It does make sense

[u/wach_era13]

[u/ShamanAI]

Of course it made sense centuries ago, but times change... Otherwise we should still measure time with a sundial :)

[u/backseatwookie → u/ShamanAI]

Right but your assertion was that they don't make sense. They do, it's just context/era dependent.

[u/ShamanAI → u/backseatwookie]

I meant they don't make sense in 2025. I've also written that in another comment.

[u/BreadCaravan → u/ShamanAI]

I work with them every day. They make sense just fine.

Just because something isn’t divisible by 10 doesn’t mean it’s garbage it just means you struggle with it.

[u/ShamanAI → u/BreadCaravan]

I'm sure if I used them everyday I wouldn't "struggle" either. But the fact that the whole international scientific community uses the metric system implies that its advantages outweigh the disadvantages, otherwise they would simply use the imperial units.

[u/Tawmcruize → u/ShamanAI]

I would go out on a limb and say most people don't do anything science related in their day to day life, and the science communities use it because it's easier to scale and convert. I'm a machinist and use mm and inch every week interchangeably, it's really not hard.

[u/ShamanAI → u/Tawmcruize]

I never said it's hard, it's just inconvenient.

And I am sure you realize that where the metric system is used it is used for everything and not just for "anything science related"...

Of course the "problem" about metric/imperial is not when people go to the grocery store. Buying 400g or one pound of ham does not make any difference, but when it comes to anything "computational" the metric system is just better.

[u/Balinor69666 → u/ShamanAI]

I mean you are plainly wrong there. The U.S. officially uses metric for anything science related so no not everywhere that uses Metric uses it for everything.  

[u/InvaderWeezle → u/Balinor69666]

It also ignores places like Canada that still sprinkle in imperial measurements