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I know its bait, but why do Euros care so damn much if we use a different system? Better than the UK
The world is connected and it's really annoying to look a YouTube video or some tutorial page and needing to convert every time.
As others have pointed out, it's not just the Europeans (Australian here). But really it's because of how prominent the US is. We can't avoid them more often than we'd like.
Irks me as an engineer whenever I'm forced to use such an annoying set of units in my work. Btu/hr is especially awful. Like it's got British right there in the name, how embarassing for a system of units touted to be patriotic.
(There are many reasons metic is better, but it's a foregone conclusion at this point, so I'd rather focus on the petty reasons to soothe my frustration)
to add insult to injury – US “considered” metric conversion back in the ’70s and did manage to pass through a couple pieces of legislation that architectural and engineering plans were allowed to be submitted in metric – but any home owner attempting to submit plans in millimeters will still get stomped on
early Covid meme: “Once all the boomers are dead, can we finally switch to metric?”
We wouldn't mind so much if your system wasn't so damn arbitrary, and if you weren't literally the only country on earth to refuse to come together with the rest of us.
Do you know what the UK uses?
Do you?
A mixture, one that makes zero sense, and really helps point out how little people actually make conversions.
It is bait. Human mind can adapt to anything, either it's metric or imperial, even bananas. However unlike imperial, metric is systematic and you really only need to know one rule: Multiply by 10. It's also transitive, meaning 1 liter equals to 10 dm^3. Other than this, rest of the world using metric so it's tedious to being have to convert measurements every time, from both sides.
Also scientists, gun owners and drug dealers already using metric. /j