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Well I actually grew up with the metric system. I'm also not the religion I was raised. I do love my nation, which is easy because I'm American and there is a
by blhack 8y ago
Well I actually grew up with the metric system. I'm also not the religion I was raised. I do love my nation, which is easy because I'm American and there is a lot to love.
Imperial units are just better for humans to use. I would love if somebody could give me a redeeming quality for metric, but so far nobody has.
- rangibaby 8y agoIt’s easy to convert between units, miles and yard and feet and inches make my brain have a BSOD
- martinbooth 8y agoOne reason to avoid imperial units is that people seem to be generally unsure if they're even using them! I might be wrong, but you're probably more familiar with the US system rather than imperial units (given you said you're american). Did you know there are 20 fluid ounces in a pint?
- JCSato 8y agoI generally find them easier to manipulate, which is a frequent use for measuring distance. Honestly, I think the big thing hampering metric adoption is that no one uses decimeters. Kilometers are useful for trip distances, centimeters/millimeters are useful for small/precise measurements, but meters are deeply unuseful (for the same reasons you rarely see things measured in yards). 1/10th of a meter gets you a lot of the same usability as a foot measurement, but now adding centimeters onto that is more straightforward. A lot easier to calculate for measuring space for furniture, height, etc. . .
- KozmoNau7 8y agoWe do actually work in decimeters a lot, we just refer to them in 10cm increments. And conveniently there are 10 units of 10cm in a meter.
- mbroncano 8y agoThat’s usually called the zeal of the convert. First generation immigrants are quite adept at it.