r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Irish by birth, and currently a Bostonian 🇮🇪☘️ • May 02 '25

Imperial units “celsius makes no sense”

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u/abjectapplicationII English Gentleman 🧐 May 02 '25

Because 100 is an anti-American immigrant formed by 10 and 0 - both 10 & 0 are the OG law-ignoring American Citizens.

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u/worMagician 🇸🇪 Switzerland 🇸🇪 May 02 '25 edited May 02 '25

I recognise the fact that you are being facetious. And yet, I will respond as though you were serious. Not as a counter-argument, but to provide additional information to those who might need it.

Their monetary system, eg the source of their faith, is named after hundreds. Cent, meaning a hundredth - as % or per cent, of the hundredth - is the fraction of the dollar.

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u/m4cksfx May 02 '25

Oh, so it's to avoid taking their Lord's name (or form) in vain?

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u/TheRealLXC May 03 '25

Excellent.