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minus-square5redie8@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down11·10 months agoPlease explain to me why I should use metric when: My car uses imperial the weather channels use imperial the news networks use imperial My entire country, which takes up about half a continent, ALL JUST USES IMPERIAL ???
minus-squaredefame@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·10 months agoThe question isn’t why you should use it, but rather why all these things you’ve listed are still using it. We all know that transition isn’t easy, but being proud of using the inferior system is weird.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·10 months agoThe funny part is we switch to metric when it’s science
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up13·10 months agoBut only sometimes. Other times, interplanetary probes disappear.
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoThey made fun of that on For All Mankind. An incident on Mars because Russia and America were doing calculations using different systems and someone forgot to convert.
minus-squareThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoThat’s based on real incident though https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/weekly/6Page53.pdf
Please explain to me why I should use metric when:
???
The question isn’t why you should use it, but rather why all these things you’ve listed are still using it.
We all know that transition isn’t easy, but being proud of using the inferior system is weird.
The funny part is we switch to metric when it’s science
But only sometimes. Other times, interplanetary probes disappear.
They made fun of that on For All Mankind. An incident on Mars because Russia and America were doing calculations using different systems and someone forgot to convert.
That’s based on real incident though
https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/weekly/6Page53.pdf
And computer temperatures lol