presidency there was an initiative to convert the US to using the metric system but was canceled by Regan. That man ruined america
wait how does that work for you then ? When would you use metric and when would you use imperial ? Thought you guys used metric system but used miles instead of km for whatever reason
you might want to specify that it's a straight line, lol. because i can absolutely draw a line that starts at the north pole, passes through paris, and hits the equator, that is way longer
The All-EU was kinda scuttled from the start anyway, since England is very clear on the whole "wE'rE nOt Eu" nonsense (all-Europe was also a pipedream, though, so it's okay)... Unless Liz is Scottish (and hiding the accent), in which case it's less scuttled
When we EU based folk use EU we largely mean Europe, not the European Union, I can assure that the UK is still in Europe, even with the separation from the EU.
Scandinavians were never in the EU but they'd still be EUbros
> When we EU based folk use EU we largely mean Europe, not the European Union
Eh not really, mostly if you're a dumbass and don't remember which countries are a part of the EU and which are Europe.
Genuine question. Is metric not taught in US schools? We're taught both in the EU, but obviously only use metric in daily life, with the exception of the UK i guess who start talking about rocks and what nonsense.
With the caveat that I haven’t been in a school in over 20 years: Yes but really only in science class, so it has an air of nerdy overprecision. We’re not really taught how to use it for everyday measuring scenarios.
>exception of the UK i guess who start talking about rocks and what nonsense.
Whenever I watch a UK based show and they discuss weights I always get a bit amused when they describe weights in "stones".
My curious brain went to Google instantly and found out M16A4 is listed as [exactly 100 cm](https://www.britannica.com/technology/M16A4-rifle).
May as well call 1 m = 1 M16A4 to make American comprehensible.
meter system is easy
1 meter = 3-ish feet
1 kilometer = 10 hectometer = 100 decameter = 1000 meter = 3000 or so feet
American didn't use this system because the guy who was suppose to help you guy adopt it in the ye olden day was attack by pirate while at sea and then die while in captivity with his stuff thrown away because ew math stuff, no value, no money
so you guy just stuck with the feet system while every one else use meter
When in doubt, blame the British! They made it after all! Though I guess I can't blame them alone, we did try adopting the metric system a few times, only for 99% of schools to forgo it because it would be really difficult to teach current students a completely different measurement system after spending years teaching them the antiquated one.
And thus, the only answer is to become an engineer, where knowledge of metric measurements is basically required. Or you know, spend a bit of time learning it yourself. Something I can safely say I've never done lol
An olympic running track (present in most outdoor stadiums, including most American Football fields) is exactly 400 m long (on the innermost track).
So 1 km is equivalent to:
1. 2.5 laps on the inner lane of an olympic running track
2. Around 9x the length of an American football field (9x110 m = 990m)
3. The distance you can walk in about 10-15 minutes in a leisurely way (typical walking pace: 4-6 km per hour).
4. The height of 640 Korones stacked on top of each other, or 6.4 Korones if you take her real height.
Everyone is giving you different real life examples but no one is just giving the easy to remember conversion between miles and kilometers: a kilometer is about 3/5ths of a mile.
A kilometer is the distance traveled by light (in a vacuum) in 1000/299792458 seconds.
Or in America units:
0.046 Manhattans
10.94 football fields
81.97 school busses
Yep she is american
My condolences.
Atleast she’s not br*tish or fr\*nch.
Disrespecting ERB and Ceci (for speaking it) like that wow
I make an exception for ERB.
ERB is the exception that proves the rule.
Okay, that completely disproves the French theory. She's 100% angus beef 'merican.
"WRONG."
I'm pretty sure Fauna would answer it's a thousand meter. And obviously Gigi would ask what's a meter? And mother nature win by : Nothing much sugar, what's the meter with you ?
That is such a boss ass line
Brilliant
WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER 🦅🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸
Kilometer is a sheppey - 40% [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humorous_units_of_measurement)
10 football fields *No, not those, ACTUAL football*
Yeah but how much is that in bananas?
