• MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    One could easily spend more time trying to measure 1.905 cm vs very quickly dividing 1 into 3/4".

    If the standard is written in Metric, the factory that makes the parts uses metric, and the place where the parts are used uses metric, why don’t they just use 2cm screws instead?

    Your argument for the convenience of imperial is that the standard uses imperial. No shit. It would be just as hard to cut something to 0.787" inches if the standard were in metric.

    Also the reason metric makes more sense is I don’t need a calculator to convert centimeters to kilometres. You need a calculator to convert inches to miles. AND you have to memorise the conversion factor! What a waste of brainpower

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      4 months ago

      That was also part of my point. I am tired of people trying to impose one unit or series of units being superior when they are all just made up.

      • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        4 months ago

        The reason metric makes sense is because its standard, and 90% of the world uses it. Being the odd one out just causes problems in the long term, especially as we move towards a more globalized world.