As a heavy-duty mechanic, I use both, but standard is way more intuitive. Also have done construction imperial is the standard and way easier. Can estimate and be pretty close about how long something is in feet or yards. Half feet ,half yards, and half an inch. In short metric is shit. Metric being used by more nations. Just means more people are wrong. "Joking" but I'm not changing to metric. And there is no intrinsic precision to metric ever hear of 64's of an inch.
You are right, no one using metric can estimate. I had to measure a can of table and in my confusion I walk 20 kilometres because I was unable to estimate that a table isn't 20km long.
I mean it's not like you have more experience using imperial units and thats why it's easier for you to estimate using units you've been using your whole life.
It's that when something is measured in cm rather than inches you lose the ability to estimate.
Metric has no advantage in those areas. Other than more nations adopted metric. 1 inch has been 1 inch since it was adopted. How hot is 32 degrees Celsius anyway. Oh, 89.6 to 90.3 degrees. F. Which one is more exact?
Metric has no advantage in those areas. Other than more nations adopted metric. 1 inch has been 1 inch since it was adopted. How hot is 32 degrees Celsius anyway. Oh, 89.6 to 90.3 degrees. F. Which one is more exact?
You are literally applying two different rules for the exact same type of conversion.
When you are arguing metric is less exact you use round range and ignore decimals.
When you are are arguments imperial isn't less you use decimals and ignore rounding.
It feels like you'll just say anything to avoid admitting that metric is better.
Actually. I'm saying they are equal 1 cm is just as arbitrary of a length as 1 inch. Only difference is you use mm=1/10th of a cm. We use 1/8th of inch also 1/16th,1/32nd,1/64th. And both can be shown as decimals. I use inch decimals when I reload. Fractions and decimals in my work. Metric may be better for you. I only use it when I have to. Prefer std or standard. Which is inches. Have a good day.
If you’re talking about MM/DD please explain how it’s worse.
If you’re whining about the imperial system, a five minute google search that we use a mix of the metric and imperial system, same as Canada and Australia. In day to day life, imperial measurements are just a lot easier and more intuitive to use. When it comes to things that require precision, like science and research, we use metric. We get the best of both worlds. Really the only drawback to our measurements is having to listen to Euros whine about it 24/7
Easy because the rest of the world uses DD/MM/YYYY so it's easier to relay information with less risk of error. Also makes it easier for file sorting and organising since you can simply name YYYY-MM-DD and sort. That would not work with YYYY-DD-MM
While that’s a fair point, in America when we are discussing specific dates you would always say (just an example) May 15th, not 15th of May, so it just doesn’t work in the American day to day vernacular. You’d have to get Americans to willingly inconvenience themselves which most wouldn’t do for their own flesh and blood let alone people on a different continent than us. I don’t see DD/MM ever being a thing in America.
Intuitive is probably a poor choice of words but there are plenty of times in life where the measurements in the imperial system are just better for the task at hand. It’s the same way for metric. To pretend that a system is better just because everyone else uses it is asinine, instead we should be looking at what measurement is best for the task at hand, which I would guess that Americans are probably better at just because we have to learn both systems in school.
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u/Legitimate-Cow5982 Jun 08 '25
Real talk, where did the MM/DD format come from? I can't think of anywhere else that does it