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Why I will NEVER use the Metric System
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How Americans Missed out on the Metric System
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The US decided not to join the rest of the world to go metric. Hereā€™s why.

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@danieltakawi9919

7 months ago

Fun fact: The way all imperial units are defined now is through the metric system. An inch has no definition other than 2.54 cm.

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@displaychicken

1 year ago

Metric System supporters: ā€œits perfect, itā€™s logical, itā€™s easyā€
Imperial System supporters: ā€œUSA! USA! USA!ā€

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@Topomato1

3 months ago

The fact that you made a 22-minute video on basically what is a matter of "being used to", highlights the quality of the content you're willing to create.

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@77gravity

3 months ago

16:54 I love that when comparing two non-metric measurements, he uses a THIRD system (metric) to arrive at an answer.
I love metric. I was born in 1962 (Australia) and grew up with Imperial, we moved over to Metric while I was in primary school, and so I learned both, and I still use both, aged 61. Metric is my go-to, but sometimes it's easier to say "foot" than "thirty centimetres" - BUT, as a wood and metal worker, metric RULES.

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@bad_money

1 year ago

Imperial and metric have something in common: They're both incompatible with imperial.

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@hm5142

1 year ago

As a physicist, I shrink in horror from the thought of using imperial units for calculations.

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@Yenkieldemente

3 months ago

Sometimes, life reminds me of how lucky I am for having been born where I was. For example, I could be trapped in the imperial system. Thank you. You've humbled me.

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@rolletroll2338

1 month ago

The fact that there is a "debate " just because one country on earth doesn't want to be rational is astounding

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@sabrac8744

1 year ago

Metric > Imperial

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@JazzGuitar-qs1td

1 year ago

Q. What is 1 x 10?
A. 10 Congratulations, you just mastered the metric system.

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@LucasRodmo

1 month ago

I honestly wanna know how you guys do physics at school. Calculating volumes, distances, speed, etc. Must be torturous.

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@andrewnielsen3178

3 months ago (edited)

I am a retired engineer in Australia. In my career I went through school using mostly FPS (feet, pounds and seconds) but learned the MKS system (metres, kilograms and seconds) in secondary school science. When I started working FPS was the standard for machining etc but in the 60's Australia changed over to metric and so did the engineering and manufacturing. At this stage I became a contracting consultant and worked for various companies some of which hadn't converted so for a large part of my career I was dealing with both systems.
I much preferred the metric system - especially in such anarchic measurements as fractions of an inch. Dimensions in whole numbers are less prone to misinterpretation than yards, feet, inches and fractions of a inch.
Ultimately the Earth will need to be on one system and it will be metric. Get real and do the hard yards it's self evident just like the UK will have to rejoin the EEC. Finally we don't have 12 fingers so why use such out of date units that started with the length of a kings foot.

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@alexdornenherz

7 months ago

The metric system: literally every unit is just 10x , 100x or 1000x the sum of the last.
Americans: This is too complicated to me.

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@aa-to6ws

1 year ago

I love the imperial system in medieval RPG's.
It really gives it a sense of immersion into a primitive society where nothing makes sense.

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@spicytuna62

3 months ago

I once switched all my thermometers and my car's digital speedometer to metric. It took two weeks living like that to fully adjust. All you have to do is immerse yourself in it and it comes pretty quickly.

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@jonathonspears7736

3 months ago

This is a very well made video explaining exactly why the Metric system is better in every way. I've been using both measurements for many years and do exactly as you do. The quick on the fly conversions in my head. That wouldn't be a problem if we in the US were exposed to the Metric system on a regular basis, but the only way that is possible is if the government replaces every label, every roadsign, every speedometer (yes i know they have the small numbers in Metric), everything we learn in school all at the same time. I am an avid supporter of the Metric in the US however and hope one day a president manages to make the change.

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@bassiebe

1 year ago

There is a reason why all the standard formulas in science are using the metric systemā€¦ BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE šŸ¤£

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@kre4ture218

1 year ago (edited)

I love how this discussion comes up again and again even though one system is objectively and utterly superior

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@Mulakulu

3 months ago

I wish you guys could at least have a single chapter or something in math every year where you're introduced to the metric system in school, showing its benefits and maybe getting the next generation to get on board. Imperial is holding you guys back

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@behrpalomo4479

3 months ago

I was born in 1977 and live in the USA, minus about 7 years spent abroad. I find it fun to convert metric to imperial and vice vs. I do it often. In medicine, I like to know my patient's temperatures in Celsius as well as Fahrenheit, and consistently convert weights from lbs to kg for doing dosage calculations of medicine, as a couple examples. I convert miles to km when driving, and my R3 motorcycle has a feature, which I use, to change between miles and km. I will drive for a month or so using metric, then switch and repeat. It's completely possible for a person to be familiar or even adept with both systems. Much the same way you can learn multiple languages, be they spoken, programming, or even systems of measurement.

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