Why Does America Still Use The Imperial System?

[@herovandiejen1479]

Lets be honest, measuring your freedom in number of guns devided by bald eagles per square hamburger is so much easier for the Americans

[@liberatetutemeexinferis5902]

🤣🤣🤣

[@zloychechen5150]

mmm.. square hamburger.. that's a pity that wendy's pulled out of russia.

[@thetruthseeker8841]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ModerateExplosive]

That's the funniest thing I've heard in the imperial vs metric debate. 😂😂

[@davidjones-vx9ju]

where are you?

[@selcovoilucian8253]

Myanmar , Malaria , whatever Congratulations , US citizenship approved!

[@allanwood3562]

I did a double take at that!

[@jamesmorton6934]

@@allanwood3562 Me too!!!

[@zescapegoat]

she said Liberia & Malaysia, but Malaysia uses metric system. GG newscaster

[@allanwood3562]

@@zescapegoat apparently that was near enough.

[@zescapegoat]

@@allanwood3562 lol it is pretty close enough. And she was supposed to say Myanmar btw, they use the imperial system

[@sitech1234]

I don't buy the 'too complicated/expensive' to change now. Australia only converted to metric in the 1970s...

[@brokkoliomg6103]

iNfLatiON hAs MadE iT tOo eXpEnSivE dAwG

[@sabin97]

it's simple and free to change. it can even be done in stages. stage 1: force every manufacturer to list weight/volume in both systems. many already do anyway. stage 2: after the population is used to the international system, have every manufacturer use only the international system. and the street signs are even simpler and completely free. and can be done in 2 stages. when a sign needs to be substituted the one one should have the distance/speed in both systems. once the population gets used, on the next change it will be only in the international system. and suddenly it's all in the right system.

[@saladv6069]

1970s Australia and 2021 USA are are very different, way more people, WAY more roadsigns and measuring sticks

[@sabin97]

@@saladv6069 that's not a problem at all. it has ZERO extra cost. road signs have a certain lifetime. and then they are due to be replaced. and THAT's when you make them dual-system. while making sure broadcasts use the correct system more and more. until people eventually get it. and in the next replacement you make them single-system again.

[@EpicFailCooperation]

' its too expensive..." and it wont get cheaper :@

[@mdirmcmxciv5678]

Me as a child thinking how the america is still alive at 90 degree.

[@lartas7960]

Well, for some people, the US is hell, so 90 degrees is pretty reasonable

[@pythoncake2708]

it's titled apparently

[@CommunityUUG]

USA is only hell to those so privileged they cant see how good they have it.

[@davibezerra3799]

@@CommunityUUG Exactly.

[@lizardlegend42]

@@CommunityUUG how is that... relevant? Like, at all? OP was just having a joke about the difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit

[@iannjari6833]

Nothing is as annoying as working with datasets in the mm/dd/yyyy format

[@doandadrestarahma5290]

Ikr like why can't you stick with an intuitive pattern of smaller change to larger

[@ozone8897]

@@doandadrestarahma5290 January 26th, 2009 sounds much better than, The 26th of January, 2009 Edit: What I meant is that "The 26th of January" is grammatically incorrect

[@peaveyst7]

@@ozone8897 has nothing to do with the sound of something but with the logical row of using units in time. day to month to year.

[@ZeZeBatata69]

Specially when all you got is a date like 05/12/2016.. now good luck with that.

[@iannjari6833]

@@ozone8897 Infact, when we're writing/saying dates where the month is in character format, we use both 15th December and December 15th but in numerical form, we stick with 15/12/2021(dd/mm/yyyy) so that we do not have a mix up with for example, 01/02/2021 (is it January 2nd or February 2nd?)

[@herovandiejen1479]

The fact even the news anchor said "...along with Liberia and Malaysia" while Malaysia uses the metric system and the map clearly shows Myanmar

[@ericcelestino2170]

The UK uses both systems they got that wrong too 😂

[@Milesco]

Indeed. One of several things that reporter got wrong. It's embarrassing how bad the reporting was on this issue.

[@sabin97]

the people of usa see all asian countries as interchangeable. to them they're all chinese. just like they see all latinos as mexican.

[@Milesco]

@@sabin97 : Your comment reminds me of an episode of "King of the Hill" where Hank Hill meets his new Laotian neighbor, and Hank asks him "Are you Chinese or Japanese?" The neighbor says "I'm Laotian." And Hank says "So....are you Chinese or Japanese?"

[@ziebelzubel]

It's also a common misconception that Myanmar uses the imperial System. It uses neither, they have their own measurements.

[@UncleFeedle]

Americans have a pretty good understanding of what constitutes 9mm, 5.56mm and 7.62mm.

[@mikekaatman3194]

Touché.

[@tonycrayford3893]

Dont forget drugs they come in grams

[@vertmicko4763]

Of course they do!

[@michaelhawk3861]

9mm you say... where are the D-jokes?

[@jvs333]

Yes they know their guns but not that they’re measurements, most just think they’re names

[@MikaelMurstam]

That super American guy at the end: "I can't imagine changing" sums it all up.

[@cryptidian3530]

Yep. They don't want to become like everyone else. Keeping Imperial keeps them special.

[@JoaoMariaNunes]

in Europe we had a similar challenge when we all changed from our old currencies to euro, it was weird for some time but now nobody thinks about it...

[@monsieurtyrell9652]

it's literally made up numbers anyways sir.... like what's there to imagine?

[@John-ng9cr]

It doesn't really matter

[@Fred_the_1996]

@harry199 special Ed at the very most

[@steen275]

So how long is your car? American: ''About 3 wheelbarrows''

[@JeEhaO]

How long is 1 wheelbarrow?

[@steen275]

@@JeEhaO I would say the Average wheelbarrow's about 15 pinky fingers long

[@sephrothguy]

😂😂😂

[@kuhlengesi3333]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@christianb1707]

Lol

[@donwood9396]

Can you imagine them trying to learn something new - half of the population think Europe is a country ...

[@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234]

🤣 You sound Idiotic, stop pulling percentagages out of you're ass gringo

[@lartas7960]

@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 your*

[@kazikkorczak32]

History lesson in the USA: France, Hitler, Commies.

