• LesserAbe@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Hey I’m American and think we should switch to metric. While Celsius has a more objective basis than Fahrenheit, doesn’t seem like the same slam dunk as the other measurements.

    Are there applications where we’re measuring in centicelsius or kilocelsius? There aren’t weird non-base ten increments of Fahrenheit. In Fahrenheit 0 is cold and 100 is hot as well…

    I’m still fine changing to it, just doesn’t seem to have the same “in your face” value for this graphic.

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      3 hours ago

      We do use metric in America. All the time actually. It’s taught in high school science classes. We use it in science, medicine, aerospace, military, and engineering.

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        I too live in America and grew up here. I know what metric is. But it’s not dominant, which I think you know.