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<blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9030270" data-attributes="member: 6799660"><p>That one boggles my mind. </p><p>I have a number of people at work who are non-US-born*, and the discussion about why the U.S. doesn't go metric comes up every so often. I explain that, for the average person living their lives (the ones you need onboard to make such a switch) -- especially since most professions where there is a hassle already use metric-- the biggest benefits of metric don't frequently come up. You usually don't have to switch between units, and like Morris' 'bizzleberries' point, as long as you stay within a unit, it doesn't usually matter. Your car can have MPH or KPH on the dial, and so long as it matches the speed limit sign, you're good**. The one <em>really good</em> example I've always had that is an <em><u>exception</u></em> to that is construction/home projects -- ex. 'the room needs twelve feet, three-and-three-quarters inches of trim on that wall and you have a piece that is seven feet, eight and five-eighth inches long, how long a piece do you have to cut off another 10' section to complete it?' It seems so odd to me that that a society that mixes and matches units wouldn't have diverged metric for that.</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">*Also, I DM for a high school group where perpetually someone just took HS physics and just learned the benefits of metric systems, but hasn't learned as much regarding the difficulties of making major societal changes, so the question comes up there as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">**sure it's easier to convert KPH to m/s than MPH to ft/s, but most people rarelyhave to.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willie the Duck, post: 9030270, member: 6799660"] That one boggles my mind. I have a number of people at work who are non-US-born*, and the discussion about why the U.S. doesn't go metric comes up every so often. I explain that, for the average person living their lives (the ones you need onboard to make such a switch) -- especially since most professions where there is a hassle already use metric-- the biggest benefits of metric don't frequently come up. You usually don't have to switch between units, and like Morris' 'bizzleberries' point, as long as you stay within a unit, it doesn't usually matter. Your car can have MPH or KPH on the dial, and so long as it matches the speed limit sign, you're good**. The one [I]really good[/I] example I've always had that is an [I][U]exception[/U][/I] to that is construction/home projects -- ex. 'the room needs twelve feet, three-and-three-quarters inches of trim on that wall and you have a piece that is seven feet, eight and five-eighth inches long, how long a piece do you have to cut off another 10' section to complete it?' It seems so odd to me that that a society that mixes and matches units wouldn't have diverged metric for that. [SIZE=1]*Also, I DM for a high school group where perpetually someone just took HS physics and just learned the benefits of metric systems, but hasn't learned as much regarding the difficulties of making major societal changes, so the question comes up there as well. **sure it's easier to convert KPH to m/s than MPH to ft/s, but most people rarelyhave to.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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