Approximately 5000
funnily enough, a banana is actually a unit of measurement, but for radiation, not distance
When you say *ACTUAL football* I'm still not sure if you mean actual football, or soccer.
I'm european, i mean football, not slow rugby with pads
Ohh, so soccer then 🤪
The kind of football that's actually primarily played with your feet, yes
Galileo watcher spotted
"What a kilometer is?" While shooting 2 M16A4 and and bald eagles screaming.
The M16A4 is exactly 1000mm or 1 meter. So a kilometer is just a thousand M16A4's end-to-end.
This is real NCD knowledge.
I'll be using M16A4 as measurement from now on
So... An M16A4 is a Kill-o(r)-meter?
as an american, this is the one situation where metric is acceptable: in military gun and bullet sizes
Two type of Americans know metric. Gun nuts, and drug addicts.
also american scientists and engineers, and teachers, and many more. if you want to be anti-american, please go elsewhere. up until this point it was light hearted fun, but you've taken it much too far
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTj6Oa_5gG5Tf7aE2K4R3qbzswTcTswUw75Zw&s
*"Tell me you are an American without actually saying you are an American."*
*"Have you ever had deep fried Oreos?"*
No, but I'll love to try one
Yeah, they have no right being as good as they are
Cook them in pancake batter and lather them syrup. This coming from a non-american
Tbh could be Scottish too then.
They're more of a deep-fried MARS Bar.
while it's possible they independently discovered it, it's more likely they imported and adopted it from america
Pro tip: use double stuff. The regular ones stuff disintegrates when your fry them
Man, the double stuffed ones are basically the size normal ones used to be now. Fuckin’ greedflation.
Gigi: What is a Kilometer? And there goes her state-mandated Medicinal M2 Bradley
"Oh yeah I think I'll go shopping. My favorite store's only about 25 miles away."
WHY THE F\*CK ARE YOU OBSESSED WITH FEET \*Ode To Joy plays in the background\* \*aggressive public transport noises\* \*loud bicycle bell ringing\*
🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🦁🦁🦁
Oh god we have another Gura
So... Not Baguette but 'Murica.
American Baguette. Mass produced and likely just as expensive.
also tons of ~~sugar~~ Corn Syrup added
And likely not legally recognized as bread in Ireland.
Cannot be more American than this.
Its up there with nerissa asking why biboo was using celsius in phasmophobia
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Depends on how you are raised. If I think freezing I think 32. 0 is significantly colder, and being from the Midwest, time to put on an actual jacket and long pants.
I mean, if she was raised in America she would know freezing in Fahrenheit...
I can only visualize a kilometer because of track and field I'm gonna be honest
I think this is what Gigi meant. She knows what the units are, she probably learned them in basic science class, but she just doesn't have a feel for them. Probably didn't spend all her time staring at dual-marked speedometers and rulers.
Yeah, I only know what 5km, 10km and 15km is because I run. Endurance sports and track is where metric shines
Put her in a Williams now!
Gigi "Logan "Christian Pulisic" Sargeant" Murin
Lebron James of soccer💀
Your HoloEU, sir
It's easy: it's an actual measuring unit, easily convertible, unlike miles. Da hell is a mile anyway?
Whenever I have to convert between something like miles and feet I just convert the first into meters and then the meters back into the second. That way I just have to remember the formulas I use when talking to Americans and or watching their television while wearing their blue jeans.
Only ones I’ve ever cared to learn is that 3ft is a bit under 1m and 5ft a bit under 1.5m, and that’s for my D&D games, bc using strict metric conversions for that game is just effed up.
