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  1. Charisma

    Charisma Transposon Contributor

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    That happens. But by Cogito's avatar, I thought of a tall and broad Japanese guy :p Okay, I'm after Cogito for a while now...he might as well be on his way to my house to beat the french fries out of me.
    You're the last one. Definitely :p
     
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    You mean Russel? Why do you say that?
     
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    Cogito Former Mod, Retired Supporter Contributor

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    So I would be Cogito-san, the Sumo wrestler?
    A good thing I'm not using the floating brain avatar any more :D
     
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    I dunno. I think you're pretty...rough and tough.

    Heh...I should've mentioned slim too. So that way, you might be the royal Attendee :p But a somu wrestler works. I can relate!
     
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    Haha... that's funny. Don't know what gave you that impression though. Then again, I can't say it's entirely false either.
     
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    I caught you, didn't I? I guess the impression is because your posts are highly strong and strict, please don't mind. They create an impression of seriousness...which is kind of fun and freaky.
     
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    Strong and strict? My choice of words? or the ideas behind them?

    Though I'm not really all that big: 5'6'' and approximately 120 pounds. I'm not sure what that translates into using kg's and meters though.
     
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    Ideas....I guess :)

    Comparing to an average man around here, you're pretty small :p People here are tall and huge for no good reason.
     
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    55 kg and about 170cm.
     
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    Man, America never should have switched over. Does it feel to be in this conversation and the other, more serious one?
     
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    Yeah...that's small for me.

    I don't know. You just scare me :eek: Don't mind. People who talk to me sometimes think I'm like that too. It depends, I guess.
     
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    Wait, what?
     
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    Huh?

    America has never really adopted the metric system. it has stayed primarily with English measure.

    I just happen to know the conversions pretty well from having worked as a scientist, but I can also visualize quantities in both systems apart from actual conversions.
     
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    :redface: Truth is always...weird.
     
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    Being girl, weight conversions are inevitable :eek: Pfft...the figure conscious society. I'm trapped with them.
     
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    Oh, I must have been thinking about the whole Celsius thing. We did have that once, right? I just don't see the whole reason of being so different from the rest of the world. Most of the other stuff is SI.

    And anthraxx, I was confused at your meaning. I was talking about metric systems in what you quoted... so I'm guessing you were talking about me being strong/strict? But it still doesn't make much sense to me. :p
     
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    The US has always used the Fahrenheit scale for temperature in everyday matters.

    We're the oddballs in not going metric, primarily because the costs of retooling all American industries was considered prohibitive.

    Even the English abandoned English measure :)
     
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    You said conversations so I got a little confused. Heh, never mind me. Yeah, conversions...serious?! Now that doesn't make sense to me!
     
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    The Fahrenheit scale is sooo difficult. I wish I would been taught about it before 6th grade :mad:
     
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    Okay... then why are we so different? (It really does seem as though I've heard we used the other ones at one point or another.)

    Can't we just use the SI stuff?
     
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    We (any community) sets trends, doesn't follow them. The new shoe store says that :d.
     
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    Oh... anthraxx, I was talking about being in that murder thread and this, light-hearted one, at the same time and how it felt a little weird.

    Is everything clear now?
     
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    Yeah, I guess some things truly are universal :)
     
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    Yeah, much clearer adamant. It feels funny. But I'm really sad that people can be tolerant. No offense, but now they're fighting over a member...that is so wrong.
     
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    It proves that there ain't anythin' called 'civilized'. It's just a modern way of oppression. But some societies have dominated this with a true meaning of freedom. Kudos to them!
     

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