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I hate this.
Hate that it is true?
Yes. Its bad enough to be stuck in imperial but to mix two systems is a war crime.
Well the Brits mix both and then throw in some extras just to make it extra difficult.
Instant to see the British version.
Liquids come in pints AND liters.
Something like this:
(I've probably missed something, and also I don't think that lbs for weight is correct, should be stone)
Yeah, weight still talked about in stone and lbs. But now the kids talk about theirs in kg, so there’s a need for a decision about age for metric/st’lbs”
I'm very much not a kid but I don't understand stones at all, so my weight, which I rarely bother to measure anyway, I do in kgs.
I do mine in lbs just to be awkward. Things at work are in kilos, people in conversations are stones. I track my weight in lbs. That’s just the way it is.
This implies young people in general. But even so, imperial is still used within times - its just that both systems are used interchangeably.
Even "young person" is stretching the definition of "young" 😂
But, yes, I grew up with metric, and I don't particularly remember learning anything about imperial measurements in school. Other than things like miles and mph (and why do we still measure fuel efficiency in mpg, when fuel hasn't been sold by the gallon for years?), which as a driver I'm obliged to use, I'm fully metric.
Thanks, great artstyle
Yes, weight should be in stone.
"Are you in a pub drinking beer or cider?" is in imperial, although I think glasses are marked at the 568ml level. Spirits are sold in multiples of 25/35 ml.
The significant difference in recipes is that we only measure liquids by volumes (which would be metric) - using cups and spoons for ingredients like flour would get you a funny look, those would be in grams which you would measure by weight.
Also, not forgetting the pint is 20oz in UK imperial, so the gallon is ~4.5L Not the 16oz USpint/3.8L US gallon
I have enough hate to split it up for other offenders.