They’ll have drugs and penises in metric.
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edg@lemmy.world 1 day agoYou’ve got me wondering why American men haven’t switched to metric units yet. 7 is clearly more imnpressive than 3.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
General_Effort@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Yeah, the problem isn’t getting Americans to use metric. It’s getting them to stop using everything else.
For some reason, English derived cultures have this incredibly conservative streak. Like the language lugs around letters that no one has pronounced in centuries. Maybe it comes from stare decisis. You start doing this differently, and it’s all Mad Max from there.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 23 hours ago
And also soda but only above handheld size containers
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 21 hours ago
That’s the one that gets me the most, man. People will literally go and say “the sixteen-point-nine-ounce bottle” instead of just saying “500 mil bottle” and it blows my mind. It’s so much less awkward to say. I’ve even heard people ask for the 33-point-eight ounce bottle at the gas station I work at. It’s a fucking liter. Just say the 1 liter bottle!
I know it’s a completely lost cause at this point, but I genuinely wish we’d switch:(
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 20 hours ago
I’ve never heard that one.
1 liter, 2 liter. Always. But anything smaller in imperial. Very odd tbh
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I use metric for 3D modeling and 3D printing. It’s a much better system than Imperial.
The USA actually did try to switch once, but as with everything we do, it was a half-assed attempt that didn’t stick.
edg@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Just like everything good in the US, Republicans killed it.
kibiz0r@midwest.social 20 hours ago
What’s a half-ass in metric?
Zugyuk@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
5 deci-asses 🤣
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
It varies based on what population it represents. For Americans that works out to a metric fuckton
CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
And thus probably had the opposite effect 😩