early_riser5d ago

My fellow 'Muricans, do you prefer metric or standard measurements?

https://lemmy.world/post/44373030

My fellow 'Muricans, do you prefer metric or standard measurements? - Lemmy.World

We’re taught both metric and US customary units in school. I prefer metric for most things, to the point I have a metric-only tape measure among other things. However, I’ll die on the hill that Fahrenheit is superior for ambient air temperature. 0 degrees to 100 degrees neatly encompasses the range of average surface temperatures seen throughout the year in the contiguous US.

Show threadHotsauceHurricane
Metric seems to be the superior measurement. Problem is , I can visualize 6in and NOT 6cm.
Mar 17 at 6:29pmWeb
Show threadJarix4d ago

But a classic 12" ruler is 30 cm.

Half of that is 6" or 15cm

Half again is 3". Or 7.5"

Then realize visualizing didn’t need to be accurate because it never will be anyway and go from there.

An inch is about 2.5 cm if you need a quick and dirty reference.

Converting by halfs was my go to.

Show threadfloquant4d ago
You can measure the length of your fingers, forearm etc in metric to gain some reference points