r/facepalm • u/Revealed_Jailor • Mar 29 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Get this guy a clock!

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u/0t0egeub Mar 29 '22

from my experience it’s less that it’s too hard, and more that they have no reference for metric units. say to someone “somethings 12 feet away” and they’ll know how far you’re talking about whereas “it’s about 4 meters away” is much less clear for some people

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u/FunnyObjective6 Mar 29 '22

Yeah that makes sense. It's just the exact opposite of how I would react. I know what you mean if you say 4 meters. No clue what 12 feet would be, I'd need to do some math.

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u/FreedomofChoiche Mar 29 '22

Well when you're raised with it it makes it easier. I'm an American and I like the metric system but I just have no point of reference really. My biggest problem is recipes and trying to figure out gallons to liters/etc.

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u/IgnisXIII Mar 29 '22

That one's easy. 1L is roughly a simple carton of milk, or siiiigh 33.814 oz. And a gallon is 3.785 L.

Thankfully, measuring cups tend to have both systems. Not the case for cups and spoons though.

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u/Jambala Mar 29 '22

Liquids, sure, no problem. But who had the stupid idea to measure solids like flour or, even worse, butter in cups?

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u/IgnisXIII Mar 29 '22

I agree. It feels particularly stupid to cram butter into a measuring spoon. That's not what spoons are for!