How much do you weigh?? (in pounds)

[donut3.5]

I use imperial just because it would be a pain to convert for everyone around me, although I'd much prefer to use metric.. Everyone who I've talked to has said that, I don't know why we don't switch over.
EDIT: 115lb.. Really light for my height, but I have near no muscle, and even less fat.
--donut3.5--

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Because every single other country in the entire damn world uses it and America is just being a whiny country, in terms of measurements, that's too lazy to update to modern standards, which in turn probably messes up conversions somehow

Update to the rest of the world already you lazy people

It makes me wonder what the hell is taking so long for us to convert.

 

[Herman]

I took a course recently on Design and Drawing for Production, and I don't remember the reason, but it was something along the lines of mere insignificance

 

[brad.dude03]

Dude, I live in the US and use kilos...

Congrats for being different. America is the only place in the world to still use Imperial. As such, imperial spans a little bit into the rest of the world, such as us using feet and inches for the height of a person, and lbs for the weight of someone.

It's wierd.

 

[Sansui]

strange in my area we use metric for almost everything that isnt important.
plus id rather use lbs for a persons weight any day.
also i cant stand not using feet and inches for peoples height.

 

[HappyTauren]

We use meters for height and kilos for weight :/

 

[Herman]

strange in my area we use metric for almost everything that isnt important.
plus id rather use lbs for a persons weight any day.
also i cant stand not using feet and inches for peoples height.

Yeah 6ft + some inches is so much more satisfying than 2 m plus some irrational fraction (or perhaps slightly less than 2 m, not sure exactly)

 

[HappyTauren]

It depends on how you look into it >.> We dont all use imperial systems you know.

 

[Herman]

Actually from all the posts up here it seems US is the only ones who use imperial...

 

[brad.dude03]

That's because the US is the only country that officially uses Imperial. The rest of the world uses the SI unit, which is Metres.

 

[Instant Ramen]

Screw Imperial. Seriously.

 

[I)eath2u4me]

im 14, 5 foot 10 inches, and 155 pounds. is that good? i think so, idk. i look musuclar, i think

 

[JoHnyW]

my weight is 75kg its 165.3 pounds

 

[Herman]

Screw Imperial. Seriously.

You must have a very interesting life to be bothered by something so insignificant x)

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

You must have a very interesting life to be bothered by something so insignificant x)

Bothered only enough to post about it in a forum. Hey wait...aren't you and I doing the same thing?

And measurements really aren't all that insignificant. When you take a moment to think, this is an aspect that surrounds everyday life, and the fact that the US makes such an aspect not only needlessly complicated and unpractical, but also incompatible with other countries is simply fan-fucking-tastic.

 

[Mc_Flurry]

119 at 12 (almost 13) years old

 

[Herman]

Bothered only enough to post about it in a forum. Hey wait...aren't you and I doing the same thing?

And measurements really aren't all that insignificant. When you take a moment to think, this is an aspect that surrounds everyday life, and the fact that the US makes such an aspect not only needlessly complicated and unpractical, but also incompatible with other countries is simply fan-fucking-tastic.

I have accepted the fact that I have a boring life >< (although I'm working on it, almost got a fight club together )

Hmm, measurements DO surround all life, but the conversions for a design project would be a pain in the ass if it were to be converted between imperial and metric, and vice-versa, but practically speaking, with all the insane technology surrounding us, I'm sure somebody has thought up a simple converter program, on that note one that can loop through all of the measurements on any kind of technical drawing

Even so, anybody who would create a technical drawing will definitely produce a metric version for any foreign businesses that need to look at them

And for the average tourist, it still really isn't that bad, the only scenario I could think up thats worth a curse would be if you were to go to a new country every 2 weeks, and then return to the USA, and then do it all over again for the rest of your life

But by that time you'd probably have had the conversion equations written on a little sheet of paper next to your new $5 calculator sitting in your pocket


