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Anonymous Sun 06 Sep 00:30:10 2020 No.12089663 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12089721 >>12089744 >>12089870

Why is it still in use? There isn't an economic reason to have it. Replacing all road signs isn't the reason. Why is an outdated unit of measurement still in use, by one of the largest superpowers in the world?

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Anonymous Sun 06 Sep 2020 00:31:39 No.12089669 Report

Quoted By: >>12089680

tradition
did you even think about this for a second? when's the last time a country decided to do something because it was logical?

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Anonymous Sun 06 Sep 2020 00:34:22 No.12089680 Report

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>>12089669
Tradition has been largely muffled in America, and there really isn't anything traditional about feet or pounds; they're more or less just a relic of the old colonies

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Anonymous Sun 06 Sep 2020 00:52:25 No.12089721 Report

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>>12089663
Because it makes more sense. Fuck SI.

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Anonymous Sun 06 Sep 2020 00:53:36 No.12089726 Report

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>>12089680
>there's nothing traditional about a measurement system that has been in place for hundreds of years

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Anonymous Sun 06 Sep 2020 00:57:30 No.12089739 Report

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>>12089721
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Anonymous Sun 06 Sep 2020 01:00:30 No.12089744 Report

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>>12089663
why replace it if it works
we already use SI in any area where it makes things significantly easier, there's no advantage to be gained in replacing imperial in areas where it functions just fine

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Anonymous Sun 06 Sep 2020 01:07:34 No.12089757 Report

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>>12089726
There is nothing traditional about metric either. It isn't used because the last generation used it, it's used because there really isn't a better alternative

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Anonymous Sun 06 Sep 2020 01:54:37 No.12089870 Report

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>>12089663
As a brainlet who works in manufacturing and in Canada which is suppose to be metric.
A lot of our milling machines, lathes, surface grinders, and measuring tools are in Imperial and will cost a fortune to replace them all.
Even if we replaced them with metric machines were just going to get jobs for parts that were drafted anywhere from the 1900s-1970s with all imperial dimensions.
That all being said we only use inches and pounds for our measurements so ultimately there isn't much difference in switching to mm and kg.
I love the metric system and all my measuring tools are in metric because I dont need to worry about some faggot taking my micrometer and running off with it because they can't read metric.

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