Shrek nah to imperial then shrek yah with metric.
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[โ€“] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I like metric weight for cooking (on the rare occasion I make something that involves careful measuring, and for my bread making) and MILES can fuck right off, km are fine for measuring long distance. And fine with meters, cm for short distance.

But I do like how feet are 12 inches, because 12 is so evenly divisible, and like that a gallon splits in half and half again and again until you get cups. It's like RAM,

Cup is 8 oz

Pint is 16 oz

Quart is 32 oz

Half Gallon is 64 oz

Gallon is 128 oz.

That doubling sequence is satisfying.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    specifically woodworking I like doing in inches, because 12. For the tasks I often do in the wood shop, fractional inches work well.

    I'm confortable working in both systems, but I build furniture in inches.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    In metric, the 12 really isn't important anymore which kinda invalidates that. We normally go to the nearest mm or, if needed, some fraction of that (not normally needed in my life at least)

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    When building wooden furniture, the ability to divide by 3 and 4 comes in handy a lot more often than dividing by 5, and I don't have to start rounding to nearest or stuff like that. For this task, inches work out better.

    If I never see another inch size bolt in my life it'll be too soon.

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