Should the US switch to the metric system?

[The Two Jerseys]

YES! IT'S WAY FRICKING EASIER.
What's the next biggest tool after the 8 mm, the 9mm
What about the 5/16s....uhhh

No, .357 Magnum is the next biggest tool.

[Maurepas]

I want a third option here. I'm definitely for a switchover to the Metric System, but I'm not so definite on fully "abandoning" the Imperial system either. I'd like us to move closer to the UK in that regard. They're definitely on the Metric system, but you can still buy a Pint.

[The Scandinavian Kingdom Of Norway]

Yes,i think so that the whole USA shall switch to metric system,i'm so tired hearing Oz,miles,fahrenheit,etc.....

[G-Max]

customary system

The correct term is IMPERIAL system, because we inherited it from the British Empire.

And yes, it's stupid and we should switch to Metric.

[The East Marches]

But did they put a man on the moon? Clearly no therefore our system is better. Metric fans BTFO'd.

No Imperial space agency has ever landed on a comet...

Comets are lame and they didn't even put a person there. Anybody could have done that. Then they botched the PR over some guy's shirt (not his fault btw). Git gud skrubs. GG no re.

[A Humanist Science]

customary system

The correct term is IMPERIAL system, because we inherited it from the British Empire.

And yes, it's stupid and we should switch to Metric.

United States customary units are a system of measurements commonly used in the United States. The United States customary system (USCS or USC) developed from English units which were in use in the British Empire before American independence. However, the British system of measures was overhauled in 1824 to create the imperial system, changing the definitions of some units. Therefore, while many U.S. units are essentially similar to their Imperial counterparts, there are significant differences between the systems.

(emphasis added; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St ... mary_units)

For instance, as has already been noted, a US pint is noticably smaller than an Imperial pint.

In any case, when referring to the non-metric system specifically used in the United States, "customary system" is entirely appropriate.

[Neos Ptolemaion]

It could not happen overnight, rather, be gradually introduced (with schools being a leading force). It would substantially ease communications between two sides of the world (as English becomes a major secondary language for people all over the world, who quite literally all use the metric system except Myanmar and Liberia).

[Devon Teyson]

Only if the metric system drops those ridiculous prefixes and renames their units to the English system equivalent.

you want 24*10^24 meters of plywood, sir? I can get it in yottameters...

[Engleberg]

No

[Sack Jackpot Winners]

Mathematically, metric system is easier. But off the paper, I've always found imperial easy to estimate and relate to.

EDIT:

Also, I like how in the US we can use both. It makes our knowledge much more broad. (For once) +1 US educational system.

[Freefall11111]

Yes. The entire point of a measurement system is to have a standard. The US should adopt the standard everyone else has adopted.

[Frank Zipper]

You should also replace your crap electrical plugs with a decent design.

[The East Marches]

Yes. The entire point of a measurement system is to have a standard. The US should adopt the standard everyone else has adopted.

You should also replace your crap electrical plugs with a decent design.

You should adopt our standard. We ought to have made that and adoption of our electrical plugs part of the Marshal Plan's requirements.

[Tillania]

The metric system is definitely superior, but I have a cultural affinity for American customary units. Many of our idioms, sayings, and athletics are based on them.

Not a problem.
Ours still are despite the metric system.
Pfund (now 500g)
ellenlang
meilenweit

[Risottia]

Being an American, I've always cringed at how illogical the customaryImperial system is. ... Any thoughts on this?

Nah. You Americans just join England and Wales into the Brexited Empire and stick to comparing things to the body parts of a dead English king. And rename yourselves as "New Mercia" while you're at it.

[New haven america]

Has somebody posted the map of "countries that have been to the moon versus countries that use metric" yet?

No. I expected that to be posted by now. Anyway, 4 metric nations have been to the moon.
Edit- apparently Europe did it also.
The countries are USSR, China, Japan, and India

No,they have not, they've sent probes or orbitals, yet they haven't put people on the Moon (Only the US has).

Also, Europe isn't a country...

[Alvecia]

Has anyone mentioned how it crashed a Mars orbiter yet?

[Victoria and Vacuna]

Being an American, I've always cringed at how illogical the customaryImperial system is. ... Any thoughts on this?

Nah. You Americans just join England and Wales into the Brexited Empire and stick to comparing things to the body parts of a dead English king. And rename yourselves as "New Mercia" while you're at it.

God save the dead King!

[The Two Jerseys]

Being an American, I've always cringed at how illogical the customaryImperial system is. ... Any thoughts on this?

Nah. You Americans just join England and Wales into the Brexited Empire and stick to comparing things to the body parts of a dead English king.

Hey, it makes more sense than comparing things to 1⁄10,000,000 part of one half of a meridian
the first prototype Mètre des Archives platinum bar standard
a platinum-iridium bar at melting point of ice
a platinum-iridium bar at melting point of ice, atmospheric pressure, supported by two rollers
1,650,763.73 wavelengths of light from a specified transition in krypton-86
the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum in 1⁄299,792,458 of a second.

[Zoice]

Only if the metric system drops those ridiculous prefixes and renames their units to the English system equivalent.

LOL

Yep, we must change to the thousandgram, milliongram, billiongram, etc.

Has anyone mentioned how it crashed a Mars orbiter yet?

Goddamn Imperial system.

[The first Galactic Republic]

Has anyone mentioned how it crashed a Mars orbiter yet?

Dumbass scientists crashed that.

[Makghia]

In short, yes, the United States should use the metric system.
Complications do exist as with any major change, but the adoption by most other nations speaks well to the ability to implement such a change.

[Alvecia]

Has anyone mentioned how it crashed a Mars orbiter yet?

Dumbass scientists crashed that.

Seems more like dumb admin

The discrepancy between calculated and measured position, resulting in the discrepancy between desired and actual orbit insertion altitude, had been noticed earlier by at least two navigators, whose concerns were dismissed. A meeting of trajectory software engineers, trajectory software operators (navigators), propulsion engineers, and managers, was convened to consider the possibility of executing Trajectory Correction Maneuver-5, which was in the schedule. Attendees of the meeting recall an agreement to conduct TCM-5, but it was ultimately not done.

But yeah. Still, makes for a nice annecdote

[Ifreann]

I want a third option here. I'm definitely for a switchover to the Metric System, but I'm not so definite on fully "abandoning" the Imperial system either. I'd like us to move closer to the UK in that regard. They're definitely on the Metric system, but you can still buy a Pint.

You can't really. You can buy a 500ml glass of beer that's called a pint.

[Galaian Alliance]

Because the unit of measure shouldn't be dependent on whether the abbreviation is written in uppercase or lowercase.

You need to help me there. Can you give me an example, where uppercase or lowercase would make a difference and where the US wouldn't already have the same problem? Just asking, since I can't think of a single one right now.