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Americans using anything but the metric system
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this post was submitted on 02 May 2024
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You might have noticed. It's kind of our thing, doing things differently from the rest of the world for no good reason.
Different measuring system
Different cars
Different health care system
Different social ethics
Different system of government
Very few trains
We're just a bunch of silly dumbasses here.
I mean there is a good reason.... And that reason is, which I will state in this comment, is that the reason is very good in terms of the fact that hereby unto forthwith hence that reason is valid.
You're not, you're aware of that.
But some people are super America-centric and can't imagine switching to anything unamerican.
Most of our people are that way. Our arrogance in this stupid notion of American Exceptionalism holds us back, and too many of us are too stupid to realize it.