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This gives me hope that someday the US will more fully move to the metric system.

• Kye 4y ago
  US schools taught metric back when I was in them in the 90s. Then I got out into the world-as-experienced where almost nothing uses it and promptly forgot along with basic French and Spanish and most math, and only retained stuff I personally took interest in. It's not enough to teach things in school without support outside the school.
  • MichaelCollins 4y ago
    Virtually all products in America have volumes and weights listed in metric, alongside the customary units. Even those packaged specifically for America. Many beverages specifically are packaged in whole number liters, with oddball fluid ounces listed next to that. e.g. a 1 liter / 33.8 floz bottle of coke. Where customary units seem strongest is in civil/mechanical engineering and adjacent trades, road signs (all in miles), and weather reports in Fahrenheit.
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