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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 4166836" data-attributes="member: 8863">For D&amp;D?&nbsp; Traditional units.&nbsp; It just doesn't sound right for a pre-modern society to use metric measurements.As for the whole metric vs. customary arguments, it always amuses and exasperates me at the same time.I'm one of the few Americans who actually feels comfortable with metric (well, except for Celcius, even if the scale has a better basis than Fahrenheit).&nbsp; Sure, I use customary in everyday use, and sometimes it has advantages, but I like the consistancy of metric better.&nbsp; And to be honest, I feel the only reason America is still customary is largely out of stubborness, not because customary is actually good.&nbsp; Though I suppose I agree that the French should have come up with better standards, it kind of fits in with some of the other goofy things the French revolutionaries did to throw out everything related to the monarchy and the Church.In a way, America does use metric.&nbsp; All our customary units are based on mertic standards.&nbsp; The inch, for example, is defined as exactly 2.54 cm.&nbsp; Every other unit that we cling to is based on a metric standard, and those standards were established something like 100 years ago.&nbsp; That's one of the things that makes our use of customary so silly. It's been legal to use metric in America since 1866, but nobody ever really used it because the free market economy worked against it.&nbsp; And I don't buy the whole &quot;unfamiliar&quot; argument.&nbsp; How many of you who are staunchly pro-customary buy those 2 liter bottles of soda without thinking about it and have a good idea how long it will last or how much you'll need?&nbsp; I think America will have gone metric by the end of the century, but it'll be a slow and gradual process.&nbsp; Likely the pressures of globablization will end up forcing American companies to go metric, and they'll do so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Orius, post: 4166836, member: 8863"] For D&D? Traditional units. It just doesn't sound right for a pre-modern society to use metric measurements. As for the whole metric vs. customary arguments, it always amuses and exasperates me at the same time. I'm one of the few Americans who actually feels comfortable with metric (well, except for Celcius, even if the scale has a better basis than Fahrenheit). Sure, I use customary in everyday use, and sometimes it has advantages, but I like the consistancy of metric better. And to be honest, I feel the only reason America is still customary is largely out of stubborness, not because customary is actually good. Though I suppose I agree that the French should have come up with better standards, it kind of fits in with some of the other goofy things the French revolutionaries did to throw out everything related to the monarchy and the Church. In a way, America [i]does[/i] use metric. All our customary units are based on mertic standards. The inch, for example, is defined as exactly 2.54 cm. Every other unit that we cling to is based on a metric standard, and those standards were established something like 100 years ago. That's one of the things that makes our use of customary so silly. It's been legal to use metric in America since [i]1866[/i], but nobody ever really used it because the free market economy worked against it. And I don't buy the whole "unfamiliar" argument. How many of you who are staunchly pro-customary buy those 2 liter bottles of soda without thinking about it and have a good idea how long it will last or how much you'll need? I think America will have gone metric by the end of the century, but it'll be a slow and gradual process. Likely the pressures of globablization will end up forcing American companies to go metric, and they'll do so. [/QUOTE]

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