The US usually consistently uses imperial, which sucks but it’s consistent. England switches between the two constantly. They’re crazy people, and they use measures like “stone” for weight sometimes too. Metric is obviously the better system, but consistency is better than randomly deciding which to use when.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
The US usually consistently uses imperial, which sucks but it’s consistent. England switches between the two constantly. They’re crazy people, and they use measures like “stone” for weight sometimes too. Metric is obviously the better system, but consistency is better than randomly deciding which to use when.
TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Our smallest unit of weight is the ounce, which is 28g, and as much as Americans hate metric, we hate fractions more.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 hours ago
Unless it’s drugs.
All my favorite drugs come in fractions. Specifically 1/8ths and 1/4ths.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
3.5, 7, easy