doomer_irl
doomer_irl t1_j0j4b72 wrote
Reply to comment by proper_ikea_boy in NASA's DART asteroid smash flung 2 million pounds of rock into space by shellystarzz
I’m not against metric, I’m against the hostility. “Millions of pounds” is hardly cold science. A pound and a kilo are separated by a factor of about 2. “Millions of pounds” is very probably the same sort of statement here as “millions of kilos”. And even if it weren’t, it’s perfectly valid for someone to use a unit of measurement that they’re familiar with when writing. He probably didn’t even think about it.
The original comment is the equivalent of an American going to a foreign country and demanding people speak English.
doomer_irl t1_j0j35o1 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in NASA's DART asteroid smash flung 2 million pounds of rock into space by shellystarzz
Cool story, maybe you should read an article written by someone from the rest of the world, then. The hostility over this dude using the weight measurement he’s familiar with is ridiculous.
doomer_irl t1_j0ibwkw wrote
Reply to comment by Thatingles in NASA's DART asteroid smash flung 2 million pounds of rock into space by shellystarzz
People always give Americans shit for being entitled and self-centered but here you are throwing a fit because they didn’t use your country’s favorite unit of measurement.
doomer_irl t1_j0kmu4l wrote
Reply to comment by Pixilatedlemon in NASA's DART asteroid smash flung 2 million pounds of rock into space by shellystarzz
You, on the other hand, are an astrophysicist who has no idea what “millions of pounds” means.