If using dm's gets you to use metric, fine. If "taking their measurement system and fucking it up" is the only way to get you to align with the literal rest of the world, so be it. Go right ahead, we'll adapt.

[–] Sludgeyy 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How is it "taking their meastaking their measurement system and fucking it up"?

USA uses inch, feet, yard. There is small, medium, large.

Metric has centimeters, decimeters, meters. There is small, medium, large.

Everyone knows a yard and a meter are about the same. Everyone also knows centimeters are tiny.

When someone who doesn't use the metric system thinks of how tall they are, they use feet. Medium.

I'm 2 yards tall. Someone that's 5 feet tall is 1 2/3 yards. 5 1/2 feet is 1.83 yards.

You wouldn't use yards to measure a person. You'd use feet.

When you ask someone that doesn't use metric how tall someone is they have to pick between cm or m. Most people couldn't tell you in yards so how do you expect them to do it in meters?

If they just had to think in feet and then ×3 to get decimeters, it would be easy to convert. Maybe even have a decimeter ruler.

5.5 feet is 16.5 dm with quick math. Or 1.65m. Truly, it is 1.68m.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

It was a reference to a quote by possibly Bono about English. "We took their language and we fucked it up." Not a fan, but the quote stuck somehow.

My quote was tounge in cheek, so don't get yer knickers in a twist. I did in fact agree with your idea. If using dm's, despite noone else using it, gets you guys to use metric I'm all for it. The fucking up part was using the metric system in a way nobody else does. It's not really a problem because it's so easy to convert to a normal unit if some nutjob decides to use dm's. ;)

I am aware of how your archaic system works and when to use what unit.