Us standard

But America is more metric than most people think. We blend metric and standard all over the place. Soda is sold in liters- 2 liters being most common- while milk is sold by the gallon. Many of our products are from overseas and so tool sizes in metric are far more common than ever before. Even our tires- the diameter is in inches but the width is in metric.

But for much of what you care to measure... it doesn’t really matter. What’s easier to deal with? Someone who is 6’1” or 1.895 meters? It doesn’t make a huge difference either way- you know what 1.8 meters or 6’ looks like on a person either way.

And wow- KLM are easier to break down that miles- but.... in your every day life how often do you break miles or klm into anything smaller unless it’s a fraction? Would you say: “it’s 1 kilometer and 5 meters that way..” or “its 1 mile and 880 yards...” or “it’s 1.5” or “one and a half” miles/klm?

For the most part in daily life you don’t get into anything that makes either system really better if you’re used to one or the other. In science and engineering and such you do. In some specialties you do. I don’t want to deal with “mills” or 1/100ths or any other kooky standard measurement when you start gettin precise. I’ll take metric hands down if we are building something. But it’s not like fractions are that hard- fractions and decimals are the same thing just expressed differently.

Outside of science and certain fields there just isn’t any benefit for America to switch to metric asides Americans being more comfortable when they travel- but metric isn’t rocket science and if you travel and need it- it’s easy enough to learn. It would benefit the rest of the world if we went to metric- it would be easier for foreigners in America and products wouldn’t need a metric and standard version etc. but yes yes. “It’s base 10..” that’s great. I love metric for all kinds of stuff- but I’m also smart enough to figure out figures that aren’t multiples of 10 so standard isn’t so confusing to me.