WHY doesnt USA use Kilometer and other measurements?

[Mike_Pipeson]

Y'all do realize America uses the British Imperial System of measurement. Yup, from Britain, who still uses it.

 

[Taadow]

For what?

 

[The Pledge]

Uh…dude….
What?

There's even a Simpsons episode about how wrong this is To the rest of the world??

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[Buckeye Fever]

I use mm instead of inches at work.


That is the only time I deal with the metric system.

Give me inches.

 

[Shadow King]

So you're asking why we don't use the metric system but you're upset at a movie for using it?

 

[Rawtid]

The US is awful. Contrarian for the sake of.

 

[Shadow King]

Too ingrained now. I believe Carter tried.


And it’s a shame too. The US system of measurement is fukking stupid.

No it isn't lol

 

[Clayton Endicott]

It's been tried several times but it never caught on

Yeah I remember when I was elementary they were preparing us for it, then they just said fukk it.

 

[Shadow King]

I use mm instead of inches at work.


That is the only time I deal with the metric system.

Give me inches.

 

[Hathaway]

Give me inches.

 

[UNATTACHED]

Running track in college helped me understand the metric system

 

[Deltron]

America chose to be different just for the sake of it. Even US toilets flush in a different direction to the rest of the world.
Those imperial measurements are outdated and not as accurate as Metric.

 

[concise]

Running track in college helped me understand the metric system

yup.

400 meters is approximately a quarter of a mile (0.249)
800 meters is approximately half a mile (0.497)

 

[drederick tatum]

America chose to be different just for the sake of it. Even US toilets flush in a different direction to the rest of the world.
Those imperial measurements are outdated and not as accurate as Metric.

The fact that you could have picked from an almost infinitesimal list of examples to illustrate your point, but you chose what is probably the most wrong, and just most asinine one, made me spit out my water, and now I'm upset because I have to put my shirt into the dryer

 

[concise]

America chose to be different just for the sake of it. Even US toilets flush in a different direction to the rest of the world.
Those imperial measurements are outdated and not as accurate as Metric.

There's even a Simpsons episode about how wrong this is To the rest of the world??

thecoli.com

You guys missed the point in that episode.
USA is in the northern hemisphere, Australia is in the southern hemisphere.
It's a hemisphere thing, not a national thing.

The Truth About Toilets and the Coriolis Effect

Does water drain in different directions in different hemispheres?

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