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Americans will use anything but a metric rule (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by BanjoShepard@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.world

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[–] bisby@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Was watching a British show and they were describing things in inches.

America is very anti metric, but it's not like every other country out there is exclusively metric.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The Brits still use stone as unit of measurement for weight. I get bashing us here in the US for not using metric but at least we’re rigid in our stupid system. The Brits seem to be a certain kind of special when it comes to units of measurement, using whatever system they feel like depending on the circumstance.

[–] bisby@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Is the rest of Europe strictly metric, or are most countries a complete mess like this but just like feeling smug?