Had they adopted the metric system
Or at least had an education system capable of teaching basic maths
Americans if they adopted the metric system: ".25kg > .5kg"
Classic.
".25kg > .5kg"
Which one of those is a third?
Deoends on whether you're asking for a third of 0.75kg or a third of 1.5 kg
Sounds to me like they missed the opportunity to sell a 1/5 burger for more instead.
TIL fractions don't exist in the metric system.
We wouldn't normally say "I'd like a 18/100 kilogram burger"...
well they do, but since it's metric it's always 1/10 1/100 ... and they have their own name so no math needed
Fractions still work the same way. The thing is Americans would think the 1/100 is bigger than 1/2, because 100>2. Doesn't matter what unit you start with
Edit: I see what you're saying with the names. But do you think the average american knows that a quarter pounder is less than a third pounder?
Pretty sure fractions are pure math & not metric or imperial.
Americans do be dumb AF, though.
Let's just pretend that metric doesn't have fractions.
Not that they don't exist, but in my experience I have never seen them used, if something is, say, 1/2 liter you see it written as 50cl...
For burgers, I have seen
But maybe it's only my experience and in other parts of Europe it's different
Would you rather eat the 113-grammer burger? Or the 151-grammer burger?
No, Americans could have had bigger burgers if they weren't stupid.
metric system
Is this one of those intentionally-obviously-wrong comments designed to encourage people to comment on the meme?
Worked didn't it?
It's not like Americans need bigger food.
Should have sold it as a 2/6ths burger.
The maths teachers wouldn't have been happy, but apparently the buyers would have.
"Woah, 2/6 is waayyyy bigger than 1/4, not like that teensy 1/3 burger they used to have"
No one went to A&W for burgers back then, footlong chili dog and root beer.
This, exactly.
Anyone repeating this 1/4 vs 1/3 bullshit never had one of their 1/3lb burgers. They were fucking terrible. Sysco prison-grade burger patties, drowned in store-brand ketchup with a thin slice of "American"-flavored yellow #5.
Absolute worst burger I've ever had.
Growing up, A&W was for chili dogs and a big glass mug of rootbeer. Never order anything else; its always a fat sack of disappointment.
That must have been a US thing. A&W in Canada has had excellent Teen burgers for decades.
But that can't be right! I have it on good authority that A&W stands for Amburgers and Woot beer!
[VINCENT]
And you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?
[JULES]
They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?
[VINCENT]
No, they don't have fractions, they wouldn't know what the fuck a Quarter is.
[JULES]
Then what do they call it?
[VINCENT]
They call it Royale with Cheese.
No, they don't have fractions, they wouldn't know what the fuck a Quarter is.
"No they have the metric system, they don't know what the fuck a quarter pounder is"
Fractions aren't imperial, fractions are fractions, everyone has them. It's the 'pound' that's imperial and normal people don't use.
Americans are every bit as capable of assuming a 1/8 kg burger is bigger than a 1/6 kg burger.
I'm gonna move the goal posts here and say smaller burgers are inherently better. I don't want to chew on a giant pile of ground beef.
You must love the smashburger trend
Absolutely. Throw on some cheddar or muenster and drizzle some hot bbq, we're in business.
I will make a 1/100 pound burger, instant money machine
I've just had a radical idea to solve obesity in America
It was more because there weren’t many A&Ws around. Closest to me was over an hour away.
This is so dumb
1/3 equals 1/4 because in both cases you have 1.
I see this repeated all the time and I'm sure there's some truth to it, but A&W burgers are also disgusting and more expensive than their competitors. So there's that.
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