• JK_Flip_Flop@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    (may be a bit of an off topic rant)

    The cluster fuck that is the UK’s measurement system can be easily summarised by looking at fueling a car.

    You fill your car from a pump that sells you litres of fuel. Then your car reports its fuel economy in miles per gallon.

    How the fuck am I supposed to relate the 40 litres of diesel that I just bought to the 35 MPG on my dashboard without a fucking calculator?

    I fucking hate it here. It’s the exact same British exceptionalism that brought us fucking Brexit.

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      8 months ago

      And yet you call Americans dumb for not adopting the metric system. Why would we think we would do a better job than you? I would much rather use the system my grandpa grew up with rather than use the hybrid abomination that the UK uses.

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        8 months ago

        I suppose the thinking is that you lot might learn from the mistakes of others

        Though you’re possibly right, that’s maybe a bit too charitable

      • JK_Flip_Flop@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        I’m a Scottish nationalist and republican (in the British sense). It’s one of my pipe dreams to see an independent Scotland adopt the metric system fully but I kinda doubt it will ever happen.