(August 27, 2016 at 3:05 am)Jesster Wrote: It's not too difficult to figure that out. The imperial measurement system was used by the UK, which is where American culture originated from.
Americans (excluding some people like me) think their country is always the greatest country on the planet and will automatically reject most ideas from other cultures. That's a massive generalization and I know it, but it's true enough to justify where I'm going. We don't like change, so this makes us insanely stubborn. If it's something we've been doing for generations, it's going to take a large cultural shift for us to give it up and adjust to the new system.
Even I have a tough time not using the imperial system because I'm surrounded by it every day. I enjoy talking with people from other countries because it allows me to think differently. The metric system is obviously superior and I would love to have that become the standard here. I just doubt that will happen here any time soon.
Some time ago I watched a video about the differences between US English and UK English and on that video they mentioned the reason for that difference was made in spite of the British. So that behavior to reverse things in spite of UK made me wonder why they didn't change the measurement system too.
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