[@miguelgarr576]

Well and in Europe some think America is a country.... Regards

[@potassiumcyanide3857]

@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 your comments sums up your entire country

[@RoRZoro]

1: It's Myanmar and not Malaysia 2: Scientists use the Metric system in America also. They had to covert it in their own country on public addresses. 3: Many countries used the Imperial system in the past and decided to change it into metric because Metric made more sense. In countries like India, people (especially old people) still say the old system like feet, cents, acers etc. But in official documents, it's all meter, sqm, sqkm, Hectare etc. Change is gradual and the newer generation is more used to Metric than Imperial.

[@trevorhanlon6755]

We use both in Australia just depends on what we are using the measurements on

[@RoRZoro]

@@trevorhanlon6755 It's the same in India also. We completely changed into metric now when it comes to measuring distance. My grandmother used to say things like furlong, yards and miles etc. But never heard my mom using it. But people still use old length and area units like feet, acre, cent etc. When I planned to build my house, the engineer/contractor and I discussed everything in feet, sq feet cents etc. When they came up with the floor plans, it was all in metric. Everything was converted to centimetres, sqm. This is common in India. When it comes to distance and area, people talk in imperial but do the work in metric. But the newer generation is more getting used to metric.

[@SuperEthan154]

And the western tip of Russia is not part of the US

[@SuperEthan154]

@@trevorhanlon6755 And the UK, we use mm,cm,m for measuring but miles for speed limits and road signs

[@अण्वायुवरीवर्त]

@@RoRZoro metric is absolute. Ducking hate it when I have to convert for some bs like simple things as length forget about using BTU or some shit for enthalpy or power.

[@ZeZeBatata69]

Yeah, Malasia... Good to know the U.S. is still number 1 in Geography.

[@niezrozum]

From the bomber's hatch, all countries look about the same:)

[@captain-chair]

@@niezrozum The countries of the world according to Americans: Canada (polite snowflakes) Mexico (drugs, culture, and stuff) Britain (the queen funny voices and won ww2 for them) Australia (kangaroo riding snake land) France (well French people) Germany (nazis, cars, and hamburgers) Europe (forgot who gave them freedom) Eastern Europe (still part of russia) Denmark and Sweden (socialism) Russia (literally evil) Middle East (need freedom) Iran (doesn’t like freedom) India (call centre people) China (well their opinion on China isn’t to inaccurate) North Korea (fat man with nuke) South Korea (only because of north) Vietnam (the place they totally won) Afghanistan (they maybe did 9/11) Africa (poor, starving, and a single entity) Israel (mixed screeching)

[@thatchatajariya9974]

@@niezrozum Cringe

[@joaofabio5927]

@@niezrozum except vietnam ;) this country make your soldiers cry silently

[@everythingisawesome2903]

@@joaofabio5927 and now they are packing up from Afghanistan. It's Vietnam all over again.

[@cliffbowls]

Swear to god when I grew up in Canada we were essentially taught that the us uses the idiot system because that can’t comprehend the change

[@JonahMV]

🤣🤣🤣.

[@dertobi257]

I mean, your teachers aren't wrong....

[@davidjones-vx9ju]

so ... where do you work now?

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

We know how to use the metric system. We just don't use it for most things. It's incredibly puzzling to me why this seems to bother foreigners so much.

[@davidjones-vx9ju]

@@unnecessaryapostrophe4047 we use it a lot really

[@aerocap]

A similarity regarding metric and imperial: both are incompatible with imperial.

[@planelover4480]

absolutely underrated cause its true

[@brokkoliomg6103]

I don't get it

[@HvV8446]

@@brokkoliomg6103 he probably means that imperial isnt compatible with imperial when is comes to weight, volume and dimensions. I.e. 1 liter of water equals 1 kilogram and 10 cm³ So 567 liters of water is 567 kg, how long did that take me to calculate that: zero seconds Now take 567 gallons of water, how many pounds is that? 4706.1 pounds, how long did me take it to figure it out? Too long!

[@Big-Chungus1]

@@HvV8446 1 liter of water is 1000cm3 or 1dm3 not 10cm3

[@HvV8446]

@@Big-Chungus1 1 dm is 10 cm, so the same

[@FiryaFYI]

Even us medicine uses metric. Just imagine hearing on ER or something, give me 0.405 teaspoons of adrenaline, STAT! (2cc)

[@paddington1670]

0.067628 FLUID OUNCES STAT. like wtf even is that. metric is so much better it's not even funny.

[@josecampos7157]

0.12 cubic inches

[@moonshifter0]

0.002418 Gallons

[@kilianleitner7172]

0.002418 Gallons is too much metric they will say 5/2048 Gallons MARICA F*CK YEAH

[@dominicpascal5512]

Imagine how stupid it would be to divide a Dollar into 212 Cents, where 32 Cents are worth nothing and 0 Cents are worth negative money.

[@th3s3us45]

What?

[@obimitt.]

That's what I dont get - they even decided for a 10 based system with money...because they knew it is the easiest and quickest to handle when paying. How can they then deny that fact with every other measurement?

[@dominicpascal5512]

@@obimitt. even the inconsistency is inconsistent

[@abner20bushi]

Epic comment.

[@lmk10000]

@@obimitt. well, I mean, you can give feet and inches a thing, which is a 12 based system is not as bad as people believe. Think about a circunference which is divided in 360 degrees. This is much better than, say 400 degrees, because you can divide it by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, etc.

[@valueinvestor77]

“It would cost a ton or tonne (metric or Imperial) of money” - Then stop spending trillions on failed wars.

[@tut4moon]

Based

[@vrenak]

Actually it doesn't have to cost anything at all, the various proposed costs are all imaginary because they are just big babies that don't want to change, despite having a different system costs the US billions annually.

[@fieliep1040]

@@vrenak you took the words out of my mouth...

[@vrenak]

@hgd See that's actually also a 0 cost, because you don't need to change everything from day 1, signs have a limited lifetime, so for a time you make dual signs, that lets people get used to the km/h values, then when you have done this for a long time, you make the official switch, and new signs will only have the km/h, and after a long and easy adjustment period you have completed the switch at 0 cost. I hope I don't need to fill in the small details for you in this.

[@vrenak]

@hgd correct, just do a gradual switch, noone is expecting you to wake up one day and have everything switched, and noone remembering the old system.

