Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Trying something new: America AMA! Ask me a question why something is the way it is in the US and I'll try to give you the best answer. Qualifications: I've been an American my entire life. Other Americans should feel free to chime in.
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Alberto Ornaghi
@alor
Why don’t you give up the imperial system?
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
1. Distance is better in metric but temperature is better in imperial. 2. Americans don't like being told what to do more than most cultures.
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@ed
Woodworking and other handcraft benefit from the divisions of the imperial system, it’s easier to designate well-ratio’d measures
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Sally
@sallyh
What are you basing #2 on? I can think of many other cultures who are far less amenable.
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Chaotic Neutral
@jayce
I think Americans came up with the concept of testing wastewater to track COVID hotspots. Rule breaking is part of outside-the-box thinking. https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/knowledge-at-wharton-podcast/disrupting-conventional-thinking-finding-effective-supportable-practices/
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Alberto Ornaghi
@alor
How is temperature better in Fahrenheit? Beside 100 signaling human body fever, what happens at 0 F? It doesn’t even map on the Kelvin scale. 2. It’s not a matter of being told… it’s a scientific standard. And make much more sense. Remember I’m Italian and the “imperial” word have a specific meaning to
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