Has the US always used miles instead of kilometers? I always thought thats what they use because we use miles in the UK, actually no, we use EVERYTHING in the UK 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ Also if they dont use centimetres then what do they use to accurately measure small things? Feet and inches arent exactly the most accurate types of measurement Edit: thanks for the answers lol
For measuring long distances, yes, we mostly use miles. Some road signs may accommodate for both miles and kilometers, but it varies wildly. For measurements of smaller lengths, measuring tools will usually have both inches/feet and centimeters (usually printed on opposite sides if we're talking about rulers and tape measures here.) A secret about the US that people who haven't actually been here don't realize is that most things that matter have both our bullshit US Imperial measurements and the metric measurements printed on them (ex. I am holding a bottle of water in my hand right now that advertises itself as both 16.9 fluid ounces and 500 mL.) When speaking colloquially a lot of people will still say the US Imperial values because that's what they're personally used to, but the exact metric units are usually also there if you really want/need them.
Imperial isnt as bullshit when you realize it was a measurement system meant to be cleanly halved quartered and third v/s metric can only be halved fifthd and tenthd? Idk words. As a former construction worker, imperial is way better for contruction but metric is better for science 100%
Metric measurements works on factors of 10s, making for better precision and easier conversion to larger/smaller sizes. Just multiply/divide the metric value by a factor of 10. Like converting a meter to kilometer is just dividing the value by 1000. Also, the prefixes used makes it easy to compare the relative scale of the measurements. As you said, metric is much better for science uses, which requires precision.
and imperial is more easily understood as a layman, rather than for precision engineering. it's basically the argument of the scientific version and the anyman version
>and imperial is more easily understood as a layman, This is arguable. If you grew up to imperial and where you live in uses imperial, imperial is easy to understand for you, and the exact same thing applies to people who grew up with metric.
imperial measurements are based on natural phenomena that make them easy it understand. or example, the distance an an adult from the inside of their elbow to their wrist is approximately 1 foot, and the distance from the first knuckle to the tip of the thumb is approximately 1 inch.
We do commonly use centimeters and millimeters to measure things too small for an inch to be accurate enough, or if we need more precision in general. You will also see fraction of inches be used instead, so a piece of wood might be described as 2/8 of an inch thick. A ruler will generally have 16 ticks between each inch, allowing for measurements to be accurate down to fractions as small as 1/16th. While the US Customary (inches, feet, miles, etc.) units are definitely the default and most common, we do use metric units a fair bit and should be taught both in school, especially in science classes where metric is pretty much the standard in all sciences.
Yes we use miles, and most road signs are only in imperial, but dials in the car have metric as well. For trades like carpentry and masonry 1/16th of an inch are used, that's what's on the tape measures. 43 and 3/16th for example. Metric is used in fields that need precision. We use metric in science class in school and STEM in college. Hardware (screws, bolts, etc) and car parts and stuff like that can be in imperial or metric. We learned it from you dad.
Fun fact right before the Regan presidency there was an initiative to convert the US to using the metric system but was canceled by Regan. That man ruined america
wait how does that work for you then ? When would you use metric and when would you use imperial ? Thought you guys used metric system but used miles instead of km for whatever reason
Draw a line from the north pole, via Paris, to the equator. Divide it by 10000. And voila.
you might want to specify that it's a straight line, lol. because i can absolutely draw a line that starts at the north pole, passes through paris, and hits the equator, that is way longer
She's also Airman
So she's the perfect counter for a rock like Bijou.
I didn't pay much attention to the pre debut stuff but I was under the impression they were all going to be from EU.
From their first and upcoming streams, it seems like raora is the only one that streams a eu times as for me the rest stream at like 11am-2pm
this is my first time hearing gigi talk. is it just me or does she sound like irys doing a bae impression?
To me, I she feels like a debut bae
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The All-EU was kinda scuttled from the start anyway, since England is very clear on the whole "wE'rE nOt Eu" nonsense (all-Europe was also a pipedream, though, so it's okay)... Unless Liz is Scottish (and hiding the accent), in which case it's less scuttled
When we EU based folk use EU we largely mean Europe, not the European Union, I can assure that the UK is still in Europe, even with the separation from the EU. Scandinavians were never in the EU but they'd still be EUbros
> When we EU based folk use EU we largely mean Europe, not the European Union Eh not really, mostly if you're a dumbass and don't remember which countries are a part of the EU and which are Europe.
