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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And then there're the Americans who point at the Metric system and scream "why not us". Which is anyone who's sane and not afraid of change.

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Americans

sane

I am by no means sane, but I'm all about metric.

[–] Baylahoo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well in that case, please let me introduce you to the inch. I have a good feeling about this!

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Please keep it in your pants, Ron

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Here's the deal; where metric use is necessary as in science, the military and engineering, we use it same as everyone else. As for the rest, most people really don't care, so that's why we'll probably always have a mixed system. It's just not a big issue for most people, sorry to say.