I can see now how insignificant it truly is, or at least until somebody here can come up with a real-life situation where you would be f*cking pissed at the imperial system

 

[Hakeem]

Hmm, measurements DO surround all life, but the conversions for a design project would be a pain in the ass if it were to be converted between imperial and metric, and vice-versa, but practically speaking, with all the insane technology surrounding us, I'm sure somebody has thought up a simple converter program, on that note one that can loop through all of the measurements on any kind of technical drawing

Conversion is not the same as understanding. If I tell you I'm 7 berfarbons tall, you have to convert before you can understand. On the other hand, if I tell you I'm 5 feet tall, you understand immediately.

But by that time you'd probably have had the conversion equations written on a little sheet of paper next to your new $5 calculator sitting in your pocket

Eventually, as you did the first time, you would begin to understand the measurements directly.

 

[Arvedui]

i weigh 150 exactly... about almost 6 ft. tall
and as per the imperial or metric system
If you ask any average American student roughly everyone's age here (12-19ish)
they would say that the metric system is stupid
And probably the reverse is the same in any other country that uses the metric system.

It's just a matter of preference and what people are used to.

 

[donut3.5]

No, most American students, especially if they aren't too ignorant to not know what the metric system is, thinks that metric is much better. It's a lot more logical, the only reason why we haven't switched is because the old farts in power are way too conservative for their own good.
--donut3.5--

 

[Arvedui]

that's fair, most students only know what the metric system is because it's required for most sciences like biology, chemistry, physics (I think.. I never took it <.<) and such.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Hmm, measurements DO surround all life, but the conversions for a design project would be a pain in the ass if it were to be converted between imperial and metric, and vice-versa, but practically speaking, with all the insane technology surrounding us, I'm sure somebody has thought up a simple converter program, on that note one that can loop through all of the measurements on any kind of technical drawing

Even so, anybody who would create a technical drawing will definitely produce a metric version for any foreign businesses that need to look at them

And for the average tourist, it still really isn't that bad, the only scenario I could think up thats worth a curse would be if you were to go to a new country every 2 weeks, and then return to the USA, and then do it all over again for the rest of your life

But by that time you'd probably have had the conversion equations written on a little sheet of paper next to your new $5 calculator sitting in your pocket

If conversions are just that simple, then it shouldn't be so much trouble to convert the US to a more efficient measurement system.

 

[Hawkwing]

Too shy.. >.<

But I am not fat.. But the opposite. It's really bad..

 

[Denu]

I weigh 150 lbs and fluctuate by 5 or so depending on the time of the year. I dont excercise much but I always found it extremely uncomfortable being full after eating so I dont overeat or anything. I think at one time I topped out at about 160. Gained like 10 lbs in a couple weeks. Then lost it all again in about the same time. That was kinda freaky...

 

[Herman]

If conversions are just that simple, then it shouldn't be so much trouble to convert the US to a more efficient measurement system.

I am speaking in the individual aspect of it, it really isn't a problem for a person to convert their measurements, on the other hand to get an entire nation to say, the hell with what we've been doing for the past 200 years, lets do something better, thats a whole different subject entirely

It is a simple matter of preference, and as far as efficiency goes, numbers are numbers, whether it be base 2, 8, 16 or 10

(Actually, I have had far more irrational numbers when I measure / convert in metric than I have in imperial)

I'd like to leave it as a matter of preference, as I kinda don't feel like continually arguing about this

And Donut 3.5, please don't bring political parties into something as small as this, I could just as easily say that its the liberals who don't care enough about the issue, and still the only way the point would be valid if some people on this site (whom I believe are 99% leftist) simply agreed with you

Just blantantly blaming the conservatives doesn't seem to make any sense...

 

[Hoernchen]

How about a new poll.
Do you think Imperial systems should be banned worldwide?

