a joke about measurement

I describe a cool new system of measurement

[cluelesswanderer]

I don’t know if this even qualifies as a joke. It’s just on a totally different scale.

[ir-dan]

"I'm gonna make a joke, but first, I must explain half of the A Level Physics curriculum, so bear with me."

[gwest]

“Force is measured in middle C calories per speed of light.”
I’m not a physicist, but that’s still hilarious to me.

[HappyTrolley]

We had an €€€ system in a physics contest: mass unit that is a mass of €1 coin, distance unit that you can travel in a taxi for €1, and time unit that you have to work to get paid €1, on average. A force was then was just a number: €×€/€²

[QueenFondue]

I love how completely impossible it is to actually conceptualize the combinations of units used to create basic quantities, to the point where instead of thinking, "Oh thank God, I understand distance" you're thinking "WHAT DO YOU MEAN MIDDLE C CALORIES"

[waylandvolundr]

How to end this video:
"So, that being said, I hope you'll join me in sailing the Seven C's"

[potentialPizza]

As a physics student I love this and I'm going to ask my professors if the exams allow answers in CCC units.

[treythesequel]

great sense of comedic timing. it's all in the ''way'' you '''tell it, ''' after all. still can’t believe the name Conlang Critic was alliteration just for the sake of this joke. 10/10 Cs all around. C% certified jokester.

[brutusthebear]

You got me completely off guard with the last C. Put me in a false sense of security by saying it was pretty much arbitrary, then hit me with that Roman Numeral. I'm dying.

[RunstarHomer]

"The speed of light per middle C" hit me in a way that no other joke ever has.

[Noziac]

The seven Cs systeme is simply the best unit-related joke i've ever heard . I'm using it along with seximal in my future pirate micromemestate

[PipPanoma]

I actually burst out laughing when you pulled out the middle C. What a creative capitalization of your comedic capabilities!

[Astronomy]

2:53 there's another unit called a pound that measures currency

[williamburns]

I feel like I’ve learned something and nothing at the same time. Excellent.

[MegaMe]

I love how you can hear his smile throughout the whole video as he explains his joke. It WAS a good joke.

[Le-cptr]

Some say that jokes that are too long aren’t funny. I say that it’s not the length of the joke, but how you use it

[peterwarman]

So instead of the mole, the CCC system would use a “count”, equal to 1 of something.

[lppunto]

5:27 One could argue that most people aren't nearly as familiar with the calorie as with the Calorie (= 1 kilocalorie).

[samuraipizzaman]

This reminds me of when I was in Nuclear Power School and using the FFF system on assignments that they didn't give units for because we weren't allowed to have naked numbers. I wish I had known about the seven C's back then, the guys grading it would have hated me more lol

[briankinney]

Casually saying "I don't know how to end this video" and then spending the last few seconds without speaking was comedy gold (along with the rest of the C system, particularly the use of both a serif Roman numeral C and a sans-serif C)