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Does this plan make sense? v4 (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I still see miles per hour when driving. I still see ounces at the grocery store. Good to hear that your child is learning the metric system.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Every food/drink product I see at the grocery store has both US customary and metric units in use, e.g. all the 16.9 fl oz bottles also say 500 mL and I think all the foods are labelled in both oz/lb and grams/kg. I usually see things involving measurements in cm/m as well as in/ft, but not speed since nobody here knows what the fuck a kilometer looks like

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Sooo it seems like there needs to be a transition to metric.