Americans...seriously...why do you hate the metric system?

[NEO1]

So in the metric system how many bristles are on the toothbrush that people in Britain haven't figured out how to use?







I kid, I kid

 

[digimon7068]

because, looking back on the days of my youth, my father laying on the creeper under the car and me sitting on the stool beside the tool box. . .and my realization that: "i said 18 millimeter not 13 millimeter you idiot!". . .doesn't have the same ring to it as "i said 9 16's not half-inch you idiot!"

yeah. . .that pretty much sums it up for me. . .

 

[EnderJE]

because, looking back on the days of my youth, my father laying on the creeper under the car and me sitting on the stool beside the tool box. . .and my realization that: "i said 18 millimeter not 13 millimeter you idiot!". . .doesn't have the same ring to it as "i said 9 16's not half-inch you idiot!"

yeah. . .that pretty much sums it up for me. . .

 

[digimon7068]

better than my first post, no??

 

[BMK792]

Metric just makes sense, the imperial system is crazy like one mile = 5280 feet and shit like that. the 10mm = 1cm, 100cm = 1m, 1000m = 1km makes sooooo much more sense

 

[billfred]

Don't hate it - love it. Can't believe we have not converted over to it yet but, I lived overseas for 14 yrs.

 

[Y_lifter]

For the same reason they call FUTBOL Soccer...

hubris

 

[walliwalibus]

Because we wanna be different.

 

[heatherrae]

I was a chemistry major. I got comfortable with metric, but it is just a matter that most Americans are more familiar with our system that is in place.

 

[walliwalibus]

Yep, that is probably the only reason. We still have old folks who don't know metric system, so they just keep what we have. They probably I am guessing teaching the children now the metric system, so one day they will convert over.