[@ED-yy4te]

America has its own system Area: Football field/Manhattan Altitude: Empire state buildings Weight: Elephants Volume: Olympic size swimming pool Intensity: As fck

[@TheTaxxor]

In german documentaries you'll also hear an area as number of soccer fields or a volume as number of filled bathtubs a lot, just to make it easier for viewers to imagine, but the correct metric value is always given too

[@hockeyplayer8372]

You mean the USA. The Americas are continents.

[@gragogflying-anvil3605]

@@hockeyplayer8372 Wrong comment? Nobody here said "the Americas".

[@TheTaxxor]

@@gragogflying-anvil3605 OPs first sentence: "America has its own system"

[@gragogflying-anvil3605]

@@TheTaxxor "America", but not "the americas". Depending on where you are, that might be key. Anyway, at least where I am from, people often use "america" as a short form for "united stated of america". The continent itself is referred to as "north america", so yes, OP meant USA.

[@jreiland07]

Rest of World: “It’s a perfectly sensible idea!” America: “NEVER!”

[@JoeriU]

This sums it up perfectly

[@obimitt.]

It's always a good guiding line to do exactly the opposite of what americans think is sensible.

[@JoeriU]

@Orange Fort Godzilla had a stroke trying to read this and fucking died

[@TwelveDeck]

No, they're perfectly fine with being stupid, not different.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

Americans know how to use the metric system. It's just not used as the default.

[@killerboba]

@@unnecessaryapostrophe4047 sure. And santa claus and god a totaly real

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

@@killerboba Why would someone lie about that? It's taught in primary school, and it's used constantly throughout various subjects in high school.

[@b-zar8912]

@@unnecessaryapostrophe4047 What's the point of learning it if y'all aren't gonna use it anyway?

[@slygem899]

@@killerboba 😆😆👍👍

[@ramsesbams]

"scientist use the non-metric system and have to convert when working with other" except they don't. they just use the metric system

[@Milesco]

Indeed. One of several things that reporter got wrong.

[@a.q.2330]

But we need to defend using our obsolete measuring "system" somehow

[@osorious]

2:09 it's not Malaysia, it's Myanmar.

[@mikloscsuvar6097]

When the USA will got weakened by China and will not be so self-centered and punk as it is it will transit to SI. This attitude of them is even in their speaking, they call their country via a continent, exactly two, name America), they use false names to introduce this topic: metric and imperial instead of SI and U.S. Customary.

[@prohabetamu]

The same thing

[@oborkot]

Typical American point of view

[@donaldgoodinson7550]

Myanmar is the only country left that like the us uses this stupid system.

[@Algeriawindows69]

@@prohabetamu they're deferent countrys idiot

[@iskandarmaming]

LoL not Malaysia

[@drosophilamelanogaster3957]

Of course not, it is Malaria!

[@reclaimer2019]

In the 1980's, A&W tried to sell a third pounder burger to rival McDonald's quarter pounder. They sold it for the same price, but nobody wanted to buy it because the majority of people thought they were getting less meat. They did focus groups and found that half the people thought it was smaller. And this is America.

[@mxbx307]

Reminds me of the people who order pizza and get asked how many slices they want it cut into. I'll just have 6 tonight, not feeling hungry enough for 8.

[@Zodroo_Tint]

They think 1/4 is more than 1/3 because 4 is more than 3 and this is not a joke what is a terrible thing. Because you only have to blow up a couple of tower and these people will go to war against anybody you point at. The fact the most powerful nation on the earth has the dumbest population should scare everybody who doesn't want WW3.

[@aaronaaron5013]

Americans be like: i walked at 6,24 Eagles per burgers to get here

[@tako8198]

lol

[@feeeshmeister4311]

Implying that eagles are a unit of distance and burgers a unit of time? I approve.

[@mklinger23]

It would be 6.24. yet another thing that America does differently

[@aaronaaron5013]

@@mklinger23 the point !!!! I forgot that what 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@peterkotara]

2:38 No. No they don't. Nor do engineers or Doctors, The pharmaceutical industry or medical industry. Not to mention computer and technology related industries and finance.

[@Lukinaification]

For real. In my engineering education, there were a select few problems the professors had us do in imperial just to show them we could do it, but I always ended up converting the problem to metric first, did the problem, then converted back the answer to imperial. Metric is just so much more intuitive to work with, and unit analysis usually makes way more sense for me.

[@MikeGill87]

When you're trying to introduce the US public to something progressive and stumble on geography...

[@brokkoliomg6103]

This. You could do this with so many issues. Next up: Universal Healthcare in industrialized countries (hell, you could probably even make it for the whole world) lmao

[@kchishol1970]

"Changing would cost a ton of money," right after talking about how a bungle with the different measuring systems cost NASA a multi-million dollar satellite. That sounds like a tonne of money to me.

[@GH-oi2jf]

It isn’t. That is the only error of that kind in he history of NASA. It was launched in 1998 and failed in 1999. It was such a rare failure that metric advocates cite it over and over because they have nothing else. Anyway, NASA are using metric units consistently nowadays.

[@talldrinkofmarmalade7281]

No shit it only happened once, because losing a multimillion dollar satellite TWICE is when shit hits the fan

[@tomasvrabec1845]

@@GH-oi2jf 😂 because they would lose their credibility is they avowed it to happen again. Imagine a space agency that would be known for crashing due to mistaking units... Such a basic mistake

[@lauens]

"tonne"

[@ramychaari2567]

Reporter : It will cost us a lot of money *Hundreds of millions of dollars lost by NASA because of the imperial system* Seems logical to me

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

Hundreds of millions is nothing compared to the trillions it would cost to essentially rebuild everything.

[@ramychaari2567]

@@unnecessaryapostrophe4047 Yeah but we don’t have to rebuild everything. Just teach everything in metric system to the new generations and in 30 years everything will be sorted out. They can even acknowledge both of them at the same time if they like it so much

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

@@ramychaari2567 The metric system is already taught to American children in primary school. We just don't use it for most things. What I think you're proposing instead is that we just stop also using the imperial system... Why?

[@SSIyer]

@@unnecessaryapostrophe4047 Because it's an outdated and inconvenient system

[@havtor007]

@@unnecessaryapostrophe4047 Businesses in usa today is paying billions to be metric and imperial, the smart ones have gone full metric and even if needing to completely retool factories are now earning more money then they did before. USA has already pledged to become Metric via the Kilogram treaty

[@Y2Kr4SHM4N]

The most dangerous phrase in the language is, ‘We’ve always done it this way.’ - Grace Murray Hopper

[@killman369547]

Whenever someone tells me "We've always done it this way" I always respond with "Yeah, but that way sucks balls, and i can prove it mathematically".

