• CelloMike@startrek.website
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    6 months ago

    Road distances are in miles, speed in mph, heights in feet & inches, anything else is a hot mess generally trending towards metric the younger you are (or if you’re in STEM)

    ETA: there was a dumb plan a couple years ago to “reintroduce” imperial measurements after Brexit, mainly aimed at food shops, ignoring the fact that the EU never prevented anyone using them, and then the govt quietly dropped it in December lawl

    • Z3k3@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I’m starting to hear people talk in km but nothing official

      We use lb and stone at home for weight but medical its kg

      Personally I was taught in the 80s and early 90s they trued to teach us both metric and imperial. I also did an apprenticeship in metric on imperial lathes and mills

      I have no clue how less than an inch works past 40, thou being 1mm I struggle with my weight in kg. Miles might as well be a unit of time as beyond telling you how long it takes to get somewhere miles are useless

      Bonus anecdot

      When I moved out of my parents I had to ask for help buying minced beef because growing up I learned I needed 1/2 lb of minced beef but it was packaged I’m 500 grams

    • Deebster@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      Road distances are in miles if you’re driving, but if you’re running (maybe also cycling?) then it’s in km.