The UK continues to use miles when discussing speed and distance. The road signs use imperial units.
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2024
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I was born in northern England in the early 90s, and I can only eyeball in imperial units, even though I now live in a country where they only use metric (and Beaufort).
Rock it like a Brit. Most things in metric except for your height (feet and inches) and your car speed (miles per hour) and when you measure your manhood (inches... Or fractions thereof).
Also, milk is pints.
Land is acres.
And the ponies run furlongs.
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Actually, we're on the metric system. The foot and inch are defined exactly by their metric conversion values, and so is the pound
We're actually just using conversion factors
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Technically the US is using the metric system. Per the Mendenhall Order of 1893, all customary length and mass units were redefined to be based on international metric standards. The Imperial system units commonly used in the US are just conversion factors of metric units.
Top text: Why metric system is needed
Middle text is mostly blurred, but "easier to count - less time to waste" is seen.
Bottom text: for all times and for all people
Fine, fine, Ill use celsius.
"Fuck me it's hot today"
"Yeah it's at least four washing machines Celsius bro"