I am very uncomfortable with how many people would smugly laugh at this but would also nod along or post moaning about never being taught how to do taxes.
As the opening to the film “Armageddon” saliently warns us: “It has happened before, it will happen again” <sic>
I have hated fractions since grade school. I claim they are the primary reason metric folk make fun of SAE so much rather than just "its not decimal 10.." reset the whole world. New measuring system.. "bananas"... for scale.
Lol. I think you’re right about the fractions being a major force behind non metric hate. Given the choice I generally will try to avoid fractions, though they can always convert to decimals.
As the opening to the film “Armageddon” saliently warns us: “It has happened before, it will happen again” <sic>