• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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      14 days ago

      The US just can’t adopt changes. It will most probably die as an XVIII century country with a pile of juridical clutches and props.

      RIP

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      The US doesn’t use imperial measures. It uses US customary measures which often have the same names but are significantly different.

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        Technically theses days they use SI with weird conversion factors, and call that by the old US customary names

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          I don’t think that is any different than SI changing the definition of a meter and calling it a meter still.

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        The US measures are based on an older Imperial system that Britain changed. There were different measures in different parts of the UK.

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      Britain also invented Imperial measurement system that is still used in the USA while being extremely outdated and inconvenient.

      British people still use it too sometimes.

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        All of your thoughts don’t always end with death to america?

        I was eating at my kitchen table the other day, looking out the window and watching the wildlife. It’s nice to see the trees budding and the critters out again. What’s really wild is how lazy Americans are. Those fatasses couldn’t get up even if the country was doomed, and will most probably die as an XVIII century country with a pile of juridical clutches and props. At least the weather has been nice recently.

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      It will most probably die as an XVIII century country with a pile of juridical clutches and props.

      Nope. They seem to have successfully moved into early 20th century politics already.