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I almost can't think of a product sold in the US that doesn't use both systems. For example you will see 1 kg (2.2 lbs) or 12 oz (355 ml)
But that doesn't mean that most Americans actually use both systems themselves, how many Americans use celcius? Do any weather forecasts use celcius & fahrenheit?
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Brainwashed by the magic word, "metric."
Nope. Just not stuck in the dark ages
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You have to remember that Americans are not very smart so need a system that is very simple and easy to use.
This is true
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or just prefer to follow the convention. Hard to argue what's more logical. But I find Celsius = inherently better unconvincing.
Or Americans are just too stubborn (or stupid) to update to the same system the rest of the world uses...
Or Americans are just too stubborn (or stupid) to update to the same system the rest of the world uses...
You haven't presented any strong argument over the benefit of Celsius. So why is it stupid or stubborn not to switch? I don't see any benefit in switching to Celsius.
You haven't presented any strong argument over the benefit of Celsius. So why is it stupid or stubborn not to switch? I don't see any benefit in switching to Celsius.
Why do I need to present any argument? The rest of the world uses it, just seems silly to stick to an outdated system that no one else uses...
Americans just like to be different. Same for the silly date format & same for the butchering of the spelling of so many English words
The whole idea of metrication is to replace existing systems with something standard, simpler and easier to use.
It is but it isn't. The problem is the whole change over. It can't be a mixed bag. I keep using football because it uses yards for field dimensions specifically. The field goes from 100 yards (5 yard end-zone length) to 91.44 meters. The 10 yards for a down now becomes 9.14 meters. It is awkward entirely.
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You haven't presented any strong argument over the benefit of Celsius. So why is it stupid or stubborn not to switch? I don't see any benefit in switching to Celsius.
Nobody has because Celsius is only really used in the lab for America.
Why do I need to present any argument? The rest of the world uses it, just seems silly to stick to an outdated system that no one else uses...
To say it's stubborn or stupid not to switch, you'd present a good argument why switching is an obviously good thing to do. I like °F better than °C, don't really care if other countries use it. If there's no benefit, why switch?
Average oven temperatures are well above 100 in both F and C... 0-100 scale is irrelevant for oven temperatures.
I have no argument at all that other metric measurements are more logical and easier to use than imperial measurements. I just don't think that superiority extends to F vs C.
I also have no argument that once you are used to C, it becomes intuitive. I do disagree that it is inherently better and more logical than F.
If you do not use it for weights and measures it makes no sense to use it for temperatures as is it in weights and measures that the more logical aspect becomes a factor. There is no reason to convert in distance and weight and not tempertures either. The concept that either when applied to air temperature is more natural, intutitive or simple is false. What is more natural, intutitve or simple is the one you personally know. I do think that the US will eventually convert to the metric system though but it will most likley be some future generation that will have to go through the several years of adjustment not the adults of today. I do not understand why the UK left distance in miles especailly since it is so small to begin with, at least with metric it would make the UK appear slightly larger.
At least when it gets to minus 40 it does not matter which system is being used and below minus 40, all you have to say is it is cold and minus 49 is very cold.
It is but it isn't. The problem is the whole change over. It can't be a mixed bag. I keep using football because it uses yards for field dimensions specifically. The field goes from 100 yards (5 yard end-zone length) to 91.44 meters. The 10 yards for a down now becomes 9.14 meters. It is awkward entirely.
Nobody has because Celsius is only really used in the lab for America.
But why wouldn't football continue to use yards? Golf does. If full metrication ever happened in the US, I would expect football to continue to use yards.
Eh? I like °F better than °C, don't really care if other countries use it. If there's no benefit, why switch?
But that decision wouldn't be down to you anyway, if the US did switch you would have to get used to it & no doubt the weather forecasts would use both celcius & fahrenheit togther, like they do still now in the UK...
Just seems odd that a country that is the self proclaimed biggest, best & most powerful nation in the universe likes using such an outdated system...
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