Here is a pretty good example why in some cases “middleground” “compromise” can be worse than either extreme.
no no don’t look at us focus back on america
in all seriousness it gets worse when you consider age then the one for are you weighing people needs another split for are you under 40 split for metric and imperial also cows milk can be litres too if it’s lacto free or organic speed is also tracked in kmph for bikes I think though not sure my bike defaulted to that though had to fix it to mph cause I couldn’t understand it distance might have an age split too as I think of distance in kilometres but I know my gramie thinks in miles but I don’t know on that but I know there was a study that showed the split between age groups on weight of people that showed 30 but it was a bit ago not sure how long so I just said 40 the road signs are in miles and yards so maybe it’s a driver vs not thing
also canada’s even more disgusting atleast we’re consistent on celsius canada changes between fahrenheit and celsius for different things
You dropped these, friend:
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no I didn’t
Oh, is no punctuation a British thing?
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but Canada doesn’t use stone, do they?
dunno I just know their chart is worse and they mix systems for everything
I heard UK buys liters but but measures mileage in miles per gallon. Is that true?
Very nice. Now let’s see Canada’s
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The “is it related to work” is a little misleading. Most industries are mostly imperial but government regulations and communications are all metric so things like fisheries end up being pretty metric.
Yeah it’s extremely relative.
My industry uses both, regularly, because we have machinery from both the US and Europe.
Yeah, it makes no sense to me, a 44 year old English guy who was taught metric at school, with a little imperial because our society still uses it in certain places.
In essence, I think it’s because the Boomers still have a stranglehold. Few years back there was a story about a sign put up in a park somewhere announcing the distance to a local attraction in metres. Some local boomer kept removing the sign, or changing the distance to yards or some shit, as if the sign was meant only for his use.
Imagine having the emotional capacity to be mad at a measurement sign multiple times ha. I hope he cares so deeply about other issues too.
The only thing I learnt living in england is I weigh approximately 8 stone(s).
Still don’t fucking understand miles, because I lived somewhere with transport and never got a car.
Honestly just consider it to be 1.5 km. It’s close enough for most circumstances
I understand miles because of car journalists always using 0-60mph times 😅
UK isn’t a serious country, we conquered half the world just for the bants
That’s my impression from visiting. My british friends threw me (an american) a 4th of july garden party last I was there.
Whoever made this seems to think tonnes are Imperial…? Isn’t a ton basically just a megagram? Or am I confused?
Apparently there’s also a (mostly outdated) unit called a long ton (or “ton”) not to be confused with a metric tonne (or “tonne”). TIL.
TIL! Thanks.
I like that metric is red. Red for bad. shit system, no character, too easy. French 👎👎👎💩
Well still see Fahrenheit used if it’s a hot sunny day. If it’s a cold day we use Celsius.
I’ve literally never heard anyone use fahrenheit ever not even my gramie and she still thinks of things in pre decimal money sometimes
I’m not positive if you’re making this up ✖‿✖
Tonnes? Do they mean megagrams?
We think they’re referring to the british ‘Long ton’ which isn’t used much anymore
I think they mean a metric ton, as it’s painted in the same colors as the other metric units.
‘Tonne’ is red with the metric ones and ‘ton’ is blue with the imperial
That’s what I said.
My bad, misread
Cherio