ill do what i do best and play devils advocate
but the us is firmly rooted in their tradition as american; theyve always kept to what theyve always done. thats why conservative ideas are so popular in comparison to the countries you are probably thinking of
plus changing the system costs $; all the signs, labels, textbooks, documentation and other costs must be updated; you may not understand why they havent changed and wonder why cant they put money towards that- there is no need to. is it more efficient to change everything? as well, its not illegal to use metric; plenty of people know about it in the states and can do the math
as well your argument loses further clout when you try and deride them with a more personal and emotional emphasis. if you are aiming to weed out your true allies then by all means go ahead. but if you are genuinely trying to start discussion or argue- dont use slurs and shit yo; you look just as stupid as all the other over generalizing stereotypes you made/imply
regardless of what your opinion is of obama, a large factor in his wins are the fact that his opponents made a fool of themselves more often than he did.
"for eaxplme mnay poplee culod aemtptt to uenrsdtnad tihs, but i can write normally and stop being edgy"
one system is clearly better but my point gets across regardless. now if i wrote an entire novel like that and you would have to translate it in its entirety, would it really be worth it?
edit2: actually im going to continue this; why cant i choose a different number? why cant i choose 20? i have 20 digits on my hands and feet, or why not base 60 to logically represent the important fractions of a half, third, fourth, fifth and sixth? or why not a base of pi to make circles easier?
your argument also is just cherrypicking shit; you are only going for the weak points. but i can just as easily argue. whats wrong with brine and my body temperature- they both make sense as limits that many people can relate to. why is water chosen as the substance? oxygen is the more important part of water, so people should switch to that as logically you need oxygen more than water. also, why is the base unit of mass a kilogram? why not just shift it over 3 orders?
and to adress the arbitrary roller coaster; a massive amount of the worlds population will have 0 clue what "100dam" means or what a hectopascal is
but the us is firmly rooted in their tradition as american; theyve always kept to what theyve always done. thats why conservative ideas are so popular in comparison to the countries you are probably thinking of
plus changing the system costs $; all the signs, labels, textbooks, documentation and other costs must be updated; you may not understand why they havent changed and wonder why cant they put money towards that- there is no need to. is it more efficient to change everything? as well, its not illegal to use metric; plenty of people know about it in the states and can do the math
as well your argument loses further clout when you try and deride them with a more personal and emotional emphasis. if you are aiming to weed out your true allies then by all means go ahead. but if you are genuinely trying to start discussion or argue- dont use slurs and shit yo; you look just as stupid as all the other over generalizing stereotypes you made/imply
regardless of what your opinion is of obama, a large factor in his wins are the fact that his opponents made a fool of themselves more often than he did.
"for eaxplme mnay poplee culod aemtptt to uenrsdtnad tihs, but i can write normally and stop being edgy"
one system is clearly better but my point gets across regardless. now if i wrote an entire novel like that and you would have to translate it in its entirety, would it really be worth it?
edit2: actually im going to continue this; why cant i choose a different number? why cant i choose 20? i have 20 digits on my hands and feet, or why not base 60 to logically represent the important fractions of a half, third, fourth, fifth and sixth? or why not a base of pi to make circles easier?
your argument also is just cherrypicking shit; you are only going for the weak points. but i can just as easily argue. whats wrong with brine and my body temperature- they both make sense as limits that many people can relate to. why is water chosen as the substance? oxygen is the more important part of water, so people should switch to that as logically you need oxygen more than water. also, why is the base unit of mass a kilogram? why not just shift it over 3 orders?
and to adress the arbitrary roller coaster; a massive amount of the worlds population will have 0 clue what "100dam" means or what a hectopascal is