We’re taught both metric and US customary units in school. I prefer metric for most things, to the point I have a metric-only tape measure among other things.
However, I’ll die on the hill that Fahrenheit is superior for ambient air temperature. 0 degrees to 100 degrees neatly encompasses the range of average surface temperatures seen throughout the year in the contiguous US.
Metric 100% when I’m working with mechanical stuff my mind works in metric but my brain has been poisoned to use imperial in other things and I actually really dislike it.
I normally don’t talk about this in public.
But I’m Bimeasurable. I go both ways. Sometimes at the same time. That 7 inch 5mm I got packing is exciting.
Metric - so much easier to understand and work with. I personally hate the imperial system, but I know it because of where I grew up. I would shed no tears if the U.S. switched to metric tomorrow.
For F and C, C is better for things like cooking, where what water is doing is useful. F is better for what we feel. Low numbers feel cold, hot temperatures (approaching 100) feel hot. I know people get used to C, if you’re using it every day, but I still think F is the better system for it. That doesn’t mean we should use it though. I think we should just switch to C and deal with it.
Be thankful you at least stick to one system.
I’m British so we use some weird mash up of everything.
Weight - imperial when weighing people, fruit and veg (from a market), metric when weighing everything else.
Height - imperial when measuring people, metric with everything else.
Distance - imperial when walking or driving. Metric when running.
Fluids - imperial for milk and beer. Metric for wine and soft drinks. We fill our cars with litres of petrol but calculate fuel economy in miles per gallon.
This is the way.
I was raised needing a yardstick with inches on one edge and centimeters on the other, and the words “
'Merika,Great Britain fuck yeah!” scrawled along the center.(Edit: I crossed out 'Merika, so now you can borrow my yardstick.)
Weight - imperial when weighing people, fruit and veg (from a market)
… wait… What about stones (as a unit of weight)? Or is this just a Scotland thing? (People were asking my weight. I had kilos, I had pounds, but they were wanting stones. … Like really?!?)
14lbs in a stone.
Should have mentioned we do people weight in stones/pounds.
Top Gear hosts have used stones
The A system is superior to any american shenanigans!
A4 paper size FTW!
2xA5=A4
2xA4=A3
2xA3=A2
2xA2=A1
2xA1=A0 = 1 m²
And the ratio between sides is √2
And they all taste identical.
It’s beautiful
It’s perfect 🥹
I use metric when working on personal projects and cad, I would vote yes if a miracle happened and switching all of the us to metric was on the ballot.
Metric ARE standard measurments, the others are wierd.
Both are standard, just who’s standard.
ISO (metric) are standard. All others are regional, therefore not standard. Standard of one is not a standard, it is an exception.
I would prefer that we had continued on the path of converting to metric until Reagan killed it.
Metric
Imperial system (or whatever the US system is called ) should go away. Let’s all just one standard.
Unfortunately, since I’m from the US, I only really know this one, and it’s hard to switch when nothing else has switched. I’d put up with the pain of switching though.
Sadly, the US system is not the same as imperial. As far as I know the main difference is the gallon.
1 gal. Imp. = 1.201 gal. U.S.
I also hate having lb.f. and lb.m (pounds force and pounds mass), which have different units and at sea level are different by a factor of about 32).
Metric. All day, every day.
Excluding a few examples like frequently used gym weights, common fastener sizes, and short distances, I still have to do rough conversions in my head to have an idea of what a metric measurement is, so I guess I’d say imperial.
But I wouldn’t be upset if the US converted to metric.
Raised in imperial land but studied science in college, so I prefer metric for almost everything other than talking about large distances.
Metric. I do a lot of woodworking and auto repair and anytime I have to use not metric it’s annoying
