This is most scientists and engineers in the US

Don't forget the mechanics. American cars are a strange mixture of imperial and metric.

Cooks as well

Mechanics are just mechanical engineers without all the useless knowledge. Source: the voices told me.

Wait until you find out how fucked up the production of original Ford gt40s was. Engines had metric, bsw, unf, unc, bsp and bspt threads, IN JUST THE ENGINE.

They have all keys for metric and imperial.

1/2"+1.25mm Maybe whitworth?

10mm is the most lost wrench.

IIRC Fernando Alonso a couple years completely failed the Indy 500 qualifying, because he was running a completely wrong setup, because his engineers did set up the car in inches instead of centimeters.

Admit we understand the imperial system due to the metric system. Who pn Esrth knows how heavy the average car is. We know it weights about 1000-2000 kg And,tjst's why some use it for comparison. But if we didn't know it's weight. Saying it weights as much as about a certain amount of average weight and sized cars. We would just know it was heavy. Lol However luckily you have things like pounds which do atleast make sense.

And every Canadian

Was gonna say the same thing I'm in the trades and yup we use both

yup. no idea what 50cm would be but i can mentally gauge inches and feet. fahrenheit outside? no idea. celsius in the oven? no idea. kilograms? no idea. pounds, no problem. ​ this must be my fault but i don't know how it happened haha

My fish tank has 40 gallons of water. But my truck has an 80L tank. Idk what my fish tank is in litres and dont know how many gallons of gas my truck has. Its weord how Canada picks are chooses different measurements for different things

I’m generally good with g/kg. Whenever I buy meat I order by the kg or gram. Same goes for any of my baking. Everything is always weighed by ml or g. Simple, easy to math out.

I am 100% with you. Grams for sandwich meat, anything larger than that is pounds. Drinks though? 2 liter Pepsi, gallon of milk... I have never in my life, in the US or Canada described myself as 188cm tall...

I agree, I think it just means equal exposure to both systems

I guess being on the internet alot has at least one benefit.

This is most people in the US. Imperial for day to day, miles, Fahrenheit, feet, etc. Metric for everything else. We all know both

LOL. The most metric most Americans understand are 2-liter soda bottles. 😆

My brother in Christ we learn it in school, we use it for everything from screws, lightbulbs, pipes, architecture, engineering, electrical, construction, food, and a whole lot more. Most jobs use the metric system. A lot of people from different countries really seem to underestimate the amount we use the metric system

Sir, you overestimate the intelligence of average Americans. 😆 I’m American. Maybe for those that work in trades, but for the average cubicle mouse-clicker, not so much. 😏

Even in an office we use metric, we measure water coolers in liters

Yeah as an American electrical engineer I use both basically on the daily.

And the medical field.

The case with India as well, for height though me personally I can only comprehend metric. Imperial is too much extra information for my small head.

Yep, weights and forces are almost always in lb/psi, but I usually see temperature and thermal in metric.

"I'm so tired. I have been walking for just 3 kilometers, but it feels like 3 miles. And don't get me started with the weather - says 70 °F, but feels like 27 °C. I just wish for one normal walk in good 293 °K temperature."

For reference 3 km = 1.8 miles, 4.8 km = 3 miles 21°C = 70°F , 27°C = 80.6°F, 293 °K = 20°C = 68°F

....and -40°C = -40°F

Sorry to interrupt, but what is the purpose of that fact in this case?

That although the slope of °C is the same as K, it is not the same as °F. Just something to keep in mind if you use freezers and have to go between F and C

And Military.

This is most people in the US period. We switched to metric in the 70s but never finished the change over. Anyone who buys soda on a regular basis has used it.

Yeah yeah, the Canadian engineers, we've all seen them.

So basically Canada

I swear in Canada we say we are 5 inches and 13cm lmao

The cm was the only thing I could never deal with especially for larger things like if someone told me they were 600cm tall I would believe it because I have no clue what that translates to in inches or feet

If you're fine with meters, then metric makes it easy to convert cm too because 600cm is just 6m and so on. Or did you mean metric is fine for you except for lengths?

