this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2023
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[–] herrherrmann@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The red squiggly underlines make me sad.

[–] LaSaucisseMasquee@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago

Screenshooting a Word document is utterly disgusting.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

God, I wish we used this here. It is such a better system than our system of potholes being measured in washing machines in some parts of the country.

[–] ezmack@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

What you're too fancy to divide by 25.4 or multiply by .0397?

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

We do use it where necessary; in science, engineering and the military, for example. Some of our imperial units suck, but others, like pounds and feet and inches are superior because they are more intuitive. The reality is that it's a non-issue for most people and because of that we will almost always have some version of a mixed system, as do most of the other Anglophone countries.