Should America switch to the metric system?

>>134731273
No, and this thread provides no argument.

>>134731273

Average GDP of Countries that follow the Metric System is like 5k. The average GDP of Countries that follow the Imperial units is about 50k. Idk about you.

>>134731273
imperial measurement is the last bastion of implicit white identity

No. It would be way too expensive to convert to the metric system for practically zero benefit.

We already use the metric system... it's just that we also use the imperial system. What's wrong with using two different measurement systems depending on context? Metric for the sciences, imperial for day to day measurements.

>>134731273
Only if we keep Fahrenheit... Since it's the superior and more accurate temperature measurement system.

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I find myself using metric often because I like it. A meter is like 1.1 yards, a liter is close to a quart and a kilogram is like 2.5 pounds. It's so much easier for cooking. You can count grams on the boxes to find out how much food you're making rather than counting ounces and remembering that every 16 is another pound. Once you count 1000, you have another kilogram. My only issue with it is that you can't divide by 3 and get a rational number with base 10. I wish we made our manufacturing machines in metric though. It's really a great system.

Also you're a tard if you can't use both systems accurately.

We use the metric system for electricity but I'd bet money most Americans have no idea what any of those terms mean. Everybody knows your bill comes in KwH, but not one person I asked knows what that unit means.

Study physics fagets.

>>134731273
Why would we? Imperial is superior in every way.

>>134731273
>Should America switch to the metric system?

The switch should have been done decades ago. The longer we wait, the more painful it is going to be.

>>134732237
It's a measure of energy, but the joule is the standard unit for that. One kilowatthour is equal to 3.6 megajoules.

>>134731894
>Counting your food by weight
Shouldn't you be doing that by serving size, not by weight?

>>134731894

Basically this. If you're not retarded, you mentally use both systems.

>>134731893

Also this. Fahrenheit is far better than Celsius.

>>134732368
I have to say it's real nice having a liter of water weigh one kilogram.

>have 600 lieters of water onboard a truck
>it weighs 600 kilograms
See? Easy. You can't do that with the US system.

>>134732237
We use the metric system for everything but I'd bet money most cunts here have no idea what any of those terms mean.

>>134731273
Probably but honestly I don't give a shit. Converting isn't hard and I almost exclusively deal with Imperial measurements at work so I don't give a shit.

>>134731415
>Illogical
>Archaic
>Slowly dying
Sounds about right

>>134731273
literally no reason to. we have a nice mix, standard for most everyday things, but metric for trade and science reasons

>>134732564
not an argument

>>134732756
t. Jose Miguel

There is literally no reason to

>>134732826
Having those two systems side by side is about as logical as forcing cars to drive right hand and trucks left hand.

>>134731658
people fuck it up like that one on mars

>>134731273
Yes, but if we don't fuck it. I'ma use it anyway fhamilam.

>>134732903
It's a good system. That's a reason.

>>134731273
Yeah.

Although measurement, like language, is completely arbitrary - Metric is just simple and effective which is what measurement should be.

>>134731893
>>134732564
what is fahrenheit even based on? what are its anchor points?

the scale used for celsius is that water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees

>>134732826
We use Imperial for literally everything in trade. As do a lot of Europeans.
Only in physics do you see metric.

>>134731273
Rather than cuck ourselves out, we should develop a better system, and call it the Murica system.

>>134732428
The same could be said about roundabouts too. Traffic light is the ounce in a gram life.

>>134731273
We do. The reason English is used is for convenience, like Farenheit. We learn metric in school too, and I assume other countries learn English too.

ITT : retards defending an outdated and stupid system of measurement the same way they defend their foreskin being cut off

dont the american military use metric?

like 1 klick = 1 km

>>134732599
>I have to say it's real nice having a liter of water weigh one kilogram.
How often is that useful tho? If your transporting something and need to know the weight, your not going to use math to find your hypothetical weight, your just going to weigh it.
That is as useful to the everyday man as knowing that Increasing the temp of mercury by 1 degree F increases it's volume by 1 part in 10,000.

