Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?

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Maybe its different for the youth, or it is in my experience anyway, (in Britian, Wales btw) the group of friends varies from about 18-24, we pretty much all use Celsuis for temperature, when it comes to drinks (bar pints obviously, i dont drink hardly ever so maybe im different) i think of the measurements in mililitrers and litres for my drinks, often when we looking at deals on mutlipacks of drinks ill convert the price into xx pounts per litre..

Agreed, I think younger generations in the UK pretty much only use Celsius. I would say that hearing temperatures given in Fahrenheit is something of a rarity, so much so that while I can more or less picture how tall 6 feet is or how heavy a stone is, if someone told me it was 70F outside I would have no idea whether that means I need to put on a coat or not.

I wonder why Jesus didn't choose 10 disciples though

Well, we could always define a proper, Christian system of counting in base 12. Our current system of numerals is Saracen devilry anyway. Then we could define an American metric system where everything is in ratios of 12; this would have all the benefits of the base 10 metric system and would mean Americans could do away with all this nonsense of converting from Pounds per Square Inch to Ounces per Square Furlong, but save them from the humiliation of having to adopt a French system.

Though personally I think it would be much clearer and simpler to measure everything in units of Planck's constant and the speed of light.