I never understood the use of yards for exits over there, but the hardest part was figuring out what my GP meant when he said I needed to lose a couple 'stones'... C'mon, you can't expect me to learn imperial, metric, and whatever the hell that is.

I'm already stuck having to be able to convert between elephants and F-250's because my homeland REFUSES the metric system, now I have to study geology just to figure out how unhealthy I am (actually was, I've lost 40lbs since then).

Yeah, people talk shit about Americans using Imperial, but Brits are so fucked up. At least we consistently use one shitty system. Brits are constantly switching between the two, and sometimes even using outdated systems no one else uses. Like, why the fuck do you use stones for body weight, but pounds, ounces, and grams for different measurements of weight? Be consistent at least.

Well i was taught about kilometers in school, though i can't speak to today's curriculum...

Unfortunately the us system has the word “imperial” so tankies can’t stand it lol

Their forefathers were actually in favor of the metric system. The US is an original signatory to the treaty of the meter, it's the official unit of measure for the government and military, and we were on the brink of getting switched over when Republicans decided they didn't want to spend money on the final conversion and education, despite it being a popular enough notion that it was used for advertising. (The two liter bottle became popular when they used the popularity of metric to sell plastic pop bottles).

The fervent attachment to imperial is weirdly recent.