RE: Americans: Do you favor switching to the metric system?
December 28, 2013 at 9:20 pm
(This post was last modified: December 28, 2013 at 9:22 pm by Ryantology.)
(December 28, 2013 at 9:07 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: I've thought that about clocks, too. I don't think there is a way to make that work, however.
On a related note, people who still use the 12 hour clock... What are you doing? There are 24 hours in a day, why the fuck would you go back to 1 half way in???
I think the bigger problem with our 12 hour clock is that it starts at 12, not 1. How stupid.
Chas has it right; the major problem is good ol' American exceptionalism.
(December 28, 2013 at 9:18 pm)missluckie26 Wrote: Wait a minute.. are you telling me that when I move to AU, I will have to learn a whole new clock system??! 24 hours at that--you might as well just bury me, that seems tricksy!
I can't be expected to learn all this stuff, I'm old.
You'll have a harder time adjusting to metric volumes and lengths than you will the 24 hour clock. You just add or subtract 12 to convert time. Try doing that while you're still here, make it a habit.
