re: Converting the US to the metric system

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I'm already fricked enough when the GPS tells me to turn right in 1,000 feet. I'd probably have a panic attack trying to mentally measure out 304.8 meters on the fly.

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I am pretty sure your GPS would do the math and just say 300 meters ahead turn left.

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And there are three teaspoons to a tablespoon (these are real things that are widely available and used somewhat regularly, not something made up), and two tablespoons per ounce, and 128 oz per gallon. 3x2x128=768 tsp/gal.

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I just gave one example question, and you used a paragraph to answer it. You completely missed the point, but carry on.

I remember when we were doing that back in the 70's and here we are with the same system.

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How many teaspoons in a gallon?

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The point is, this is a question that almost no one needs to know.

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Many a meal has been fricked up because it's hard to convert between all the different units.

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Just like you wouldn't naturally measure anything in ml that you would in liters.

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But if you measure in liters then you have already measured in ml as well. They are the same unit, just move the decimal.

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And there are three teaspoons to a tablespoon (these are real things that are widely available and used somewhat regularly, not something made up), and two tablespoons per ounce, and 128 oz per gallon. 3x2x128=768 tsp/gal.

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So simple!

You had to use 4 different units and 3 multiplication steps to do something that should be as simple as moving a decimal. And your argument is that is just fine because "almost no one needs to know that". If you want to stay in the kitchen, I've seen many old family recipes that measure in units of "big cans" or "small cans" of whatever the frick. But that's the kind of shite that happens when we use a "system" that's not much of a system at all but rather a mish-mash of random units, people make up their own units so they don't have to remember all that shite. So now I have to cross my fingers that a "big can" is still a "big can" that hasn't succumbed to shrinkflation over the decades, just because we don't use a system that makes enough sense to use.

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You would never measure a gallons worth of liquid out in teaspoons unless you were upconverting a recipe to an industrial scale. And even then the math is simple, provided you know how to multiply by 2 and 3.

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You forgot about 128 (and also 8 or 16 if you were converting to cups or pints), which is understandable because there are so many different numbers to multiply by to do what should be a simple conversion. And think about that, we have to do multiple conversions just to scale between the same "system" of units! Fluid volume to fluid volume, yet it requires multiple steps and to recall multiple numbers. In metric it's not a conversion, it's all the same unit with different prefixes, just move the decimal.

frick the rest of the world.

Some countries put men on the moon, others use the metric system.

Do you think it's more difficult for those who suck at math to frick up a decimal point, left or right... or use a few different numbers to get the answer? Aim small miss small, or by tenfold *the world shouldn't cater to those who suck at math, regardless of which one you think leads to fewer errors.

I personally don't want to live in a world where 35 degrees is roasting and 15 is chilly. If I'm gonna be ridiculous with measurements, I want to say 288 is chilly and 308 is roasting

Dude they started this when I was like like 6 and I am old

Out of all the discussions of the metric system. No one discussed the big elephant in the room, will meters replace yards in football. If so, the football field just got a little longer and the distance to a first down would get a little longer too.

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How would it make math easier?

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Tell me you don't know slugs without saying you don't know slugs.

It's pretty easy to convert with computers and such.