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oneandoneis2 on May 30, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: It's time for the US to use the metric system

You realize every country that uses metric today used a different system before?

The US is not a special snowflake: The entire rest of the world managed to switch just fine.

Shorel on June 3, 2014 [–]

I'm not defending the US imperial system.

They can switch if they want. But it's the only place in the world they actively try not to.

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