• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    It’s what most of the world uses. Tea-ville and Yeehawland are the only two that typically use imperial still.

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      We don’t even use the same type of imperial either

      If France could just lie for a few years and say that they’re adopting the British system, it might persuade us to finally metricise properly out of spite and I’d be extremely grateful to them

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      Not just tea-ville, but former tea-ville colonies also measure human height in feet and inched. And former tea-ville colonies make up a large portion of the human populace.

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        I live in New Zealand, we don’t use inches. In fact, you’re required to use metric if you’re selling a product, as that’s our official measurement system.

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      In Germany, we usually express height in meters and centimeters, like 1 meter 58 or 1 meter 88.

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      Most of London The UK uses Miles Per Hour for speed limits. That’s just the biggest example off the top of my head. Your assertion is inaccurate.

      Edit: A weird thing to downvote but ok. It’s more than just London, it’s the whole UK.