It's time for the US to use the metric system
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Re: It's time for the US to use the metric system
#2Never give up your feet and inches. They're intuitive in a way that metric somehow is not. Can't explain it but it is true.
Re: It's time for the US to use the metric system
#3Never give up your feet and inches. They're intuitive in a way that metric somehow is not. Can't explain it but it is true.
I grew up with the metric system, hence have the opposite feeling of what is "intuitive". Same thing with Celsius vs Fahrenheit.
Re: It's time for the US to use the metric system
#4Yes and no. Scientific measurements should definitely use metric. Home measurements and measurements that don't matter are perfectly fine using the American system; they're more understandable in a way.
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#5Not going to happen under the current administration. It would seem "un-american" to adopt "evil/unfair european ways"
Re: It's time for the US to use the metric system
#6Never give up your feet and inches. They're intuitive in a way that metric somehow is not. Can't explain it but it is true.
intuitive as in got used to?
Re: It's time for the US to use the metric system
#7Never give up your feet and inches. They're intuitive in a way that metric somehow is not. Can't explain it but it is true.
I disagree, I think you are just used to it. I grew inside a metric system country and is difficult for me to think in imperial system. So, if the US embrace the metric system, I guess the shock will be on the current generation, future kids will never notice it.
Re: It's time for the US to use the metric system
#8We do use it. Many common products are sold in hard metric quantities. It is difficult to buy plywood in non-metric thickness. Non-legacy electronic components are metric. The US military pushes for metrication. This is all done as a result of globalization or the need for commonality.
Re: It's time for the US to use the metric system
#9Never give up your feet and inches. They're intuitive in a way that metric somehow is not. Can't explain it but it is true.
I disagree, I think you are just used to it. I grew inside a metric system country and is difficult for me to think in imperial system. So, if the US embrace the metric system, I guess the shock will be on the current generation, future kids will never notice it.
Forgive the nitpicking, but the US measures are slightly different than Imperial [1]. They're both based on ancient English weights and measures. However, a US pint is 16oz, and an imperial pint in 20oz. An important distinction if you drink beer! Also if you're figuring your car's MPG as both US & Imperial gallons are eight pints.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_and_US_customary_meas...
Re: It's time for the US to use the metric system
#10The length and weight units we use every day in the US are defined in terms of their metric counterparts anyway.
I work in furniture manufacturing in the US. All the hardware we use is metric, many tools are metric and all CNC machines are programmed in metric.
Really the only time I ever have an issue is when I get European hardware that has "helpfully" Americanized the units. Which means arbitrarily rounding the dimensions on the spec sheets to be pretty looking.
I assume that it is the same in most US manufacturing industries. Does it really matter if the industrial base uses different units than people use in day to day life?