Metric is so easy. If you don't know the metric system you honestily should learn. There's no reason not to. I think people would support changin if they realised how easy the metric system is.

Screw Celsius though. I still have trouble comprehending celcius temperatures because it's so engrained in my head.

Imperial units are the Common Core of measurements.

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Also what's up with that whole month/day/year shit?

>>134733293
Yes, but only because it's in relation to a map grid.

>>134733083

Fahrenheit is great for weather because 100 is really fucking hot and 0 is really fucking cold.

>>134733274
>measurement
>outdated
spotted the sub 3 digit iq

>>134733083
It's literally based on some dude taking his wife's armpit temperature.

>>134733421
People like to say:
"July 23rd, 2017"
So:
7/23/17

It's a very simple transition and I don't understand why Brits and others give us shit for it.

>>134733248
Fucken what?

>>134733598

Brits are retarded and literally say "23 July"

>>134733598
They hate us cuz they anus.

But Metric system is way better.

>>134733835
That's fucking dumb.
That's worse than adding two syllables by saying "THE 23rd OF July"

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>>134731273
No, remain in your patato system so as we could continue to mock you

>>134734052
>patato
Never change ginnybro

>>134734126
Why?

>>134731415
>being this bigoted
the only other 2 countries that use the imperial system are niggers and jungle chinks. the metric system was invented by the french and is just as european if not more so than the antiquated and clumsy imperial system.

>>134734052
>patato
Irish education everyone

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>>134734184

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>>134731273
There are two types of countries. Those who have been to the moon and those who use the metric system.

>>134734308
Even the Burmese are switching to metric.

>>134734519
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_program

Tuilli striapach, yarr!!

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>>134731273

Na, it is largely a baguette faguette scheme.

Fuck them

>>134732627
This
Fuck you all

>>134734519
>those who have crashed spaceprobes because of mixing 2 measurement systems, and those who haven't.

>>134731273
no, we tried it in the 70s and everyone wanted to go back to imperial units

>>134734367
Sicily is shit! SHIT!!

>>134734519
>this is the only """argument"" americans have and is said 100% of the time when debating americans about the metric system

america got to the moon because of Nazi scientists who defected, Nazi scientists who used the metric system

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>>134734641

>>134733516
I'm sorry for your missing dick tip brah

>>134732982
>what are logistics
Why spend the time and money changing everything just so we can say we use primarily metric?
Such a retarded thing to do.

Metric is for literal brainlets.

Dozenal is master race.

>>134733083
salt water freezes at zero Fahrenheit
the difference between 32 degrees and 212 degrees is 180 degrees, or 1 pi radian

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>>134735263
It's ok Dundee, some day you will leave earth and toss another shrimp on the barbie on a celestial body.

>>134731388
>almost all countries in the world use metric
>most countries are poor
>average is brought down
wow jesus fuck burger maybe use your head for once, eh?

>>134731273
Memetric system is arbitrary bullshit.
Imperial system is far more interesting and potentially useful.
http://www.ancient-world-mysteries.com/units-of-measure.html
It could have been used to measure the Earth long before ever circumnavigating it.

>>134731273
>Too stupid to know that America already uses the metric system.

No, because we're smart enough to be able to switch back and forth between systems as needed.

>>134731273
Um, no. I've got no problem calculating boundaries using survey feet. Elevations work fine also in feet. 4in = .33ft and such....

>>134735263
>Kiwi is too stupid to know that NASA measured thrust (force) in pounds.

Metric system is better for science and everyday use.
Stupid burgers

I find myself using yards a lot since it's an easy frame of reference from playing football

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>>134736094
>Metric system is better for science and everyday use.

Shut up, kike. Nobody's asking you.

Whatever the kikes are in favor of, it must be bad.
/thread

>>134734765

Metric system is the best that new world order illuminati made for us

>>134735787
What level of salinity would cause salt water to freeze at zero Fahrenheit?

>>134735300
Retard, we keep the tip. It's foreskin that's removed, which is a sheath that is hollow at the tip. Fucking read a book, Mongo.

