I'm American and I approve this message

The only reason we haven't yet is because it would be astronomically expensive to change every single road sign.

...so there goes that argument

I'm also American.

As an American machinist. I give you no points, I downvote you, and may god have mercy on your soul.

...okay?

I don't get it, only 3 countries don't use metric system so europe is nothing special.

By the end of WWII, half of global manufacturing was in the US. We were the basis of European and Japanese reconstruction.

Apparently our preoccupation with inefficient measurement standards wasn't that much of a hindrance after all.

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but one should

I'm pretty sure that would take a long time for the entire country to get used to