Post by goldensandslash on Jun 9, 2018 4:26:32 GMT
<GoldenSandslash> I wish America would switch to the metric system.
<Cockroach_> you'd just end up with a mixed system like the UK or Canada and it'd be a pain in the ass
<GoldenSandslash> No it wouldn't.
[Later...]
<GoldenSandslash> Also, even if we end up with a mix at first, eventually down the line (maybe a generation or two later), we'd end up on pure metric, as people realize that it is objectively better.
<GoldenSandslash> And imperial would fall out of favor.
<Cockroach_> hasn't happened in canada and the uk, they started around the time we were going to, but backed out
<Cockroach_> they still have miles on the roads in uk and fahrenheit on all the dials in canada
<Cockroach_> :P
<Cockroach_ > beer is still pints
<Cockroach_> people are ft/inches, and lbs
<Cockroach_> etc
<GoldenSandslash> Because beer makes you drunk and stupid, so of course you'll use the stupider one. :P
<mainstreet> hahahaha
<Cockroach_> you'd just end up with a mixed system like the UK or Canada and it'd be a pain in the ass
<GoldenSandslash> No it wouldn't.
[Later...]
<GoldenSandslash> Also, even if we end up with a mix at first, eventually down the line (maybe a generation or two later), we'd end up on pure metric, as people realize that it is objectively better.
<GoldenSandslash> And imperial would fall out of favor.
<Cockroach_> hasn't happened in canada and the uk, they started around the time we were going to, but backed out
<Cockroach_> they still have miles on the roads in uk and fahrenheit on all the dials in canada
<Cockroach_> :P
<Cockroach_ > beer is still pints
<Cockroach_> people are ft/inches, and lbs
<Cockroach_> etc
<GoldenSandslash> Because beer makes you drunk and stupid, so of course you'll use the stupider one. :P
<mainstreet> hahahaha