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>>134731273
We should add a base 12 counting system to go along with our arbitrary measurement system to fuck with euroshits even more

>>134735868
>american reading skills

>>134731273
let's just continue to use US customary for everyday use and metric when doing multinational commerce and science

>>134736869
DESU it can't hurt anymore than it has already

>>134734519
>There are two types of countries. Those who are 56% white and those who arent america.

>>134735868
Yeah keep skulling that maple syrup, leaf.

To all those Americans who think that clesius/metric is "random" or "doesn't make sense" all measurements in metric are based off of things that exist in the real world (meter is the wavelength of radiation given off from some radioactive isotope, kilogram is based on 1/32 of a mole of silicon 32, ect ect), in fact the whole point of metric is that its both base 10 AND works for real world issues. Celsius is on the same scale as Kelvin (+-1 K =+-1 C). As far as every day life is concerned, either or doesn't matter, from a business or science point of view metric is just better, and the reason to changes is so that NASA doesn't crash a another mars rover because the stupid contractors uses imperial and they use Metric.

>>134733472
With C, 0 is when water freezes. It makes probably the most sense.

>>134733083
0 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature of a solution of brine made from equal parts of ice and salt.

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>>134731273
Nooooo. They shouldn't, let's have this one advantage over their overpowered nation. And now we're at it, force NASA to abandon the metric system again. They were much more fun when their rockets kept blowing up on them.

>>134733039
If it was that good of a system you wouldn't need to force it upon people

>>134731273

Yes. It is better in every way. It is more accurate and the differences between units are always powers of 10, like 100 centimetres in a metre and 1000 metres in a kilometre rather than the imperial system, where there are 12 inches in one foot but 3 feet in a yard

>>134738600
>tfw my country is too OP and needs to be nerfed

>>134731273
>hey /pol/ should america waste trillions of dollars change every single thing that uses numbers including are roads, manufacturing plants, very sensitive lab equipment, military, and any thing else that uses system of measurements or are programed to use them automatically, just so we can be """like""" Europe

>>134741188
>oh i forgot /pol/ this would also shut down every single thing that uses measurements for x number of years, but at least we can be like Europe

Metric system is fucking retarded, I want to have imperial back.

>>134731273
Technically speaking we are already on the metric system because all US imperial units are based off of metric standards. Also we are one of the 17 original members of the Treaty of the Meter.

>Metre Convention (French: Convention du Mètre), also known as the Treaty of the Metre,[1] is an international treaty that was signed in Paris on 20 May 1875 by representatives of 17 nations. (Argentina, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, United States of America and Venezuela).

>>134742363
Just do what we did. We've been in the process of converting to the metric system for over a century and the French still haven't caught on.

>>134733472
>100
>hot
pussy

>>134741188
>>134741279
You are exaggerating. Every other country made the switch with little cost, including countries which were already very developed at the time.

>>134731273
they already did past highschool

>>134732465
using jewish serving sizes is how america got this way

>Space age
>Measuring things with your feet, elbows and stones.

Pick one.

>>134731273
its a barrier for entry, like a less effective version of japan having 3 alphabets.
Anything to limit immigration.

>>134731273

Should these metric threads stop getting created every other day? This topic is stale and boring; metric ceased to be a serious politic topic like four decades ago.

>>134736429
50%

>>134731273
yes.

>>134731894
cooking is an art, you just gotta feel out how much you need, only fags and housewives measure their food.

>>134745040
feet elbows and stones got the first man onto the moon. Fuck off.

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>>134744759
>hey lets ignore the fact that america is 100x bigger then everyone else, and also the fact that our highly complected devices that use precision measurements would need to be remade all over again using the new measurements, I read that it was easy and i post on the internet so i KNOW it will be easy

this is the part where you NO THEY WOULDN'T like the all the other people who have 0 idea why we haven't switched would say

>>134746215
>america is 100x bigger then everyone else
Except that's not true either. Canada is bigger by size, and India is bigger by population. Both of these countries metricated in the 20th century. Most high tech industries in America, like auto manufacturing, have already metricated, so why not finish the job?

