• bisby@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Was watching a British show and they were describing things in inches.

    America is very anti metric, but it’s not like every other country out there is exclusively metric.

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      5 months ago

      The Brits still use stone as unit of measurement for weight. I get bashing us here in the US for not using metric but at least we’re rigid in our stupid system. The Brits seem to be a certain kind of special when it comes to units of measurement, using whatever system they feel like depending on the circumstance.

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        5 months ago

        Is the rest of Europe strictly metric, or are most countries a complete mess like this but just like feeling smug?