• phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Interestingly enough there have already been attempts to shift to metric since at least the 70’s but it’s mostly been pushed back by conservatives.

    People are not really pissed about it but more annoyed because there are loads of loudmouth Americans out there screaming how their country is “NUMBER ONE BABY!” and whenever I have to write something with units, I always have to add conversions for Americans because they Wong understand what the entire rest of the world does,which is frankly annoying too.

    That’s why