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[โ€“] HarneyToker@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

The metric system, base 10, is not easily breakable into thirds without irrational numbers. In aesthetic fields, such as landscaping or interior design, the ability to break something into exact thirds, quarters, halves, fifths, sixths, and so on, is invaluable. Itโ€™s not just cultural. It sounds like it is to you, which is weirdโ€ฆ why are you personally identifying with a unit of measurement?

I also donโ€™t understand your Liberia reference. Could you elaborate?

[โ€“] Honytawk@feddit.nl 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The metric system, base 10, is not easily breakable into thirds without irrational numbers.

Says the metric that freaking uses fractions...

[โ€“] HarneyToker@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Find me a fraction on a meter stick, go ahead!

[โ€“] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Liberia, until 2018, used the imperial system. They were one of three countries that used the imperial system, Myanmar being the third one. They are currently in the process of using metric, but it appears they are using both for now.

[โ€“] HarneyToker@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Not sure why you can only go to Liberia, Iโ€™m sure you can buy a meter stick when you arrive in Europe.

Man, we should all just use the same currency so we donโ€™t have to do all these crazy conversions! Maybe we all start just using the US dollar? /s

I was just explaining the Liberia part of the comment, I was not the commenter. I am American and like both metric and imperial. I prefer metric for baking and applications where higher precision is useful, but use imperial for most other things since that is what is commonly used around me.