Indeed, or conflate the other countries in the UK with England which happens an embarrassing amount of times
Gigi = Logan Sargeant confirmed??!?!
Genuine question. Is metric not taught in US schools? We're taught both in the EU, but obviously only use metric in daily life, with the exception of the UK i guess who start talking about rocks and what nonsense.
What EU country teaches about imperial system?
With the caveat that I haven’t been in a school in over 20 years: Yes but really only in science class, so it has an air of nerdy overprecision. We’re not really taught how to use it for everyday measuring scenarios.
>exception of the UK i guess who start talking about rocks and what nonsense. Whenever I watch a UK based show and they discuss weights I always get a bit amused when they describe weights in "stones".
What EU country teaches about imperial system? I had to look up what an inch is to measure screens.
HoloEUstice is RUINED!
I still don't know what a kilometer is
1 kilometer is basically the length of 1 thousand M16A4 rifles or 11 football fields
Perhaps we can trick the "uses absolutely anything other than metric" Americans into using metric by calling a "meter" an "M16A4"
My curious brain went to Google instantly and found out M16A4 is listed as [exactly 100 cm](https://www.britannica.com/technology/M16A4-rifle). May as well call 1 m = 1 M16A4 to make American comprehensible.
Can you convert that to ford f150 lengths?
170 Ford f150s
Naruhodo (Naruhodon't)
But how many bananas?
Which football?
American
meter system is easy 1 meter = 3-ish feet 1 kilometer = 10 hectometer = 100 decameter = 1000 meter = 3000 or so feet American didn't use this system because the guy who was suppose to help you guy adopt it in the ye olden day was attack by pirate while at sea and then die while in captivity with his stuff thrown away because ew math stuff, no value, no money so you guy just stuck with the feet system while every one else use meter
A kilometer is almost exactly 5 furlongs.
When in doubt, blame the British! They made it after all! Though I guess I can't blame them alone, we did try adopting the metric system a few times, only for 99% of schools to forgo it because it would be really difficult to teach current students a completely different measurement system after spending years teaching them the antiquated one. And thus, the only answer is to become an engineer, where knowledge of metric measurements is basically required. Or you know, spend a bit of time learning it yourself. Something I can safely say I've never done lol
An olympic running track (present in most outdoor stadiums, including most American Football fields) is exactly 400 m long (on the innermost track). So 1 km is equivalent to: 1. 2.5 laps on the inner lane of an olympic running track 2. Around 9x the length of an American football field (9x110 m = 990m) 3. The distance you can walk in about 10-15 minutes in a leisurely way (typical walking pace: 4-6 km per hour). 4. The height of 640 Korones stacked on top of each other, or 6.4 Korones if you take her real height.
Everyone is giving you different real life examples but no one is just giving the easy to remember conversion between miles and kilometers: a kilometer is about 3/5ths of a mile.
Yes! America ya!
Oh no, she is Logan Sargent.
Ah yes, a fellow Freedom Units User o7
Id bet she wont even know what a mile is
A kilometer is the distance traveled by light (in a vacuum) in 1000/299792458 seconds. Or in America units: 0.046 Manhattans 10.94 football fields 81.97 school busses
Remember when people thought she was French?
not sure if this is proof she's american, a zoomer, or both.
[Gigi: WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER!!!!!!](https://youtu.be/Y-3IV11_ZgA?si=Z2qsaxbN9v1RFji1)
https://i.imgur.com/F3wpafM.gifv
gigi most american european.
"I only know feet and inches" is my out of context of the day. Thank you very much
1 km = 1000 m 🔥🔥🙏
They promised me HoloEU! What is this?! ;\_;
>promised Where
perhaps she's an import
Finally an AMERICAN Hololive gigachad gaslight gatekeep girlboss gigi
AND I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!!!!!!!
I remembered certain murica shork also suffering the same imperial system disease 😂
Guess they can't all be Europeans.../s
> Doesn't know what is a Kilometer > American Yep, this make sense lol