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Re:230 years since British pirates robbed the US of the metr... by was_a_dev on Sunday January 22, 2023 @06:12AM (#34476262)
Not strange at all. Working in a metric system is beneficial to our economy, and trading out to the rest of the world.

The options are to trade in Imperial measurements with the US, or the entire global economy in Metric.

The US can weather that difference given its size both physically and economically

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Re:230 years since British pirates robbed the US of the metr... by irdc on Sunday January 22, 2023 @06:44AM (#34476442)
> trade in Imperial measurements with the US

The US doesn't use the Imperial system but it's own customary system. For example, the Imperial pint is about 568 mL, whereas the US customary pint is about 473 mL (liquid pint) or about 551 mL (dry pint). Both are 1/8th of a gallon as defined in each respective system.

(notice how I conveniently included the metric equivalent of both measurements?)

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