We’re taught both metric and US customary units in school. I prefer metric for most things, to the point I have a metric-only tape measure among other things.

However, I’ll die on the hill that Fahrenheit is superior for ambient air temperature. 0 degrees to 100 degrees neatly encompasses the range of average surface temperatures seen throughout the year in the contiguous US.

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    11 days ago

    Every other country on the planet convinced their businesses to do it. Again you’re saying that the US is special somehow that it can’t.

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      11 days ago

      Again, you’re not arguing with me, but with the companies that will spend millions to save pennies…

      The US is special in that bribery is (now openly) legal. These corporations will not change just because Congress says so. They’ll just change congress.