Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoWhy is the USA the only country that doesn’t use the metric system?message-squaremessage-square92linkfedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down13
arrow-up194arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the USA the only country that doesn’t use the metric system?Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 days agomessage-square92linkfedilink
minus-squarerobot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoit’s so complicated i definitely don’t remember ounces in a pint or quart or yards in a mile, let alone any of the less common ones despite living in this shithole. division by 10 is the easiest division you can have in base 10
minus-squareJustPlainDave@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoWhen have you ever needed to know yards in a mile?
minus-squarerobot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoless often than knowing the mass of a volume of water would have been useful, which is trivial in metric.
it’s so complicated i definitely don’t remember ounces in a pint or quart or yards in a mile, let alone any of the less common ones despite living in this shithole.
division by 10 is the easiest division you can have in base 10
When have you ever needed to know yards in a mile?
less often than knowing the mass of a volume of water would have been useful, which is trivial in metric.