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Americans will use anything other than the metric system (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As an American what I don't get is if a foot is roughly 30cm and a kg is 2.2lbs how hard of a conversion is it really?

[–] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

It's extremely hard actually. The problem isn't the math, it's the ability to communicate with other Americans because you'll be speaking a foreign language.