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Predictions for when the US will switch completely over to metric?
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this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2025
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The only real defense of our current system is that in construction, it's easier to divide 12 inches into thirds than metric. Seems like a pretty weak rationale still, and we should also just switch to dozenal anyways
I wouldn’t give imperial that much credit. I think momentum is the only reason. Workers are trained to think in imperial because the older person training them thinks in imperial. And so it continues.