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[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

People just don't really care enough to. And we already use the metric system in science, engineering, medicine, aerospace, military, and any science class in high school or higher. So what if our road signs and cookbooks are in imperial units.

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[–] RickyRigatoni 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

when you put it like that we're pretty much on par with the UK's adoption of metric

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago

UK merchants must list their prices in metric

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[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip -1 points 6 months ago

Recipes being imperial is the dumbest thing ever and I always convert mine. "Two cups and one tablespoon flour" statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged. I will defend feet/inches though for very specific cases where you may be dividing something into thirds like sometimes with woodworking

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