[@davesutherland1864]

I wonder how many Americans know that the absolute definition of every imperial unit is defined by metric units? An example is one inch is defined exactly as 2.54cm.

[@freyawion5337]

because metric is the system of science, and you define units with science ;) metres for example are defined with Planck's length - a constant for our universe, the minimum difference in distance. grams - with hydrogen atom mass i believe?

[@davesutherland1864]

@@freyawion5337 Actually a meter is defines as how far light travels in a vacuum in one 299,792,458th of a second and a kg is defined in terms of Plank's constant which can be measure to better than 20 parts in a billion using a Watt or Kibble;e balance.

[@freyawion5337]

@@davesutherland1864 oh, okay, didn't know that!

[@ad-skyobsidion4267]

@@freyawion5337 they have been trying to link measurements to something that is constant and unchanging instead of a physical object

[@ColinRichardson]

@@freyawion5337 To add to this. (This is gonna sound weird but), gram is not the base unit.. Unlike with metre, where we go UP to Kilometre and DOWN to millimetre (and so on), Kilogram is actually the base.. So you go UP to a ton, and DOWN to a gram (and so on). I believe this is to do with a French language problem where it was associated with something bad (I think??) so rather than say "gram" it was "kilogram" see, kilogram is not evil at all, blar blar.. Or something weird along those lines.. Basically a French Quirk means 'gram' is not the base unit.

[@raymendez3403]

She said Malaysia instead of Myanmar lmao

[@Locomotion-uz4ly]

Don't hold it against her. They're both imaginary anyway. ;)

[@jesroe5842]

@@Locomotion-uz4ly f u

[@arcihungbycraneonfire]

@@Locomotion-uz4ly no? Everything here is

[@Kipzo]

Well, America doesn't use non-metric, but only United States of America

[@The_Soviet_Onion]

Yes

[@adanactnomew7085]

America in English means The US. If youre referring to the continent in English its The Americas. Please learn the proper terminology

[@EduardoFlores-bt4fo]

@@adanactnomew7085 lol ok gringo

[@adanactnomew7085]

@@EduardoFlores-bt4fo Yet you keep speaking English, curious

[@EduardoFlores-bt4fo]

@@adanactnomew7085 Yes, English, a language created in Europe. Aren't you so smart? Yece nehuatl ahmo nitlahtoa ihuan in gringo xolopitli.

[@oichilli7309]

I want to thank the yt Algorithm for recommending this video to me. Now I noticed I'm not the only one roasting the imperial system

[@NoName-hv7xn]

Most of non-americans do it, so yeah you are not alone.

[@liambhagan9239]

The imperial system seems si inconvenient. When you are doing some measurements in math or physics that involve conversion of units you use the metrics system of order of magnitude where it scales by 10. If you grow up in the us and decide to go into a career of math you have to learn a system of measurement the rest of the world already uses because your country is lagging behind.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

We learn the metric system in primary school. We just don't use it for most day-to-day things.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

@Bartosz Wojciechowski Why would I use it for everyday use? I already have another system that works very well for me. I like it. We know what those things mean. We just don't know what it means in terms of practical application. We know that the units exist and how they work, but there's no real world frame of reference for comparison. Example: we know that water freezes and boils at 0 C and 100 C respectively, but we couldn't tell you what is a comfortable outdoor temperature in C. We know that 1000 milliliters = 1 liter, but we don't know how much beer that is compared to a pint.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

@Bartosz Wojciechowski Your reply seems to indicate a misperception that metric isn't used here. We use both systems.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

@Bartosz Wojciechowski We are taught how the metric system works in grade school. It's just 10s. That's not very difficult to understand. If someone can understand the imperial system, then the metric system, being much simpler, is going to be easier to grasp.

[@daanlinders7997]

@@unnecessaryapostrophe4047 this is exactly the reason why you should use the metric system. It is just so much easier. If you start using the metric system soon you will also know what a nice temperature outside is or how much a litre is. But it is so much easier.

[@benhigginbotham8158]

My God, I hate how much we use the imperial system. Its so illogical. Also, month/day/year instead of day/moth/year.

[@MAP233224]

oh yeah fuck that too, makes no sense

[@GH-oi2jf]

You may write the date any way you please, unless a form specifies a particular order.

[@masoodjalal1152]

@@GH-oi2jf Wait till someone asks about the date 06-11-2021.

[@whwhwhhwhhhwhdldkjdsnsjsks6544]

@@GH-oi2jf No you may not, as it is often impossible to tell which number is the day and which is the year

[@melonenlord2723]

day/month/year or year/month/day for some file sorting algorithm. But why begin in the middle? :D

[@user-gu1sz9vi9e]

The fact you need a riddle to rember how many feet a mile is makes it a stupid system

[@davidjones-vx9ju]

nobody needs that

[@zhongxina8426]

Metric literally only has a decimal point that you can move around.

[@killman369547]

@@zhongxina8426 That's all you need.

[@joermnyc]

I actually saw an article claiming going metric= “communism” and “taking away our freedoms”. WTF?! As for “costing too much money”: we already use metric in manufacturing because it would actually cost MORE to have two sets of tools and fasteners, one for the US, and one for the export market. That’s why when you go to fix your car, the bolts are usually in mm, not fractions of an inch (a non-metric socket or wrench might fit, but it’s not quite the right size.) Metric is what the world uses, we look backwards using imperial.

[@gaboseries5252]

“BuT wE wEnT tO tHe MoOn” yeah, you went to the moon and even after that NASA switched to the metric system because it recognized that it was better.

[@Twiggy163]

They went to the moon using Metric units for the design and calculation. It was only converted to Imperial for the astronauts and manufacturing of the rocket.

[@herophoenix8693]

Love this commentary section.

[@zahrans]

Malaysia: Wait, what?

[@ericktellez7632]

I am mexican and I know thats myanmar

[@PcmKomanda]

It's interesting how usually Americans don't know 24 hour system, but we know their. 😔I always have convert to 12hours system

[@mehdih8165]

Thank you now because I read your comment I will never again use am or pm to speak with american on internet

[@kpina9178]

@@mehdih8165 God i wanna see that xD

[@davidhuett3579]

Yes ... but they always seem to know where North is though.

