Hard to say it’s not getting enough attention - there are a lot of serious problems going on in the world today, that people are justified in making noise about.
But one of my pet issues is the switch to the metric system in the US. Why are we not working towards this? It was standardized decades ago. Should be uncontroversial to deprecate imperial, even though it obviously can’t happen overnight.
The worst is that a lot of professions will use metric even in the US. So you spend your childhood learning this fucking crazy imperial and go to become a doctor and have to relearn a lot of metric stuff
Hard to say it’s not getting enough attention - there are a lot of serious problems going on in the world today, that people are justified in making noise about.
But one of my pet issues is the switch to the metric system in the US. Why are we not working towards this? It was standardized decades ago. Should be uncontroversial to deprecate imperial, even though it obviously can’t happen overnight.
Aviation is very heavy on the imperial system. It’s taught to future airplane mechs and pilots, and that’s a pretty large industry.
Interesting, I never knew. Is that the case for aviation industry in other parts of the world too?
The worst is that a lot of professions will use metric even in the US. So you spend your childhood learning this fucking crazy imperial and go to become a doctor and have to relearn a lot of metric stuff
Going to university for engineering showed me the light and has blessed me with an everlasting appreciation for the number 10.
I have received complaints over sharing weather screenshots in Celsius and I just chuckle.
“uncontroversial”
I don’t think you know us very well, do you?
(that’s purely Bugs Bunny sarcasm there)
Right! Emphasis, however sadly, on ‘should be’.