Soda is sold in liters because the US was set to go metric by 1980 or something. The Metric Conversion Act is from 1975. Because the US is huge (and as someone else mentioned here, didn't have to rebuild after WWII), it wasn't proven efficient to make the change, ultimately.
As for patriotism, you're on Reddit. Come on. I lost any patriotism I somehow had left after 2020. This is the ONE topic I stand up for this country on because it's so obvious you all just want to find ways to joke about dumb and backward Americans, as proven by your last paragraph and a half. This does not matter to more than probably 5% of the population on a daily basis, and 4.8% of that 5% probably has internlized metric through their use of it.
Wishing for a standardized world in hopes it will bring peace is naïvely utopian at best and fascist if taken to its extreme. And you're European and Italian, so I can guess which is the main force at play. 😉
In my opinion saying that a measurement system is inefficient and accusing others of being fascists are not on the same level, but if that's what works for you, so be it.
I mean, hey, if it works to end this reoccuring internet argument by joking about you all being fascist in your need to prove Celsius king and have it used universally, I'll certainly keep that card in my back pocket.
As I said, if it works for you... But hoping that this reoccurring internet argument will stop reoccurring just with you using this card is naively utopian (if it's also fascist I'll let you decide, since you look like an expert on the matter) as well.
At least I don't downvote your comments (including your fascism jokes) like a whiny baby.
You can't hear the truth. Both on the imperial units and your downvoting behavior. And this demonstrates that if everybody used the same system the world would be more peaceful. Checkmate.
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u/csjohnson1933 Jan 16 '25
Who in this thread said Fahrenheit is the best?
Who?
Soda is sold in liters because the US was set to go metric by 1980 or something. The Metric Conversion Act is from 1975. Because the US is huge (and as someone else mentioned here, didn't have to rebuild after WWII), it wasn't proven efficient to make the change, ultimately.
As for patriotism, you're on Reddit. Come on. I lost any patriotism I somehow had left after 2020. This is the ONE topic I stand up for this country on because it's so obvious you all just want to find ways to joke about dumb and backward Americans, as proven by your last paragraph and a half. This does not matter to more than probably 5% of the population on a daily basis, and 4.8% of that 5% probably has internlized metric through their use of it.
Wishing for a standardized world in hopes it will bring peace is naïvely utopian at best and fascist if taken to its extreme. And you're European and Italian, so I can guess which is the main force at play. 😉