[@lmk10000]

Well, in South America we use 12 hours system, so, there're things we like the "American way". Edit: not all South Americans use the 12 hours system, but many countries do.

[@marcapouli7805]

@@mehdih8165 I always use metric and 24 hour even if speaking to an american. They have to adapt to the rest of the world (and also I simply can't use something as stupid as their customary unit)

[@stratplayr6997]

I have been making a point to use metric whenever I can. Once you start using it, you quickly get used to it. There are several aspects of it that are much simpler to use than our Imperial system. People are just reluctant to change, simple human nature.

[@sueneilson896]

I was brought up on imperial, then the country converted to metric in the 1960s. So I know and can work in both systems. I think you mean that all aspects of metric are much simpler to use.

[@Milesco]

@ Stratplayr : Are you an American? Assuming so, how exactly can you use the metric system whenever everyone around you use the Customary system? Not being snarky -- I'm genuinely curious. I think this is one of the greatest impediments (though not the only one) to widespread adoption of the metric system -- the fact that no one else uses it. (No one else in the U.S. -- you know what I mean.) If I go to the store, I buy my apples and bananas and potatoes by the pound -- I don't have a choice. When I go to the gas station, the gas is pumped and sold by the gallon -- I don't have a choice. If I'm talking to my friend who lives anywhere in the U.S. and the conversation turns to fuel economy, if I were to say "my car gets 10.6 kilometers per liter", do you think they would have a clue what that is? Measurement systems are like languages. Everybody has to be on the same page. If everyone else uses the customary system, then I have to, too.

[@darkasnight86]

@@sueneilson896 I'm ashamed if ur American. Metric is not easier dumbass There is also the fact that Fahrenheit is a more precise scale than Celsius, meaning the difference in temperature between each degree is smaller. ... So you can be more accurate when measuring temperatures using Fahrenheit without resorting to fractions and decimals. The Celsius scale is named after Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius, who developed it in 1742. Celsius measured the freezing and boiling points of water at sea level and divided the distance between the two into hundredths. He originally had the scale in the opposite order of the scale used today - 0°C was the boiling point of water, and 100°C was the freezing point - but other scientists later reversed the scale. The Fahrenheit scale was first proposed in 1724 by the German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. Using a tube filled with mercury or alcohol

[@shootymcshoot8515]

I mean in the metric one everything ends with a 0, making everything less confiusing

[@Terzaghi12]

Most Americans: "The metric system must be a communist plot"

[@SteveNaranjo]

This is actually funny cause Tucker Carlson said something very similar once.

[@robotko_ruslan]

@@SteveNaranjo he said "tyranny of metric system"

[@Staniele]

Yeah anything that is not American is Communist and then Americans ask why we hate them all

[@DS-pk4eh]

You are already using it. With your money. So understating the metric system would take 10 minutes. Add 20 more to remember basic units (meters, grams, liter, etc...). And you are good to go with a system that will make your life simpler. So, if you are against it, then you are either plain stupid or stubborn. Or both. Choose wisely!

[@rahowherox1177]

They haven't got money sussed. The have a 25c coin for eg.

[@DS-pk4eh]

@@rahowherox1177 And what that "c" comes from? Cent like in centimeter. So, yes, they are using it already.

[@Tackself]

@@DS-pk4eh No, "cent" is derived from the Latin word for hundred (centum). Simply being divisible by ten or having "cent" in it does not automatically make something part of the metric system. For instance; I have ten fingers, but I also have one finger, which is a part of the ten fingers that I have - one finger times ten equals the aforementioned ten fingers. Are my fingers now part of the metric system? What I will give you though is that 100 cents being precisely 1 dollar is very much a/the exact *conversion* that one would find in the metric system, which is probably why you made your inital comment. That being said, the imperial "system" still sucks.

[@robertvanruyssevelt7159]

@@Tackself Where do you think the cent in centimeter comes from? Outer space? And yes you have ten digits not twelve so you can easily express them in metric terms.

[@Tackself]

@@robertvanruyssevelt7159 I sincerely hope you're dyslexic, otherwise I have bad news for you.

[@nikokapanen82]

Americans just likes to use feet, elbows and fingers to measure things. These "items" are always with them.

[@sredz8702]

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[@drax5872]

America: The birthplace of the foot fetish 😂

[@mclarenf1gtr99]

Yeah but everyones fingers and feet have different lengths.

[@TheRick517]

And, as we all know, each and every American has exactly the same length feet, elbows and fingers! Down to the 7/1068 of an inch!

[@Pico_444]

"we found something that works" Lady, the imperial system doesn't fucking work

[@MarioCindric]

Celsius are connected to metric system, they are not used in science's calculations, that would be Kelvins.

[@Trantor.Citizen]

With the exception of temperature ranges where are the same in both C and K. But, yes, you are right.

[@uteriel282]

kelvin is based on celsius but turned into an absolute measurement of temperature.

[@gonzayare]

Yes they are because it's the exact same scale, just add 273°. If you check climate papers about global temperatures, they are given on °C, even NASA reports: climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus www.researchgate.net/publication/6793711_Global_temperature_change

[@BabyBugBug]

I have used both Celsius and Kelvin in chemistry.

[@DP-hy4vh]

"The Metric System is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it!" - Grandpa Simpson on "The Simpsons"

[@cliffbowls]

Perfect description of the stupidity

[@Kwolf1]

You need help with your 🧠

[@Kwolf1]

@@mulfss someone is alil mad 😂 😂 😂

[@Kwolf1]

@@mulfss big mad 😂

[@dickwassenaar9722]

@@cliffbowls you can't fight stupidity

[@canadianclaude]

Canada change no so long ago. It was done gradually starting with simple things like temperature. But I guess even that is beyond the average american understanding

[@bahzingaa]

the fact they call it imperial "system" while its not a system

[@jpmasters-aus]

Australia was a British colony and used Imperial Mearurements also, but in the 1970’s we converted to Metric, it wasn’t that hard.

[@vertmicko4763]

True, & as a Mechanical Engineer, l have mentality converted to Metric in everything except measurements of pressure. Some Hydraulic Systems that l work on are 4300lbs per square inch. At least l know how dangerous that is & are not lulled/bamboozled by 300bar, which doesn't sound a lot(but is). l love the metric system, but are very wary of pressures & make endless checks when using it.

