Talk Elections

No. As the greatest country on earth, we must not conform to the ways of lesser countries. The metric system has too much order to it anyways.

I don't know how feasible it would be to change at this point, but the metric system obviously makes more sense.

Practically?  Of course, haha.  However, I have a sentimental attachment to the English System, and I strongly prefer the relatively detailed Fahrenheit temperature scale to Celsius.

EDIT: As others have mentioned, we technically already have, so it would just be really pointless.  Considering all of our scientists already use the metric system, what the hell would be the point other than to get rid of a LOT of signs?  LOL.

Strongly support.

You guys don't realise how simple the metric system is. When you see it, you'll love it.

I'd support that.

Virtually everyone in the US IS rather familiar with the metric system. It's covered in schools extensively, lots of zoning ordinances are based on meters, American cars show the speedometer in both miles and km per hour, etc. It's not a lack of familiarity that makes people find it not simple, it's simply being conditioned to default to imperial units.

Oppose, obviously. We should be spreading our values, not capitulating to French ones.

Of course I'd support it.

We should've been using it from the beginning, but I don't support switching over now.

It would cause way too many problems to make us re-learn how to count.  Plus, as some have mentioned, Fahrenheit is an objectively better scale than Celsius, as it is both more precise and the 0-100 is roughly based on human comfort, instead of water.

What does this even mean?

I guess the idea is that having 100 as "very hot" and 0 as "very cold" makes more sense from a human POV than setting 0 at the freezing point and 100 as the boiling point - it's useful for phase diagrams in chemistry class, but the former makes more sense from a day-to-day perspective IMO.

Anyway despite the nationalist nonsense here which is quite idiotic, I don't really care for it. There's no real advantages aside from synchronization with the rest of the world and while that's not trivial, I don't see how it could justify the massive infrastructure costs that would result. Maybe have metric units aside imperial, but that's kind of pointless, especially since Canadians and I'm sure Mexicans near the border who visit frequently are still pretty familiar with imperial units just like Americans are with metric.

I really like miles as an American highway unit because around 60MPH is a pretty common speed limit on American highways. That means that you're driving roughly one mile per minute, and can easily estimate your arrival time. For that matter city streets usually have 30MPH limits, and major roads within cities are usually 40-45MPH, all nice multiples of 60. So what makes km better? Because it scientifically makes more sense due to its basis on the Earth's circumference? The fraction of the Earth's circumference you are driving when driving from one point to another is completely meaningless in day to day life. And yes Fahrenheit is superior for day to day use for the reasons listed above.

No (stupid as hell American who learned it the American way and can't learn metric)

Yes, of course. US measure units are an offense to reason and good taste whose very memory of their existence needs to be wiped off the surface of the Earth.

Actually no they make perfect sense in day to day life (at least for distance) for the reasons I addressed earlier.

Not sure why Wulfric suddenly got all nationalistic on us, but this:

Just have everything labelled in both.

Oppose

Stimulus for American steel? :D