Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · miesiąc temuWhy is the USA the only country that doesn’t use the metric system?message-squaremessage-square91linkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down13
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the USA the only country that doesn’t use the metric system?Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · miesiąc temumessage-square91linkfedilink
minus-squarerobot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·miesiąc temuit’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·miesiąc temuWhen have you ever needed to know yards in a mile?
minus-squarerobot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·miesiąc temuless 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.