[@deltamike33]

Fun fact: the definition of the imperial system is in Metric "I can't imagine changing" that is why the world has highspeed train system while the US uses the bus

[@bartholomewdan]

You think the US has heard of public transport? Lmao.

[@christianb1707]

We really are backwards…

[@Milesco]

Fun fact: The U.S. doesn't use the Imperial system. Never has. The Imperial system was established by Great Britain in 1824, for use starting in 1826. By that time, we had been a separate independent nation for almost half a century. It didn't apply to us. So we just continued to use the same units we had been using for a hundred years or more. And still do, to this day. It's called the U.S. Customary system. Not Imperial.

[@deltamike33]

@@Milesco Another name for the same thing, "Imperial system" is used to sum the nation or people that uses the old Britihs (or imperial, since it was an empire) system and all its modifications. The only difference, other than the paperwork and proudness of a country, between the Imperial an the "US Customary" is the gallon, 1imp.gal. is 4,54lt and 1us.gal. is 3,78lt. So the US is basically using the Imperial System. Also, the Imp. system is based on the Roman measuring system

[@Milesco]

@@deltamike33 : Well, no, it _isn't_ the same thing, although I'll admit that many of the units are the same. But as you yourself stated, some are different. _"The only difference...is the gallon; one imperial gallon is 4.54 L and one U.S. gallon is 3.78 L."_ Well, that's a pretty important difference! Also, it *isn't* the only difference. An imperial fluid ounce is 0.96 U.S. fluid ounces. An imperial ton is 2240 lbs, while a U.S. ton is 2,000 even. (Likewise, an imperial hundredweight is 112 lbs, while a U.S. hundredweight is 100 lbs.) There are a few other small obscure differences with dry goods measures.

[@X16Y22]

We once had a Lieutenant of the US Navy on board our ship in my time in the German Navy as part of a NATO officer exchange program. And it happened that he and I one night sitting in the mess and had a long discussion, because he wanted me to see how the USA is the greatest country in the world. After hours of discussing - besides many more topics - I explained to him the beauty of the metric system. I said that if I just have a folding rule I could make a 10 by 10 by 10 cm box. If I fill that box up with plain simple water I will have 1 liter and that liter would be exactly 1kg in weight. That completly blows his mind and I dared him to do the same in imperial system. The fact that only the three most advanced states in regards to economy, science, education and democracy in the world - Liberia, Myanmar (or was it Malaysia?) and the USA - still use the imperial system should give any American enough stuff to think. I just can not imagine to go through school for 12 years and have to calculate with 12 inches are 1 foot, 3 feet are 1 yard and 1.760 yards are 1 mile. Even the fact that the rest of the world makes fun of the US for using an outdated medieval measurement system should bring them to think. The lost of the mars probe is just one of the best examples for the whole problem. And I can not understand why so much KZbin videos with scientific topics still tell me things like the Mount Everest is 29.031,7 feet high or that the Oregon Trail was 2.170 miles long or that in the antartic winter temperatures can fall to -85° F and so on. I know they produce their content for a mostly American audience but still. And I simply do not buy that the change would cost more money than it would spare or that the Americans would not adept to the "new" system. Just use both of them side by side for ten years and no one would have a problem with it. On side note in Germany we use the metric system since 1872 and people still use traditional measurement units from time to time in their daylie life. Heck, even our folding rule is named Zollstock which literally translates to inch stick. So just join the rest of the world and march into the future USA.

[@molotovovickow]

Oder bei einem Bildschirm wird Zoll verwendet um es zu messen

[@candyquahogmarshmallow8257]

In Britain, if we say "inch stick" fast it sounds like 'inch dick'. Am i helping?

[@X16Y22]

@@candyquahogmarshmallow8257 Yes, indeed you are.

[@candyquahogmarshmallow8257]

@@X16Y22 thanks. I like to help lol

[@BabyBugBug]

Why does it bother Europeans so much that we can use both? I know how to use metric for science and math. When I go to the store, measurements are different to me. Temperature is the same - science I use Celsius. Everyday talk I use Fahrenheit. I’m sorry, saying it’s 27 outside will never sound like a warm day to me.

[@lobaxx]

”Non-metric” isn’t a system. E.g. Sweden had its own system before going metric that had absolutely nothing to do with whatever Americans use, and the same goes for practically every country in the world. Even the British imperial and American imperial systems have diverted and are not the same

[@GH-oi2jf]

The US system is not, and has never been, “Imperial.”

[@Milesco]

@@GH-oi2jf : *Correct!*

[@mxbx307]

And the Indian number system (lakh, crore etc.). I admit defeat with that.

[@jsa0804]

In the end when she said: "if we would change it now it would cost a ton of money" I was like, so the time engineers spend on transferring the numbers back and forth doesn't cost you anything? After all the company pays the engineer for the time he could use more useful. If someone would take those hours and multiply them with the wages for the engineer i bet they are in the millions.

[@MsRafachannel]

An interesting fact about Fahrenheit. To define 100 degrees Fahrenheit, Daniel used a thermometer under the arm of his wife, and whatever it showed there he would define as 100 degrees, and so he did. 0 Degrees is the 3 states of water and 100 the temperates of his wife's armpit. The rest, 32 and 212, are consequences of that. I wish I was joking, I really did.

[@GH-oi2jf]

In fact, the scale was later adjusted to make the freezing and boiling points of water coincide exactly at whole degree points on both scales. It is convenient having normal body temperature near 100 degrees. That is the most useful aspect of the Fahrenheit scale.

[@yeyyeyyey5104]

lol...im from Malaysia...we dont use at all the weird fahreinheit lol

[@SSIyer]

They don't even know the difference between Myanmar and Malaysia

[@samwisegamgee6532]

Here’s my french point of view. Almost every country in the world chose the metric system at a time in its history and every people managed to adapt to this change without any drama or economic catastrophe… I will always be fascinated by the hability for american people to feel pride in not being able to do what everyone else manage to do. Proud not to be able to use the metric system. Proud not to be able to regulate weapons. Proud not to be able to have a public healthcare system. No wonder that extra terrestrial always land in the USA for first contact… No one in the Universe is able to understand how such a dysfunctional civilization is possible. Me : suddenly feel the need to listen NOFX.

[@BabyBugBug]

T’es jamais allé aux États Unis? Je m’en doute ou tu n’aurais jamais dit des conneries comme tu as fait ici. On n’est pas comme toi alors on est stupide, hein?

