We’re not. Except in inner cities where it’s thriving
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Wifi0041@fedinsfw.app 21 hours ago
Misleading aside, I’m happy that the US is adopting metric.
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours ago
expatriado@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
we’re miles behind in rural areas
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
“Streets behind”, even.
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
I think you mean kilometers behind.
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
“Blocks” behind
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 20 hours ago
We measure sodas bigger than this in Liters.
Not other liquids… just Soda. Milk you buy a gallon of. Soda? 2 Liters. Saying you’re gonna buy a gallon of Soda sounds very strange to an American. There’s also 1 Liter bottles.
It’s the one of the most stupid Americanisms.
drath@lemmy.drath.ru 55 minutes ago
Weird. Chugging cola from gallon jugs sounds like the most American thing one could think of, strange it’s not a thing yet. Also never understood why Americans buy milk in jugs. Isn’t this like the one thing you actually want to be in the smallest container possible? Do people drink that much milk, or are they commonly tossed unfinished when it inevitably spoils?
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 minutes ago
We cook with and drink probably too much milk. Strong dairy lobby.
In my two person household we just do half gallons
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I don’t know if you’re just not from the US, but this dual labeling of groceries has been ongoing for decades. The US began transitioning to metric during the 1970s and has had plenty of dual uses ever since. Rulers have inches and centimeters; there are imperial and metric tools; kids do learn metric in schools; etc.
“Is adopting” said in 2026 in response to soda labels is a steep misunderstanding of metrification in the US.