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NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.net
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It’s easy to pick up because it’s an actually sane and good system of measurement, so one day we just find ourselves in a random high school science class that uses it and it’s not a problem.

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Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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I guess so, but it seems like extra work to teach kids a bunch of units… Then teach them a bunch of new ones later. Why not just switch the whole country to metric and cut out the extra fat?

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emizeko [they/them]@hexbear.net
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:freedom-and-democracy:

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NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.net
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:brainworms:

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GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.net
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I mean, boat people in other countries have to deal with imperial units

There’s some other disciplines that also use imperial units too

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