Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-216 hours agoWhy is the USA the only country that doesn’t use the metric system?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down12
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the USA the only country that doesn’t use the metric system?Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-216 hours agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·16 hours agoOfficially, we’re the only ones still using imperial units. But, the British use a mash-up of units in their daily lives, as does Liberia and Myanmar. Reagan pulled the plug on our attempted conversion in 1980. We’ll convert someday, probably after our imperial reign is over, somewhat fittingly.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-216 hours agoExcept it’s not imperial units, it’s US customary. Similar names, different actual quantities.
Officially, we’re the only ones still using imperial units. But, the British use a mash-up of units in their daily lives, as does Liberia and Myanmar.
Reagan pulled the plug on our attempted conversion in 1980.
We’ll convert someday, probably after our imperial reign is over, somewhat fittingly.
Except it’s not imperial units, it’s US customary. Similar names, different actual quantities.