Re:It's time for the US to use the metric system
by rabboRubble on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @12:19AM
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I made the transition to the metric system fairly late in life (moved overseas) and here are some tricks I discovered to make the metric system "feel" right to me.
- A liter is equal to four of my kitchen's 1 cup measuring cups. Sort of. Close enough for government work.
- My feet are around 25cm. Four of my feet are a meter. Sort of.
- 0C is cold, 10C is brisk and I need a jacket, 20C is so nice out, 30C is hot, 40C I want to die from sweat, 50C I will die.
That's all it took for me to orient myself in the metric system. Metric not that hard to use on an every day basis.
- A liter is equal to four of my kitchen's 1 cup measuring cups. Sort of. Close enough for government work.
- My feet are around 25cm. Four of my feet are a meter. Sort of.
- 0C is cold, 10C is brisk and I need a jacket, 20C is so nice out, 30C is hot, 40C I want to die from sweat, 50C I will die.
That's all it took for me to orient myself in the metric system. Metric not that hard to use on an every day basis.