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[-] sibachian@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

they didn't really try. it's more of a suggestion (and still is). metric is standard in the US within science, just not among regular folks because commercially it's not as dramatic, i.e. news stations dramatize 100F!!! since it sounds way more dramatic than 38°C. if the news and commercial products started using metric, people would quickly switch over.

unfortunately a lot of imperial shit has started migrating to europe due to chinese products being produced for the US market and then sold in europe as an afterthought using imperial units.

[-] verysoft@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

You already got me dying mentioning 38c. Its just a case of what you've grown up with. USA should defo swap, but they would have to display both for a long time for people to understand. If the weather and such started showing both and mentioning temps in both, then yeah it would probably take off.

[-] fuat2mb@theres.life 0 points 1 year ago

@sibachian and that's better. You can easily tell, 100 is too hot to play outside, and 0 is too cold to play outside and everything else is fine.

[-] sibachian@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

pft, you can always dress for the cold. heat is what kills you.

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