>>134746205
>muh moon landing
The moon landing was pretty inconsequential. Satellites have been much more useful for technology.

>>134746205
the guidance computer was programmed in metric

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>>134732627

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>>134731273
We should switch. In the metric system my penor will instantly grow from 5.75 to 14.6

>>134731273
they already are...
The international yard and pound agreement of July 1959 defined the length of the international yard in the United States and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations as exactly 0.9144 meters. Consequently, the international foot is defined to be equal to exactly 0.3048 meters

>>134741188
>>134741279
You do realize that pretty much all the things you just listed already use metric?

>throwing away the measurements that we constantly find ancient civilizations using

(((who))) could be behind this? Who would want the human origins to be lost forever?

>>134731273
For me,

I like using Metric for anything less than 3 feet.
Much Simpler.
I prefer MPH over KPH because it's what i'm used to.

Burgers should switch. Metric is just more logical for everything, it's all 100s/10s for the next unit instead of having to remember illogical bs. Americans learn both anyway, so you aren't wasting a massive amount of effort by switching. I do think that feet/inches represent height a bit better than cm though.

>>134733943
There's more languages besides english, you disgusting american pig. In most "european languages" it's just "the 23rd july". Not the rest of the world's fault that english has so many arbitrary unneeded words. You guys changes a very logical system just because of your retarded language and that's the only reason for it. Which is dumb as fuck.

>>134731273
America did switch to the metric system in 1976. There was an official act passed by Congress, signed by the President, and an attempt at "metrification" by the federal bureaucracy. Nobody fucking cared and the government stopped trying to convinced people by 1981.

>>134751743
We already grow up using imperial units, and we're capable of using metric when necessary. Everyone in a math/science-related field (doctors, engineers, etc.) knows metric perfectly, so it's not really a big deal.

>>134753621
*stopped trying to convince people

>>134733835
You're retarded if you actually believe that.

Nobody here only uses the words '23 July'.

>the 23rd of July
or
>July 23rd

In writing, it's very common practice (especially academically) to write only 23 July because 'rd' and 'th' doesn't look professional and isn't necessary to communicate any information since anyone with half a brain recognises a number and a month and understands it.

Also there's literally no problem with the teaching and use of imperial units for day to day life, it's only in science and using large or small scale that metric has value, so using both is perfectly fine.

That said, I don't understand really how the freezing point of brine or whatever it is makes for a sound anchor point compared to just water, but at least with Fahrenheit you use more of your scale in day to day life, so I guess actually it does have value.

>>134731273
who cares
use whatever system you like
and so does everyone else

>>134731415
>white
>imperial also used by Liberia and Myanmar

nice job

>>134731273
it already is
our system is converted from the metric system

>>134737913
>comfortable/normal temperatures:
>F 60-90
>C 20-30

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>>134731273
America should switch to a lower calorie diet.

>>134731273
Why is Texas the only purple one?

yes it'd create jobs

>>134758175
It's funny because Britain also has serious problems with obesity.

>>134758553
because texans love prince

>>134758175
jezza's one to fuckin' talk

>>134731273

metric, like soccer, is for simple minded 3rd worlders that can only multiply and divide by 10.

>claim your independence from the british empire with a "fuck you we're doing things our own way"
>still cling to the shitty old IMPERIAL system
America is the hypocrite central of the world.

How many countries put men on the moon using the metric system again?

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Metric system is part of an autistic German conspiracy to pointlessly standardize everything, no matter the cost

>>134759377
12 is easier if you can math at all. It's highly composite which makes it convenient as fuck.

>>134731273
Call it "New revolutionary burger system"
Watch the amerilards rush, i mean waddle in haste to accept it.

>>134734313
you colour blind breh

>>134731273
yes, it's easier, the only downside it would cost a lot

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>>134731273
No, we have freedom here to choose which system an individual wants to use.

>>134731273 we use metric during projects around the house / work. Imperial is for speed and weight.