{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-14 22:21:05 UTC","author_name":"Narwhal (narwhal)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/narwhal","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3621494","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/33432\" class=\"url\" title=\"rainbowcrash\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">purplebear<\/span><\/a><\/span> The imperial system is an outdated and unnecessarily complex system of measurement that has no place in the modern world. I understand you can't just completely redo a country's entire measuring system overnight but that doesn't take away my irks with the system."}