62
Why still using the imperial system?
(abananaforscale.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2024
62 points (81.6% liked)
Memes
51501 readers
991 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
It's easier for handling real things.
Try doing woodwork in feet and inches for a day. Try it in metric for a day. You'll see what I mean.
It was crafted for the human-scale, whereas metric was worked out on paper by French philosophers.
I am willing to bet that you are simply more used to the imperial system.
I am not convinced that it has any objective advantage over the metric system.
My foot is about 50% larger than my SO's, but I can perfectly invision 30cm whenever I want or need to.
Cooking too. Try baking a cake in the two.
Pounds-and-ounces is all like "two eights is sixteen", "three threes is nine". Nice and handy multiples is what it's made on.
I'm about equally familiar with the two.