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[–] zerbey 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

The US has no issue with the metric system, and most engineering and scientific people switched decades ago. The military is mostly all metric too. The general public of the US is a harder nut to crack, asking a population of stubborn freedom lovers to change something they've known their whole life is damn near impossible.

I switch my stuff to metric all the time, and the usual response isn't "oh that's interesting", it's nearly always, "the fuck is wrong with you, why would you want that weird shit?!". If the government suddenly made all weather reports metric, the T-Shirt sellers would all become millionaires overnight from selling anti-metric slogans.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So, what I’m hearing is to get some dropship tshirt designs, and get AI to publish a load of articles about how Dems are pushing metric…

Damn, why do I have morals?

[–] lars 3 points 1 year ago

Swap either:

  • Dems for Reps, or
  • metric for imperials
  • . . .
  • Profit
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