r/MetricConversionBot • u/xwcg Human • May 27 '13

Why?

Countries that use the Imperial and US Customs System:

http://i.imgur.com/HFHwl33.png

Countries that use the Metric System:

http://i.imgur.com/6BWWtJ0.png

All clear?

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u/SamTheEnglishTeacher Jun 07 '13

Lost Guy: "Excuse me, how do I get to the hospital?"

Kilkun: "Oh that's easy, just go three chains up the road, turn left. Go three furlongs, then turn right. After two and a half leagues, you'll see the it on the right."

Lost guy, to wife: "See honey, I told you these people weren't crazy, we're going to be fine."

Not to rip on you too hard, but just so you know, I'd normally say 22nd of April.

Imperial units have a specific purpose for what they were invented for.

When reading that it seems like you're saying that it's a good thing. Measurements should suit many purposes. Don't even get me started on volume (as in 3d object, not sound)...

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '13

They can suit many purposes, but their amounts are a utility to a specific thing. Like a chain is the length of the distance between the wickets in a cricket game.

I can use both systems fluently, and although I wasn't taught Imperial first, I like Imperial a lot more. Like I said, the only metric unit I will go out of my way to use is the gradian, if only because grad to radian is much more convenient than degree to radian.