We could, but why should we? I can easily switch between grams, kilograms and tonnes. Hell I can tell you that 1 litre of water weighs 1 kilogram. I am not going to deal with gallons per square inch of pounds
Depends on the flesh you’re rending - the original conversion was from whales but the popularised version is with bacon rended over camp fires; it’s been this way since 2006AD so it’s a pretty well established system. Semper fi, Imperialism.
Car widths being the result of roads built by the Romans is historically charming, but that kind of thing is not the basis for a measurement system you should expect people to take seriously. It’s just a series of band-aids on band-aids.
Well you know, the full saying is “a pint’s a pound the world around, except the UK where it’s several quid, and really mostly in the US, Liberia, and Myanmar”
Weird how colonialism affects things, right? Our industrial revolution happened while we still used British units, so I suppose you can thank them.
The metric system reached us too late. Nobody wants to spend the money to convert entire industries. It’s easier and cheaper to just do the conversion.
It’s funny that Europeans complain about Americans being dumb but also can’t comprehend converting units of measurement.
We could, but why should we? I can easily switch between grams, kilograms and tonnes. Hell I can tell you that 1 litre of water weighs 1 kilogram. I am not going to deal with gallons per square inch of pounds
Pound force or Pound mass?
And Americans know a pint’s a pound.
Depends on the flesh you’re rending - the original conversion was from whales but the popularised version is with bacon rended over camp fires; it’s been this way since 2006AD so it’s a pretty well established system. Semper fi, Imperialism.
Reply to wrong post? Pint is 1/8th of gallon and gallon came from old Norman French with latin roots.
Nah, just making fun of imperial.
Car widths being the result of roads built by the Romans is historically charming, but that kind of thing is not the basis for a measurement system you should expect people to take seriously. It’s just a series of band-aids on band-aids.
Sterling? Not since the 90s
Well you know, the full saying is “a pint’s a pound the world around, except the UK where it’s several quid, and really mostly in the US, Liberia, and Myanmar”
This is the the real way I know you’re American lol.
It’s the WHOLE WORLD other than you (and perhaps special mention to the UK and Canada being weirdos using multiple systems)
Weird how colonialism affects things, right? Our industrial revolution happened while we still used British units, so I suppose you can thank them.
The metric system reached us too late. Nobody wants to spend the money to convert entire industries. It’s easier and cheaper to just do the conversion.