Can somebody tell me how americans are fine with using inches

>muh arbitrary metric is better than your arbitrary metric

Its easier for them since they grew up on it so they can visualize it easier.

I am Canadian and I use liters and cups for cooking and shit but when it comes to height 5"7' is much easier for me to visualize than 170 cm.

>>9056560
Liters and cups are still the imperial system friend. But yes, I live in Canada and this is true, just like how I understand what 150 pounds is, but kilos means nothing to me.

>>9056568
>>9056560
*cups only

>>9056550
What's wrong with his face?

>>9056560
stop using our American units you cunt. You aren't a real American.

>>9056550
>implying euros don't often round up to the nearest 5cm, making it twice as inaccurate as using inches

>>9056568
>>9056570

I'm not him, but I am also Canadian and I kind of think of them as metric since they're a nice 250ml each. But ounces and shit? Fuck that.

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>>9056550
American refuse to switch to the metric system because they see themselves as the most exceptional and superior nation.

Feet and inches provide a nice clear cut off point for manletism, the metric system lacked the foresight to solve this problem.

>>9056550
umm have you ever tried to measure in cm without a measuring stick ? It's confusing as heck . were as the average person can be like my index finger is about 2 inches now I can mark that out on this stick in intervals , no one wants to scratch cm out or guess on the fly . I suppose if that's what you are use to, but standard measurement is faster for simpler jobs without rulers !

>>9056550
Base 12 is actually easier to use for precision measurement, ie, fractional values.

Other than that your criticism is mainly about integer precision, which doesn't really matter that much. I use whichever I feel like.

>>9060478
Who paces out distances with their feet and counts in meters ? again I'm say you have no point of reference in this scenario, and no measurement tool or implement ? do you count in feet or meters ?

>>9060491
Whichever one I feel like. Mechanically, at some scales, my brain will yield more accurate estimations using meters. Others feet / inches. Though generally I will not build feet into yards, only meters are mentally stored. Yards are more of a derived quantity after the fact, rather than intuitive.

>>9056550
Do you measure your dick in mm? It's not super important, but using cm seems so impractical.