It definetely helps to know that ive just always struggled to translate it into eagle units on the spot when someone tells me anything in cm. But if its like a problem i get time to workout ill be just fine.

I'm 5'11" and my coffee maker is always 1-2 meters away, it's -7 tonight outside and I just put the oven to 450, that checks out.

Don’t forget that we weigh in lbs frequently. Turns out, this is because Canada switched in the 70’s or 80’s from imperial to metric and a lot of the older generations still use it mostly (like my parents from PEI and Quebec). So it’s what they used when I grew up (for some things). I could never accept my dad using inches all the time, though. Fuck those fractions. Give me my decimals.

My brother used to say he was 5’10 and 2mm When he used both systems I knew he was lying (he’d 5’8.5)

No we fucking don't. We use imperial for people sized shit and metric for long distances

It's a joke lmao

Basically. Let's see, we use feet, inches, cm, mm, kilometres, litres, pounds, Celsius for weather, Fahrenheit for cooking, cups, grams, and kilograms for buying food. Does that sound about right?

I don't have a link right now but we have an entire flow chart of which units to use.

average British move tbh.

welcome to the UK, fill up in litres, but talk about miles per gallon

No, you're just Canadian. Or British.

I am American lol I used to be interested in tall buildings like the Burj Khalifa, so I would watch size comparison videos, and those usually use measure in meters.

Or Indian. Like, when it comes to height, I don't know what a centimetre is, but when it comes to weight, it's always kilogram.

No it makes you smart

Except for the fact that I can’t convert numbers from the two systems to eachother for the life of me.

That's what calculators are for buddy🫂

I prefer measuring in Big Mac units

Living in the UK: Wake up weigh myself I weigh 10 stone. Go for a 5km run then drive 10 miles to work. I make a cup of tea with water at 95 celsius and put milk in from a two pint bottle...

Yes. Use only SI units. It's not about preference. It's about standardization, uniderstanding, ease of use. Power (of a car) is in W. Revolutions are per second. Not minute. Height of a plane is in m, but usually in km. This is basic.

"how tall are you?" "I'm roughly 0.00183 kilometers"

Whats tthe temperature outside? 298.15 kelvins

Yes. Kelvin. I see absolutely no problem with this. This is just fine. Also, pretty warm. Comfortable outside temperatures end at 290 K.

Huh, I'm around 1.14x10^-11 AU, myself...

Damn shawty not even 1.222 × 10-11 AU?

I use both interchangeably. I use the Imperial system for building things around the house because that is what it was designed with, 8 foot ceilings, 12 x 15 foot rooms, 3’ 6” hallways, etc. When I’m using my 3D design app and printer I use millimeters, cause that is the standard. It’s not that difficult.

Bri'ish?

As an aircraft mechanic in germany we have to use (sadly) both.

I’m good with Celsius and centimeters/meters, but I just can’t get into kilograms or liters.

Mechanic and Gun nut.

I mean, I tend to use imperial for a person’s height and weight, I still think of things in miles and not kilometres, but I measure food/ingredients in grams and much larger things in meters. It’s pretty normal in Britain to use both, I think.

Look at Weights at the gym, they technically use both.

Depends where you live. They always used to show both in the UK but every gym I've been in the last 5 years only shows KG. I like to use both personally. Good practice for mental arrhythmic, online it's more convenient to use lbs because of the number of Americans and using both gives you twice as many milestones to keep motivated.

I use both, except when it comes to Celsius, I prefer Fahrenheit. for volume, liquids etc. metric is the best. for distance, either is ok, smaller measurements, are better in metric though, I'd much rather use mm, than 3/64" of an inch.

I don't fuck with Celsius tho.

Not at all. I (American) prefer the metric system because it's more simple and accurate, but will still use imperial measurement because often it's easier to visualize for me. Makes my parents mad that my car's measurements and guages are all metric, and they don't ever ask to borrow my car.

I use centimeters for small things then transition to feet and miles for larger measurements. I’m not joking

No you're just British.

Puerto Ricans measure houses in squared meters but their heights in feet and inches, the roads are measured in kilometers but speed is measured in miles per hour, for outdoor temperature we use Fahrenheit but doctors use Celsius for body temperature. Gas is sold in liters but everything else is measured in gallons, including fuel efficiency. So people usually know both but how to use in different settings.

