Zerush@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoWhy still using the imperial system?abananaforscale.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down118
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkWhy still using the imperial system?abananaforscale.comZerush@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squaretoastus@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up19·9 months agoI 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.
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down12·edit-29 months agoCooking 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.
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.