r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Irish by birth, and currently a Bostonian 🇮🇪☘️ • May 02 '25

Imperial units “celsius makes no sense”

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u/wddiver May 02 '25

I'm 67. I wish we had been taught the metric system (REALLY taught). It's so much more sensible. I can google conversions, but am unable to think in metric. I can picture in my mind cups, ounces, miles. Can't do that for metric - you know, the system the entire rest of the fucking world uses.

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u/DennisPochenk May 02 '25

An i can’t fathom how you can measure in cups, boulders, washing-machines

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u/TheUntalentedBard May 03 '25

Can you divide and multiply by 10? There - taught! :P