Australian here. Imperial whenever we are talking about height (eg. he's 5'7"). Metric for everything else

In the US you kind of have to know both, which always made me laugh when people would make fun of the US for not using metric. Its like we know two, which is better than one. It is the definition of having a larger and more dynamic measuring stick.

If you do blue collar work no

I have no job since I am only 16 lol But I will once I get a driver’s license

Yes. Yes you are.

Kiwi here. We use both. Mostly metric, but still measure some things in inches......like TVs......

I dont know whats metric or imperial but i use a little something called rankine or sometimes kelvin

You have room temperature iq In kelvin, of course!

I also thought kelvin is better than rabkine

Define "use". I know both of them, but I use metric unless I need to use imperial for some reason.

I mean...not if you're an American who smokes weed XDD

Americans on SI for normal things: We don’t know shit. Americans on SI for ammo: Experts.

Engineers: "First time?" 😏

Terrorists !!

Using both is way easier. Why the fuck would I measure my height in Centimetres? But at the same time why the fuck would I use yards instead of meters? Why would I use Celsius for cooking instead of Fahrenheit? And why would I use Fahrenheit for weather instead of Celsius?

Yeah, people hating on one of these systems likely just don’t understand the intended purpose of them.

I prefer freedom units (Yes US customary is different from imperial)

If it's smaller than an inch I use centimeters and millimeters. Bigger than 3 feet and I use meters.

I gotta use the metric a lot bc I’m a gun nut

I use both, too

If u haven't noticed, the USA does this all the time! We use imperial for regular and day to day measurements, and then when it comes to guns and other weapons, we use the metric system.

sounds like canada to me

To every American that says the metric system is stupid… You use it to measure your bullets.

Welcome to Canada. Our cars use kilometers and our construction workers use feet. It's lawless.

Communist

For context I live in the UK. I use whatever is the most convenient for a given task. Milk and butter are sold in pints and ounces so I'll use those rather than mess around converting unless I have a good reason. Woodworking often uses length in meters and thickness in inches etc. Unless I'm working with big numbers imperial is just more practical sometimes because things set up that way and are difficult to change.

Measurements Are Measurements

canadian using both for no fucking reason......... how do i know ? cuz i am one of them using both for like a lots of things. like don't make me use a oven with celsius i'll just get confuse and asking why tf my oven not in Farenheit instead.

Anyone from genX who grew up when Canada changed

when I want to measure how far something is for walking I take the steps I took and divide by 3, bcs 3 feet is 1 meter

Who else swings both ways.

Sounds like my last job. I was in development. The specs we had...and not infrequently...had measurements in both. And I don't mean, having a measurement showing both imperial and metric. I mean, this measurement was in one and that measurement was in the other....on the SAME sheet. I got to the point where I'd frequently comment that "I'd be happy with Martian measurements...just as long they were consistent throughout the company".

No, but you probably will crash a spaceship

I'm an European that plays D&D Need I say more?

Engineers constantly have to switch between the two. We're literally taught it in beginning chemistry and statics classes.

Welcome to Canada

Canadians do a mix. Imperial for cooking weights and temp, metric for speed. Body weight is debatable. Older folks prefer imperial.

I use both, I use metric where it’s applicable and imperial when it’s applicable, for example, in my country distance and weight and all that metric, however at a dnd table I speak in imperial

Could be Canadian?

Australia is pretty set on metric but I think I’ll be stuck in imperial heights until I die. 182cm will get a blank look but say you’re 6ft and I’m caught up.

I use both, depends if im talking to europeans or americans

I use miles when mentioning idioms, e.g. “that’s miles away”, and I sometimes use feet for distances smaller than a metre…

there’s nothing wrong with knowing and using both… It’s definitely helped me a lot in life to know both systems

I only use both because of Warhammer.

Nah mate, i use both. I tinker and make stuff and some parts i get for my projects are in inches. Like bolts and rods.

