The continued use of imperial measurement systems in various hardware and industries hinders the full adoption of the metric system.

Measurement Systems StandardizationApr 23, 2026score 0.172 posts · 0 replies across 1 instances

The thread discusses the ongoing use of imperial measurement systems despite the global standardization towards metric units, highlighting a preference for metric over imperial despite technical overlaps.

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Parent: Measurement SystemsEntity: Metric SystemImpact: negativeDate: Apr 23, 2026Target: The continued use of imperial measurement systems

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Also, look, I know there is still *so much* imperial measure hardware out there, but can we all please *please* just standardize everything to proper metric already, 

(yes yes, I know the inch is defined in terms of the mm, so it is /technically/ metric by association, but I still hate it)

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@[email protected]

Also, look, I know there is still *so much* imperial measure hardware out there, but can we all please *please* just standardize everything to proper metric already, 

(yes yes, I know the inch is defined in terms of the mm, so it is /technically/ metric by association, but I still hate it)

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