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[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Miles originated in Britain, so talk to them about their made-up nonsense.

At least they were eventually willing to give up the imperial system. I still don't understand why Americans never got on board with metric; it's so much easier.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 59 minutes ago)

Just watched a video which explains a few things.

Time zones start in UK because of some decent reasoning. France was also a contender for where timezones start for the same kinds of reasoning but conceded it in agreement that UK adopts the new metric system they created

[–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today -1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, 'Muricans be like "B-but… the Brits…"

Like, yeah. They moved on. They evolved, changed their ways. USians hanging on to legacy units