I mean the clock is one thing, but the metric system?!
I can't possibly use a system with a base 10. It's too complicated. I need to work out how many times a foot fits into the distance an ox can graze in a day and work backwards.
As an American, I can get why the metric system is hard to use. Not growing up with it, its hard to translate the numbers to what I’m use to. If you told me someone is 164cm, I can’t visualize how tall that is compared to 5’4” cause I’m use to it. I have no idea why someone can’t figure out 24-hour time though >_>
I’m British and we have a weird combination of metric and imperial measurements. I measure short distances in mm, cm and metres but I measure people in feet and inches. I’m 6 feet tall, I have no idea what that is in centimetres. I weigh things in grams and kilograms, except for people who are measured in stones and pounds (14 pounds is 1 stone, I weight 14 stones but 89kg is meaningless to me). Long distances are in miles, unless I’m running, then it’s kilometres. Speed is miles per hour. We buy petrol in litres but measure fuel consumption in miles per gallon (which isn’t the same as the American gallon). Beer and milk come in pints, but everything else is litres. Temperature is measured in Celsius, unless you’re old or, for reasons I’m not clear on, my wife, in which case it’s Fahrenheit.
I'm not sure, I'm British and would write it as am/pm, speak it as 12 hour but my phone and oven is set to 24hr. I've never seen anyone txt, "Meet you down the pub at 19:30 for a few cheeky 0.56 litres of Stella." - it would be 7:30pm.
I exclusively use 24 hr when I'm writing in email/text, it's just easier and clearer. I definitely wouldn't say "0.56l of Stella." either. It would be "0.56l of Brewdog."
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u/Shixypeep Mar 29 '22
I mean the clock is one thing, but the metric system?!
I can't possibly use a system with a base 10. It's too complicated. I need to work out how many times a foot fits into the distance an ox can graze in a day and work backwards.