early_riser6d 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.

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Prefer metric. So much easier conversions. However, it is hard for me to thing long distances and weight in terms of metric, on the fly, and ambient temperature.

Also a lot of tools are still in “standard” so have no choice but to use it.

Mar 17 at 6:46pmWeb