Wikipedia: "Some sources now identify Liberia as metric and in Burma it was announced in 2013 that the country is preparing to adopt the metric system"

So really it's just the US stubbornly hanging on now.

He's in Iron Man 2. Tony Stark is at an event or dinner of some sort, shakes his hand and says 'Hi Elon!'

Correct, I had a car that was cheap to buy and to run, and had a part-time job that was enough to cover it. If I needed the exact time, I was usually surrounded by people with watches OR by clocks on a wall, VCR, microwave oven, etc.

I found that my own perception of time improved remarkably after I stopped wearing a watch all the time. When I was 18 my watch was stolen, and I never bothered to get a new one. This was before mobile phones, nowadays I still don't wear a watch but I do carry a phone most of the time - although my perception of time is still pretty good. As you say, that could be age/experience rather than more practice when I was younger.

No, he didn't say that US politics makes sense, he said the explanation makes sense.

If only there was a way of posting information and not revealing any personal information. Maybe a check box to hide your username or something.

Argh, who am I kidding, that would never work.

After posting this condescending comment, I realised that there is a non-zero probability that the submitter may have not properly researched his assertion (rare as that would be). I apologise to you both.

From the SUMMARY: "and has a laugh track in 2015"

I understand nobody reads the articles, but you could both at least read the summary.

The summary says 'artificial trans fat'. Which would seem to exclude naturally occurring trans fats.

Cue the Skynet / Matrix references in 3...2...1...

Because they couldn't do it before....

Maybe he misspelled it the first time.

Yeah, right.

MS Paint.

Hastur is nothing compared to Candlejack! All you have to do is say his nam....