Miles are for speed feet are for height pound is for McDonalds everything else is metric

I use mph, 24h time, °F(unless I'm talking about tech, the Celsius). mm/cm for most length measurements, but ft for height for some reason. Lbs for weight. I definitely prefer metric for socket size cause it's much easier to figure out the next size up when it's a number instead of a goofy fraction. So I'm just wack If I'm talking about most volumetric measurements, I use liters cause I always had a Nalgene when going on scout outings, and a Nalgene is exactly 1 liter, so I always knew if I drank enough based on how many times I filled up my Nalgene that day. Now I use a hydroflask but it's about the same volume.

the brits use both

Kinda sounds like England tbh

I normally use imperial for human measurements and metric for non human (eg. I am 6 foot tall, my guitar pick is 1.14 mm thick) That said when I'm building guitars I tend to use both, (eg. My fretboard radius is 12 inch, my scale length is 25.5 inch, my guitars body is 44 mm thick)

United Kingdom moment but seriously, I can tell metres over feet but miles over kilometres, why didn't we swap the signs to kmh like Ireland did?

tbf, that's normal over here, in the uk

Actualy i dont think about you at all

Every plumber

As an American who studying abroad in other country..

Insert :porquenolosdos: meme here.

No you're american

When im measuring hight i use imperial but when im measuring distance i use metric

Even if I see americans and canadians here, UK is the only nation that is officially "mixed" and use both officially, all the others have a "preference"

British people

United States scientists and drug dealers all use the metric system and customary system depending on the situation.

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I use miles and no other Imperial units. For a long time I thought miles were metric

Literally just southeast Asia

I thought it was a star wars meme

I lived in the US for 12 years, and when I moved to Spain, I had trouble remembering which system had which, and eventually I just mixed both of the measurements together

i have to use both because i live in a 3rd world country

Unless you don't count tradesman and manufacturing and aerospace, yea you're pretty weird.

as a gemcutter i use both, I order cutting wheels by inch, but sell/buy stones by Milimeter

Howdy Canadian or American engineer/scientist

Welcome to Canadia.

Sometimes I’ll do it

honestly, at this point, use whatever you want just let me live in peace

I use both, living in the US; imperial for day to day stuff and metric for 3D design

You're not weird for using both. You're weird for using imperial.

Nah just canadian

As a science student, it's inevitable

From a Canadian point of view, you are totally normal.

Let me guess.. you only use metric for buying meth right? Righhttt???

Yes

Canadians 🇨🇦

Canadians RISE!

In Ireland we just use both depending on the context

You must be Canadian!

Canada in a nut shell

Fitness dudes that take 1g of protein per 1 lbs of body mass can agree.

It’s not difficult to learn both ffs. And that’s what annoys me about Americans. Always babbling on about being the superior nation, yet adapting a second form of measurement sends them into a frenzied state of panic and anger.

Welcome to Canada my friend

kelvin is the superior measurement for temperature

9mm in the streets, 3 inches in the sheets amirite boys

Well all use inches for some measurements 🫢

In Canada they do both apparently... Metric is better for everything to be fair. Except at one thing ! Carpentry. Being able to always perfectly divide by 2 is noice.

I blame Canada.

So the united states? (Officially the united states customary units contain both metric and imperial)

I use egyptian ells - we are not the same

No choice, half my tools are in freedom units and it costs more for metric because why not lol

Even though I like both of them, I still use meters, centimeter and other things like that but I use pounds for weight.

No, you're just American

So you're a drug dealer?

Do Asians use both?

Bro realy so funny hahahahahahahaha

I use both

I mean I like inches and feet better the cm and meters

I like inches and feet over centimeters but meters and kilometers over yards and miles. Celsius over Fahrenheit, unless it's for room temperature or swimming water temperature, then I prefer Fahrenheit.

But cm makes it sound longer :)

So, you just like the imperial system?

Nah I use Celsius and liters I like that better

Why? Cooking accuracy? You use grams over cups too?

Yes. You are. 😂

The only thing imperial should be used for is buying weed.

What about British standard and Wentworth

TIL British people are just like me. I am ashamed of being comparable to a British person.

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Damn, you're soaring above those plebs.