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And 5.16 slugs

to3m 11y ago
Is this a common unit of measurement for people's weight? Stone is standard in the UK for expressing people's weight, which is why I mentioned it. I've never met anybody that weighs themselves in pounds. (I bet I'm not the only person who isn't even sure how many pounds there are in a stone.) Certainly few people seem to have a good instinctive sense for whether a given amount in pounds is about average, a bit light, or a bit heavy. Which is why I thought UK readers might like to know how many stone there are in 166 pounds, but evidently not ;) I have a couple of friends who've gone metric and weigh themselves in kg. That's as avant garde as it gets.
- ionised 11y ago
  I'm from the UK and have started weighing myself in kilograms. Makes more sense now that I'm used to it.
- globuous 11y ago
  Wow, I would never have guessed British didn't use pounds as a unit when weighting themselves. I thought you were just making fun of how there are always so many units in English for the same measurements, so I went an mentioned yet another mass/weight one. I honestly only remember ever using slugs in some classes in undergrad. I doubt anyone actually ever weights themselves in slugs. Actually, slug is a unit of mass, as opposed to pounds which measure a force. So a slug is the equivalent of a kg and a pound is the equivalent of a Newton. But there is also the 'pound mass' (lbs_m) and the 'kilogram force' (kg_f) to confuse us even more. I always thought it was interesting that the SI system is based around mass, time, and length whereas the English system is based around force, time, and length. Which means that in SI, the Newton is derived from the kg whereas in the English system the slug is derived from the pound. Of course, wikipedia states that the 'stone' unit you were mentioning is both a unit of mass and weight -.- Please correct me if I'm wrong though, that's what I remember from my B.S. in the States (I was born and raised with SI units). Also, is the unit of mass 'slug' ever used in conversations in English speaking countries ? I've never encountered it outside of science problems in my 4 years of undergrad (nor did I after, but I don't live in an English speaking country anymore)

And 5.16 slugs

to3m 11y ago

Is this a common unit of measurement for people's weight? Stone is standard in the UK for expressing people's weight, which is why I mentioned it. I've never met anybody that weighs themselves in pounds. (I bet I'm not the only person who isn't even sure how many pounds there are in a stone.) Certainly few people seem to have a good instinctive sense for whether a given amount in pounds is about average, a bit light, or a bit heavy. Which is why I thought UK readers might like to know how many stone there are in 166 pounds, but evidently not ;) I have a couple of friends who've gone metric and weigh themselves in kg. That's as avant garde as it gets.

ionised 11y ago
I'm from the UK and have started weighing myself in kilograms. Makes more sense now that I'm used to it.
globuous 11y ago
Wow, I would never have guessed British didn't use pounds as a unit when weighting themselves. I thought you were just making fun of how there are always so many units in English for the same measurements, so I went an mentioned yet another mass/weight one. I honestly only remember ever using slugs in some classes in undergrad. I doubt anyone actually ever weights themselves in slugs. Actually, slug is a unit of mass, as opposed to pounds which measure a force. So a slug is the equivalent of a kg and a pound is the equivalent of a Newton. But there is also the 'pound mass' (lbs_m) and the 'kilogram force' (kg_f) to confuse us even more. I always thought it was interesting that the SI system is based around mass, time, and length whereas the English system is based around force, time, and length. Which means that in SI, the Newton is derived from the kg whereas in the English system the slug is derived from the pound. Of course, wikipedia states that the 'stone' unit you were mentioning is both a unit of mass and weight -.- Please correct me if I'm wrong though, that's what I remember from my B.S. in the States (I was born and raised with SI units). Also, is the unit of mass 'slug' ever used in conversations in English speaking countries ? I've never encountered it outside of science problems in my 4 years of undergrad (nor did I after, but I don't live in an English speaking country anymore)