It seems like a weird point to bring up. How often do y’all convert your measurements? It’s not even a daily thing. If I’m measuring something, I either do it in inches, or feet, rarely yards. I’ve never once had to convert feet into miles, and I can’t imagine I’m unique in this. When I have needed to, it’s usually converting down (I.e. 1/3 of a foot), which imperial does handle better in more cases.

Like. I don’t care if we switch, I do mostly use metric personally, it just seems like a weird point to be the most common pro-metric argument when it’s also the one I’m least convinced by due to how metric is based off of base 10 numbering, which has so many problems with it.

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    16 hours ago

    I just toss stuff in a calculator and use both when necessary.

    I measure in grams for dry and ounces for wet ingredients when baking.

    I’ll include Celsius and Fahrenheit in weather conversations.

    Cm or inches depending on what suits the crafting project better. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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      16 hours ago

      I tend to use grams for everything in the kitchen, because ounces are usually too big for what I need. Admittedly that’s mostly “Making coffee,” but still the point stands xD