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Fritzschmied t1_jaclcnu wrote

Reply to comment by shl1234561 in This new Stanley tape measures is missing a few marks between 24 and 25... by Jay_Ray

Just never tell Americans that the today unit of inches and feet etc is defined by the meter like everything else.

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1668553684 t1_jadekbe wrote

Why should the definition matter at all?

Americans typically use imperial because it plays nicely with most other things in the US that use imperial, not because of some vendetta against the metric system. As easy as the metric system may be, it's a lot harder to use a different system than almost everything around you.

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Fritzschmied t1_jadhg7v wrote

That is true ant that is most likely the reason the us will never switch. It’s just not possible to change everything at the same time and if you don’t do that it won’t happen. It’s sadly just to common in the country to switch to anything else.

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