this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2024
0 points (NaN% liked)

Memes

45569 readers
1552 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml
sexy_peach@feddit.de
cyclohexane@lemmy.ml
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml
0
Why still using the imperial system? (abananaforscale.com)
submitted 7 months ago by Zerush@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml
6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's easier for handling real things.

Try doing woodwork in feet and inches for a day. Try it in metric for a day. You'll see what I mean.

It was crafted for the human-scale, whereas metric was worked out on paper by French philosophers.

[–] toastus@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

I am willing to bet that you are simply more used to the imperial system.

I am not convinced that it has any objective advantage over the metric system.

My foot is about 50% larger than my SO's, but I can perfectly invision 30cm whenever I want or need to.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Human scale? Not yours or mines, measures of the ffoot, thumbs and random desires of a dead British King in the far past. No problem in metrics, at least if I don't build a hut in the wood with an axe, then maybe using parts of the body for measures are usefull. Not the first furniture I made, also working in metal. Also in mathematic and physic the metric system is way better (Even NASA now uses the metric system since 2 probes crashed on Marte due to calculation errors in the imperial system)

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just wait for an American to tell you how it's easier to use fractions with imperial. I've legit seen them say shit like 3/8 of an inch is easier to think about than 9.5mm.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Quick off the top of your head, what's a third of 9.5mm?

[–] toffi@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

~3.2mm. I can't think of any real world application which needs fraction of a millimeter which doesn't include ah calculator and some damn exact measuring tools.