[@marcapouli7805]

@@BabyBugBug Pourtant ce qu'il dit est vrai, et à aucun moment il n'a parlé de stupidité. Toi par contre t'es bien passé pour un con

[@BabyBugBug]

@@marcapouli7805 ok mdr

[@marcapouli7805]

@@BabyBugBug mdr lol XD

[@hariseldon2450]

I think Anders Celsius temperature system is much easier to understand. 0 = water freezing and 100 = water boiling!

[@vertmicko4763]

At Sea Level. l went to Tech School in Toowoomba(Australia)about 700 metres above sea level & water boils at 98.9deg Celsius.

[@bond1j89]

Remember only pure water will freeze at 0 degrees C salt water or water that is murky will freeze much lower.

[@Chooopy]

Eh. In science, Celsius is fine, but I like the Fahrenheit scale because it's more useful day to day IMO. Do I need to know the temperature of freezing and boiling water to go about my life? Nope. But the 0-100 Fahrenheit scale generally fits human body comfort quite well and it's easy to gauge and acts like a literal scale of heat. 0 = extremely cold and 100 = extremely hot

[@gunter6377]

@@Chooopy is it hard to understand 30 is hot 0 is cold?

[@Chooopy]

@@gunter6377 Is it hard to understand that 32F is when water freezes?

[@Alice.59]

2:28 NO! scientist don't use imperial and then convert if they have to work with non us scientist they use metric and convert only if they need to show the result to the US population

[@typicalchineseguy5818]

My American friends told me that when he first came to China, every time he had to measure things for somebody, it was like hell to them because they couldn't understand the metric system and neither do the person they were helping with could understand their measurements in imperial system. Soon they got used to it and realized just how much easier it would be to measure in metric system than to utilize the imperial one. When they returned to the US, apparently their family and friends thought that they were being weird for using the metric system instead of the one they widely used in their own country. And no matter how they explained, their family and friends were just too short-sighted to even consider the benefits of using the metric system.

[@catguy4996]

I always thought I was the only one who uses metric. Glad to see other people actually use it too. Imperial sucks!

[@proudamerican183]

As a firm Imperial user, I 100% disagree. Metric sucks.

[@catguy4996]

@@proudamerican183 Okay boomer 👌

[@proudamerican183]

@@catguy4996 I'm 20 you lil sucker. Born 05/12/01.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

They're both great systems. It just depends on the application.

[@RazDum.]

@@proudamerican183 ok zoomer

[@Lochlanist]

There's literally a joke that talks about how the imperial system is so stupid even drug dealers in the states jumped to the metric system.

[@markfox1545]

'There's literally a joke'? So...there's a joke, you mean? Fucking moron, the joke is you.

[@Lochlanist]

@@markfox1545 lol how do you snow flakes get this angry. Is there a mantra? For your education, the word literally has a common colloquial use to place emphasis on a phase. I haven't checked but I'm willing to bet it's so common in the English language that most main stream dictionaries would have it as a sub example or a street use section. But I hope you felt like you were smart for a bit buddy.

[@darioburstin2418]

They use metric because they're Mexican!

[@HelloWorld-ev9sg]

@@markfox1545 You can cry now. It's okay, just let it all out.

[@pedromoreira2875]

@@markfox1545 Smart. Don't know your own language yet still calls someone moron. Nice move chief.

[@spanishball9449]

MPH isn't patriotic enough, switch back to confederate flags per assault rifles.

[@flowersinathens102]

ahh good old days

[@phoebus45]

The beauty of the Imperial system is that its units are defined based on the metric standards. One inch is 2.54 cm, one pound is 0.454 kg. In fact Americans love converting simple decimal units in complicated ones.

[@alaxandergw3245]

2021 here and we are still stubborn as a mule.

[@callmedave1280]

This reminds me of that episode of King of the Hill where Hank is explaining what a 5K run is to Bobby by calling "500 trips to the refrigerator"

[@mxbx307]

And don't forget that it's only a "5K" if it's recreational or off-road. For organised, official competition it's the 5000m.

[@imvineprexde]

2:24 Amercians be like: No we want to have converting problems!

[@jacaredosvudu1638]

This video is about americans though

[@imvineprexde]

@@jacaredosvudu1638 Exactly because they need to convert their units to the international ones. So yes it is the Americans that want to have problems with converting.

[@jacaredosvudu1638]

@@imvineprexde so fix ur comment This video is about americans not the amercians The amercians use the metric

[@kevinblair983]

When I was in drafting classes I loved using the metric system. It’s so much easier and straight forward.

[@frozentesla7771]

and it is far more accurate

[@endy8411]

When you realise unit conversions in metric is so much easier lol.

[@crnidzek1138]

The 15% undecided: "What in tarnation is a celsius?"

[@paulalderson6920]

Americans are so insular. As an Australian soldier, I spent 2 weeks with the US Army in Vietnam (1967) and was complimented on my excellent English speaking skills and asked did I do an English language training course prior to being posted to Vietnam? Yeah right!

[@GH-oi2jf]

So you met one moron. We didn’t send our brightest people to fight that misbegotten war.

[@mr.norris3840]

Stupidity is part of their culture. They are very patriotic about it.

[@peterosy]

Merica and Grandpa Simpson :"The metric system is a tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it."

[@bjornlinde2669]

"We have always done it this way" - the most stupid sentence a human could ever say

[@TheRick517]

True, but let them remain in the stone age if they want to. After all they still wrongly believe it was imperial that got them to the moon.

[@VGSEAS]

@@TheRick517 I'm American. Do people automatically hate me cause of that?

[@Col92018]

As an American I use the metric system.i tell everyone what the temperature,distance ect in metric

[@noahnitrobenzaldehyd4755]

The fact that 64% of people said no shows that American citizens aren't entitled to my respect.

[@carissabelford5366]

My school district is maybe is teaching us both impreal and metric systems. It’s not a requirement but my school aslo how to calculate the metric systems.

[@mikloscsuvar6097]

I do not understant you what is taught? If one divides the SI units one just divides numbers like in everyday math or in case division by 1000 changes the obvious prefix to other obvious one. What us taught? One reads a list of prefixes from nano to Giga for a minute and use them from then on forever.

