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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 81 points 10 months ago (6 children)

It's what most of the world uses. Tea-ville and Yeehawland are the only two that typically use imperial still.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 49 points 10 months ago

We don't even use the same type of imperial either

If France could just lie for a few years and say that they're adopting the British system, it might persuade us to finally metricise properly out of spite and I'd be extremely grateful to them

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

In Germany, we usually express height in meters and centimeters, like 1 meter 58 or 1 meter 88.

[–] d_k_bo@feddit.org 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Only in informal communication. Medical software and official documents (like you ID card) usually use cm.

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 4 points 10 months ago

True, I didn't think about that.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Don't you guys use decimeters?

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 4 points 10 months ago
[–] nl4real@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That makes a lot more sense to a 'Murican like me coming from imperial.

[–] Persi@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Feel free to say it any way you like, it makes no difference:

  • 1.58 meters
  • 158 centimeters
  • 1 meter 58 centimeters

It's all the exact same thing, nobody will bat an eye.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

except it would be 1,58 meters

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

That's also quiet common, especially in engineering, which doesn't use CM.

[–] odium@programming.dev 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not just tea-ville, but former tea-ville colonies also measure human height in feet and inched. And former tea-ville colonies make up a large portion of the human populace.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

I live in New Zealand, we don't use inches. In fact, you're required to use metric if you're selling a product, as that's our official measurement system.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But no matter where you are you'd better add units!

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Definitely, there's no excuse for that.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

~~Most of London~~ The UK uses Miles Per Hour for speed limits. That's just the biggest example off the top of my head. Your assertion is inaccurate.

Edit: A weird thing to downvote but ok. It's more than just London, it's the whole UK.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Didn't downvote you but I'm guessing that's covered by "Tea-ville" which could be why.

[–] Amanduh@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

I'm in yeehawland and I loved the nicknames

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What was not you?

One person said the UK is using imperial measurements and you responded that this is wrong and showed in an example at the same time, why the original statement would be true