You wanna try growing up in the uk in the 70s when i had been taught the imperial system til age 12 then was taught the metric system when we 'joined europe'.......much confusion ensued. Now some people use metric, some dont, so you gotta know both really! Metric is more sensible and easier to use IMHO. Does america really think its too difficult? Smokin pot helps you understand both systems...heheh

thats the wonder of marijuana it teaches us americans the metric system

Every other country had t switch to metric at some point, we all had difficulty, I remember when I was a kid here in Australia how everything suddenly changed and there was confusion for a few years. what happens is the who can't change, get old and die off and the kids adapt. sounds a bit mean, but that's how it works. What, the US can't because it's "Too hard" come off it.

I would like US change to the metric system. Engineering would be way more simple (sadly, a lot of the references and the data come from there)

USA!! USA! USA!

Looks like you dont care about the metric system or the proper use of the word 'there'.

metric ftw

USA does both.

Metric makes small men feel large

About two decades ago, the united states made a concerted effort to change to the metric system. Laws were passed, requirements were made. It was even made a law that construction drawings had to be made in metric rather than english units.

The result was that every drawing and every construction site had to correct errors made because of converting from english to metric and metric back to english. They kind of forgot that every US workman had english scale tools and that all architects used scales and charts and pipe sizing based on inches and feet rather than metrics.

Bottom line, the US is an english measurement country and is pretty apt to stay that way.

im american and every one i know uses the metric system even though were soppoesed to use the standard

maybe i like roller coasters. you did think of that one did you whore jk

I generally agree, but only scientifically. It does make math easier, generally. However, metric sometimes sacrifices "understandability" to keep this.

Fahrenheit vs. Celsius:
Fahrenheit was established because each degree is the smallest difference in temperature that the human body is capable of recognizing, making it ideal for whether. Celsius is arbitrary, and specific temperatures in Celsius are not nearly as readily recognizable as Fahrenheit. I can relate a specific temperature to 70, 71, or 72 degrees Fahrenheit.


I'm running out of room, but the point is that the English system was designed with you in mind, and metric was designed with scientists in mind. Yes, it's much easier to memorize, but not nearly as easy to visualize.