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If people from the US love the imperial system so much, why are their musicians using metronomes instead of footonomes? (kbin.social)
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[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If the imperial system is in front of me I sure as hell am not using it.

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Same with me and metric. Metric to me is only useful for abstract concepts and scientific calculations

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No one cares

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Apparently you do, enough to write a comment.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Of course. This is lemmy. I don’t need to care about which measuring unit you have a preference for in order to reply.

I just find it interesting that tons of people on the internet complain about measuring units on a regular basis and any time I see it it’s always a European.

Why are all you so sensitive? You have trouble with calculators or something?

It’s a fascinating subject to me because it’s so fucking bizarre. It’s purely a euro thing.

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Personally I haven't seen people being sensitive, but I'm sure some are, because people are weird. But it's just a fact that the metric system is, as a system, superior. And it's annoying having to convert to or from a lousy system just because a couple of countries refuse to leave it behind.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

Life is a complex beast. Nothings gonna change it. In the end the US is just a mixing pot of ideas and cultures. There’s always gonna be some shit you hate about it.