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Used to Imperiel, especially with fluid amounts and temperature. It can die in a fire when talking about dimensions though. For example, when trying to figure out what the one up or down size of a socket wrench is is infuriating in fractuons. Metric is so much easier.

Either is fine.

I have to admit I can picture American units more intuitively, but that’s just what you’re used to and use all the time. I have no idea what my height in metric is but it’s easy enough to look up and I’d remember it if I had reason to use it.

I also like afflicting measurement puns on my British colleagues. They groan in pain and may not appreciate the humor, but I’m amused at carrying on weather smalltalk about 30° vs 30°

Celsius does seem like a horrible measurement for weather.

Otherwise, metric is the clearly the best, but it's foreign to me. I honestly have no idea what 175 cm looks like, or how heavy 5 kg is.

standard metric measurements

I used metric for years outside of the United States. its used pretty much everywhere else in the world basically. and then I came back to the US and I continued to use metric. and every once in awhile someone gives me a funny look like im a pretentious frog, a cultured Fancy pants or something. and I just want to tell them that I don't give a shit about what they think. and I'm bored with people. and I'm staying inside

I do like metric for a few things distance and mass. Temperature I prefer Standard when cooking or asking about the weather. Scientific metric is much neater and handy. When talking pressure I understand/like PSI better than Pascal.

I prefer to use standard but metric was used very little when I was in school. Just advanced science classes. Like a little intro in grade school, somewhat in high school and then standard in college. Still every day usage is vastly dominated by standard. Now that being said I would prefer for america to fully use metric. It would suck for me but its just so stupid to be using standar measurements. I will say though that standard measurements are very human.

Talking about distance, miles.

The limited wood working that I do, Metric. It's just easier to calculate.

Measuring things for other purposes, such as measuring windows for blinds... Imperial, because most places use it.

Customary for "by feel" estimates. Metric for calculations that require precision.

Mostly metric, but I've lived in metric land long enough that temperature and distance are intuitive now.

TBH, it's a foolish "argument" to have as some hard dividing line when electric voltage, plugs, which side of the road people drive on, money, language, alphabets, shoe size numbers, for a while video format, the size of printer paper, the age where adults can drink alcohol, car safety specs, governance systems, whether or not eating horse meat is OK, the day on which Christmas falls, marginal tax rates, flags, what we call headache medicine, what medicines are over the counter, and standard fuel grades, among a million other things, are also varied globally.

I refuse to use imperial measurements for anything.

Metric, although I’ve never picked up an innate sense of Celsius

Metric all of the things. I haven't lived in the US for over a decade now, but spent the first ~30 years of my life there.

I can really only understand Fahrenheit, miles, and feet..centimeter millimeter are nice though for small things. Celsius kind of makes sense. Sometimes it gets so cold here Celsius and Fahrenheit are the same!

I use both. Probably more imperial, but I use plenty of metric. Im always converting between them for a variety of reasons. Just the other day my wife and I started our first mead. We did several volume conversions and used both measuring systems when convenient.