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Jul 26, 2021
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durandal
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POLL: Would you support a measure to move the US to the metric system effective immediately?
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POLL: Would you support a measure to move the US to the metric system effective immediately?
durandal
Rampant AI
7/26/21 11:11pm
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orrin7
7/26/21 11:13pm
How do you say ‘no’ in metric?
Salami Karate
7/26/21 11:13pm
I can’t think of any conceivable benefit to the move that would come close to justifying the massive cost.
cheezedawg
7/26/21 11:14pm
It’s a much better system of measurement that would reduce errors
Nakedbootleg
7/26/21 11:23pm
Would take decades to recoup the costs… we have plenty of debt already, thanks
Jericho
7/26/21 11:25pm
Just do it how England has done it. imperial/metric mix.
Jay_L
7/26/21 11:52pm
I doubt errors from imperial measurements amount to anything significant
cheezedawg
7/27/21 2:07am
We literally crashed a probe into mars bevause of the conversions
Hotlanta
7/27/21 5:59am
I know. That’s the only thing I can think of. It enough to justify.
cheezedawg
7/27/21 8:04am
Most manufacturing is already metric. It's just easier in a global economy.
Corn Pop
7/27/21 3:35am
Where does the cost come from? I'm genuinely curious
SWKTDweller
7/27/21 6:08am
NASA has said that a full metric conversion just in their department would cost them $370m, or about 3x the cost of that
cheezedawg
7/27/21 10:08am
Yep. Cost is way too high.
WDaddy
7/27/21 7:56am
Nah, if we're going to make a switch, let's go to a base 12 number system. Much cleaner.
jaromp
7/26/21 11:43pm
No way. Apart from having to memorize the transitions, we’re America we do
ByuImaginesDragons
7/26/21 11:45pm
RE: POLL: Would you support a measure to move the US to the metric system
machete
7/26/21 11:52pm
And retroactively forfeit our defeat over the British like 250 years ago? No thanks.
cougfanblue
7/27/21 12:06am
You realize that our current system is known as the "Imperial" system, right?
jaromp
7/27/21 12:11am
RE: You realize that our current system is known as the "Imperial" system, right?
cougfanblue
7/27/21 7:31am
Metric system sucks. It really does.
Blue Ghost
7/27/21 6:56am
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