#StarWars #Metric #SeriouslyFuckTheImperialSystemOfMeasurementITsDumb
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Bottom one looks WAAAY cooler.
ISS is mostly American, which is in imperial system too.
This is not the measurement scale you're looking for.
Imperial all the way, baby
Certainly explains the seemingly arbitrary geometry of star destroyers. "God damn it, Jeff, it was supposed to be a cube; let me look over those unit conversions."
I've always been a harsh defender of the metric system….I must say, now I regret it !!!
On the other hand, there's some pretty serious technology in the Star Wars Universe. What I take away from this image is that if you want to keep technological progress to a minimum, stick with metric.
Hlow