BrikoX@lemmy.zip to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoHow to measure things like a Canadian?lemmy.zipimagemessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1665arrow-down125file-textcross-posted to: canada@hexbear.net
arrow-up1640arrow-down1imageHow to measure things like a Canadian?lemmy.zipBrikoX@lemmy.zip to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square158fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: canada@hexbear.net
minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 year agoWe prefer metric mostly, but so much of our stuff comes from or is sold to the states, so we don’t have much choice but to use both systems. Anoying af.
minus-squareOderus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDoes it help knowing NASA uses metric?
minus-squarepaganini@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoHospitals in the US use mostly metric too.
minus-squareThanksUllr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhile this is true, they still manage to use different metric units than the rest of the damn world (e.g. mg/dL instead of mmol/L)! Really messes up a lot of our reference material.
We prefer metric mostly, but so much of our stuff comes from or is sold to the states, so we don’t have much choice but to use both systems.
Anoying af.
Does it help knowing NASA uses metric?
Hospitals in the US use mostly metric too.
While this is true, they still manage to use different metric units than the rest of the damn world (e.g. mg/dL instead of mmol/L)! Really messes up a lot of our reference material.