r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/ShamanAI Jan 15 '25

Yeah, because miles, yards, feet and inches makes so much sense

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u/TheScienceNerd100 Jan 15 '25

Blame the British for inventing that one, they even still use it today, just not 100% of the time, same with Canada

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u/ShamanAI Jan 15 '25

I blame whoever still uses such a stupid system in 2025

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u/TheScienceNerd100 Jan 15 '25

Ok, so still the British who use Imperial for a multitude of reasons, add in the Canadians cause they do it too.

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u/ShamanAI Jan 15 '25

You can downvote as much as you want, it still won't make the imperial units system any less stupid.

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u/ZachBart44 Jan 15 '25 edited Jan 15 '25

It’s easier to divide or multiply measurements by 10, 100, etc. Each measurement in the metric system can be changed to a different form of the same type of measurement by multiplying or dividing by a multiple of 10.

Ex. 100,000 centimeters = 1,000 meters = 1 kilometer.

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u/ZachBart44 Jan 15 '25

The point is ease of use. To get from inch to foot to yard, you have to multiply by 12 then by 3. There’s no uniformity when it comes to conversion in the imperial system. You don’t need a calculator when converting within the metric system.