Subnostr

Hmm... I guess I'm more like the guy in the middle than on the right. But I don't like the metric system because the rest of the world likes it; I like it because it makes sense in a base-10 system, and it's consistent with itself.

The imperial system, on the other hand, has groupings of 12, 3, 5280, half, quarter, eighths, etc. It's all over the place, and really hard to make sense of, simply because it doesn't make sense.

If that makes me a midwit, then so be it.

Branden with an E 2y ago

Imperial system gives you more freedom to select the appropriate resolution fraction. I can measure in whole, half, quarter units. Even eighths, sixteenths, thirty-secondths, etc. Metric only gives you tenths.

What if you are measuring something and cm is too coarse but mm is too fine. What if the smallest meaningful unit is .25? Why would I care about .1 .2 .3?

This ability to select the appropriate resolution is what makes imperial system superior. You select the exact resolution that is appropriate.

In construction, framers only care up to ¼". Drywallers up to ⅛". Finish carpenters up to ¹/16". A joiner up to 1/64".

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