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-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.
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.