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Imperial Wastes So Much Time (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] Pazintach@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (5 children)

Growing up in the Metric environment, I only have to deal with the Imperial system very rarely before the Internet. But later, I found out there's a whole country that only use Imperial, and that they almost always demand you convert your system to the one they understand, and almost never bothered with Metric when they write anything. But then again, I found out that they also use units that are totally novel. I just have to accept that this is the character of them, and continue using Metric.

[โ€“] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

Probably. Because their understanding of metric is next to none. So they don't even know what to convert it to. We also often take for granted with that we grow up with.

It wasn't until I was 25 that I realized woodworking and sewing, isn't part of the normal elementary school curriculum abroad.

It's far from easy for someone that grew up in a different system to get a good reference of what different units feel like. It's the kind of change you need multiple new generations for.

The only reference Americans have for metric is 9mm

[โ€“] elbiter@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

It's because they believe they're so exceptional that everything that works for the rest of the world doesn't work for them.

That includes not only the metric system but also things like healthcare, student debt and gun control.

[โ€“] AshLassay@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

There is no country that only uses Imperial. Americans use grams for weed. And technically what the US uses is called US Customary. Some units are different from Imperial. Funny thing is both Imperial and US Customary are legally defined in metric.

[โ€“] XM34@feddit.org 3 points 12 hours ago

I'm having way too much fun with refusing to convert to or even learn that abomination of a system. Whenever a Murrican starts a conversation with inches, feet, ellbows or whatever I ask them what they mean and whether they can convert that to real units please.

[โ€“] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Middle Earth?