Comment on Everyday, as an American
OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Metric has been legally “preferred” in the US since 1975. We just don’t use it.
Also while I was looking up that year I came across this wild factoid:
In 1793, Thomas Jefferson requested artifacts from France that could be used to adopt the metric system in the United States, and Joseph Dombey was sent from France with a standard kilogram. Before reaching the United States, Dombey’s ship was blown off course by a storm and captured by pirates, and he died in captivity on Montserrat.
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So pitates are why America uses freedom units.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 6 months ago
Damn those ruthless pitates!
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Here I thought you made a typo…but no, you typed it exactly right :D