Tell me why Imperial is better than the Metric system

It’s probably not but idk how we got here so don’t take my word for it.

1) The only county to put a man on the moon uses the Imperial system.

2) The French invented the Metric system during their revolution.

3) Many other countries adopted it because it was easier than the Imperial and they are to lazy to do the math (hence #1 above). Don't be lazy.

Good question with complicated answers.

1. Changing to metric would carry a huge cost under the surface. Think about all the engineering documents, road signs, mile markers that would need to be updated if we swapped over. Not to mention the speedometer in every single car.

2. You would have to change how everyone thinks about speed while you make those changes. Think about trying to tech the not-so-intelligent basic fractions again?

3. The imperial standard does have its practical and pragmatic benefits. The number 12 for example can be divided by 2, 3, 4, and 6 which has its advantages in construction. Fractions like these are typically easier to deal with on a tape measure than .3333 ect.

You're not necessarily wrong thinking we should change but it's definitely more complicated than a blanket statement "we are metric now."

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why Imperial is better

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Wait, wrong Imperial.

We won WW2

The metric system is measurement for dummies. Not everything has to be base 10. Imperial is more accurate in a lot of ways. For example: 72.1 degrees Fahrenheit is far more precise than 22.2 degrees Celsius. For Celsius to be as precise as Farenheit, you have to stretch it out to 5 decimal places.

72.1 degrees Farenheit is 22.27778 degrees Celsius.

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Ignoring the politics of it being European

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no

Jimmy Carter tried to switch us over to the metric system - one of his many failures.

Canadians and British use a mix of the imperial and metric. British also use stones for weight no one else uses