 

[donut3.5]

Holy hell, Herman, I wasn't blaming the conservatives, I was blaming conservative people, so cool your jets. I'm saying old people don't like change, and old people are in power. Thus, we don't change. Hopefully our generation will be much more intelligent and get America out of the hellhole which is known as the imperial measurement system, and apply common sense.
And no, its not a matter of preference of which one is easier to use. Either you have to memorize every individual conversion (imperial) or you learn how to divide or multiply by ten. If you are willing to tell me the former is easier than the latter, you are just being as stubborn and conservative as the rest of America and just trying to argue for the sake of arguing.
--donut3.5--

 

[Herman]

Heh, sorry bout that ><

Uhhh, well I use some kind of instrument (scale, ruler, etc.), so there isn't much math to it on my part

Eh, I have a tendancy to argue ( I don't wanna say I'm stubborn too, because everybody is stubborn about one thing or another)

I'd say both the latter and the former are equals in different customs, as all measurements are relative
(relative in the way that seconds don't technically exist in space)

I s'pose it mighta been because my post happened to hit one of your nerves, but you did just call out all Americans as conservative, stubborn, and only argue for the sake of arguing

I mean, everybodies got to have an opinion, but I almost feel my other post was justified (although, then again it might just have been because it was more bothering than it should've been)

Eh, I don't know, I'll leave the justification to whomever reads the posts, for now I rest

 

[The_wand_mirror]

1 - You're fat, no offence off course
2 - You're big?

Euhm. I checked on the weight thingy and its near 80 kg but i dunno, maybe im like 70-80 kg. and well.. im like 1.85 meters high and im certainly not fat lol.

 

[Anachron]

121.253 ! !

 

[~Void~]

120-ish. And I'm 15 so that's not too thin

As for the measurements, I would much rather use pounds than "stones". Stones sounds even more archaic than pounds in my opinion. It should just be something like Units maybe.

 

[HappyTauren]

pounds and feet are stupid as hell. They are not used in science, nor in the rest of the world, at least not officially.

 

[Hakeem]

And don't forget about the conversions!
1 foot = 12 inches
1 yard = 3 feet = 36 inches
1 mile = 1760 yards = 5280 feet = ...

Easy as pi!

 

[HappyTauren]

but then we are wtfpwnt again, cause we have to convert inches to centimeters...

 

[I)eath2u4me]

this thread is gradually moving off-topic to other things, but mainly moving towards a debate against us vs metric systems. therefore, im starting a thread with a poll for either metric or us, so this thread itself stays on-topic.

 

[Velmarshal]

as normal as

Yea, yea I look like that just with more hair.
Oh and I have 1,97m and 70kg to 75kg.

 

[brad.dude03]

Er.....

This thread is like weeks old.

Necro much?

 

[Velmarshal]

Er.....

This thread is like weeks old.

Necro much?

So thats necro posting. I never knew.

 

[Fulla]

Ah no option for a metric tonne?
Guess 250+ then

 

[-JonNny]

Oh NOEZ !
im the fattest one of all :S
191,4 punds :<

even im quite thin with my 1,93m and 87 kilo i feel fat now

 

[Verhalthur]

I'm 120 and 6 feet tall.

I've never seen anyone more skinny than I am and I eat a lot :/

 

[robot-dude]

I weigh about 13 - 16 Stones (182 - 224)
but i look like i weigh around 11 - 12 stones (154 - 168)
My height is 184cm(6ft) apparently. (just measured my self)

 

[Herman]

HAH HAH

You measure in stones

 

[HappyTauren]

that is cause he is as intelligent as one.

 

[Herman]

So hes tied with Pamela Anderson?

 

[Dr00d]

Yay! People here are fatter then me!

 

[HappyTauren]

only a few though.

 

[Dr00d]

18 people.

15charlimit

 

[wugiboy]

147 lbs with my height as 5'11 so I'm not really overweight

 

[robot-dude]

that is cause he is as intelligent as one.

Most british people weigh their selfs in stones.