• MrFinnbean@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I give up. If you really think that is better way than using metric you truly deserve the imperial system you have.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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      6 days ago

      Where are you getting this?

      I challenge the value and necessity of unit conversion, and you throw in the towel? As though this trivial, boring feature of the metric system is the only value it brings to the table?

      I haven’t done anything to defend US Customary Units (not Imperial. Imperial units are what the UK uses when they aren’t using Metric, and they don’t always match US units even though they have the same names).

      The only point I’ve presented is that “unit conversion” is not a particularly interesting feature. When I use metric, it is not with the idea that I’ll be bouncing decimal points back and forth with reckless abandon.

      The real value of metric is that everyone uses it.