[@jamman7094]

America: WE WANT THE BRITS OUT Imperial system: *about to leave Americans: no no… you stay

[@4.1.8]

2:38 that isn't true, most higher up scientists use the metric system

[@IB-fz2oq]

It is really stupid to ask regular people if they want to change to metric. It's like you would ask old people if they want smartphone, they never say they do, but when you give it to them you know they were just stubborn

[@EnchWraits]

This ^

[@forlandm]

The Fahrenheit scale doesn't seem too much of a problem, but the inaccurate method of using cup measures in cooking and baking certainly does.

[@cambs0181]

I once had a conversation/argument with an American who believed that Greenwich mean time could not be the same as the time in the UK, long story but I just gave up!

[@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477]

Every time i think my country is useless i always look at the USA We have d/m/y Metric Fair elections Equality HQ of 2 important organizations

[@geeksworkshop]

Because they love the British. As a person who grew up using both the metric system is clear and obviously the better system.

[@Semmelein]

I can't imagine changing is pretty much symptomatic for the whole US of A. Because why would the best country in the world, with no systemic problems at all, need to change anything? I'm sure there a lot of nice Americans out there but the country as a whole is just a joke.

[@BabyBugBug]

And you base this off of what, our insane politicians? You judge a whole country and its achievements on that?

[@jafar_mtr]

@@BabyBugBug I don't think that our view on your country depends just on your politicians. We just look at all the different problems in the US. From a huge gap between the rich and the poor to racism and a "we are better than anybody" - attitude, the wars you've been fighting all over the world and call it missions of freedom,while some soldiers of your army (of course a small minority) committed dozens of atrocities alone in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. You got a huge problem with authotarian police forces,systematic discrimination and almost all of your politicians only care about their money and the companies that are supporting them. Your health insurance is a joke, most of your food is just unhealthy, people are becoming more and more crazy (like these old white women they be calling Karens).Now if course most of these things an be seen in other countries too. But a few of them are typical American things, which a lot of you guys don't even realize. I think there are much more things I could add, but unfortunately it's been a long time since I learned english so I forget a lot of words and grammar. I think most of the people (including me) don't have anything against the US. In fact I always wanted to travel to your country, I love the landscape, the beaches, the diversity and all of that. Most people are amazing and I'm sure most of your way of life is also very interesting. So I think it's all about politics, isn't it?

[@BabyBugBug]

@@jafar_mtr I don’t disagree with much of anything that you say. Please bear in mind that the police issue is far more complicated. We have a huge crime problem and it would be a mistake to simply look at the police and think they are corrupt and oppressing people. Other than that, this country has a lot of problems. But even with its problems, I believe we have contributed a whole lot to the world and there are many positive aspects to our culture. Please don’t make the mistake of thinking we are all ignorant rural nut jobs attached to our assault rifles. The vast majority of us are not.

[@jafar_mtr]

@@BabyBugBug You're right. Your country did so many great things especially in terms of science or during the WWII and we need to acknowledge that. I think we need to understand that there are a lot of Americans, that aren't like we see most of them. I just wish more of you guys could see the rest of the world as equal to your country. And I hope maybe one day all of us can work together for a better future.

[@BabyBugBug]

@@jafar_mtr We don’t think we are better than other countries… sure the dumbfucks who don’t leave their small town feel that way but the majority of Americans are very curious about others and very open to different cultures.

[@robdee4051]

Military uses metric! Hospitals use metric! If you are scientist you are using metric! All the definitions of our medieval measurement systems are in metric:)

[@marcelpenuelatraub2343]

I guess, America could display weather temperatures in both Fahrenheit and Celsius, and lead the world into both units.

[@mats7492]

Well, why use an easy system based on tens, when you can use feet, yards, barleycorns, hogsheads, rods and interesting measurements like 4&3/8 inch… Americans must love math with all these crazy conversions…

[@TheRick517]

Yeah, why the easy way when you can do it the hard way?

[@Asendra01]

3:39 "Then they said we are just stubborn!" No ,no, she's got a point!

[@hellboy19991]

Many Americans use the phrase "there are two types of countries, the ones using the metric system, and the ones putting a man on the moon". I have a better quote: "there are two types of Americans, the ones using the imperial system and the ones putting a man on the moon".

[@jabuci]

Think of Star Wars: imperial system is the bad guy.

[@brucehewson5773]

so many fact and spelling fails - makes this report so painful.

[@ozone8897]

That double space makes your comment painful

[@breadbreaker500]

Britain uses a hybrid. The roads are still miles per hour, weight is stone and pounds, height is feet and inches, but indeed, temperature is celcius. So still very imperial with some recent metric influences.

[@goodfortune4317]

lol bro in Malaysia they dont even know what is Fahrenheit or yards or ounces etc.

[@michguzman]

The metric system is so simple. 1liter = 1000 cm3 = 1 kilogram. 1000 meters = 1km. It's so simple.

[@ozone8897]

Ok

[@reptilev8625]

1 kg of water, not one kg in general but ok

[@GalacticMilkfoam]

The weight in your example depends on the density of whatever you are measuring. A liter of lead will be heavier than 1 kilogram. 😁

[@michguzman]

@@GalacticMilkfoam indeed, we talk about water, which was also used to establish another metric measurement: celsius.

[@michguzman]

@@reptilev8625 you are correct

[@charlieslegs9487]

Help. The subtitles are screaming at me.

[@anonUK]

In England, we use miles and yards for distance (on the roadsigns), feet and inches for personal height, stone (14lb) and pounds for personal weight. However, Fahrenheit is now no longer used here, everyone is familiar with kilometres and km/h if they have driven in Europe; and everyone under 50 is more comfortable with metres than yards. Architects and engineers have worked in mm since the 60s, schoolkids have learnt cm since the 70s.

[@floro7687]

And the watermen no longer state "dock water density is 1006 fluid unces to the cubic foot"

[@TRPGpilot]

Speak for yourself: Nobody I know in the UK uses feet and inches for height, they use metres and stone? When was the last time your GP recorded your weight in stone?

[@arcihungbycraneonfire]

Alright, "Stone"?

[@garyhambly3769]

Excuse me, people under 50? I'm 60 and not only was I taught the metric system at school in the UK. I understand it perfectly and have used it all my life you young whippersnapper. 😂😂😂👍

[@stephenspence1192]

@@TRPGpilot Most GP surgeries will have a conversion chart so that your weight can be recorded in stones.

[@johnleven8907]

USA: I can't imagine improving.