We Want Metric! We Want It Now!
From the Metric System article on Wikipedia:
By the 1960s, the majority of nations were on the metric system and most that were not had started programs to fully convert to the metric system. As of 2005 only three countries, the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar (Burma) had not completed the changeover.
I am so sick of American exceptionalism. We certainly don’t have a good reason for maintaining the traditional system of measurements that we inherited from the English. The expenditure of switching over would pale in comparison to the amount of money American businesses waste with two systems of measurement (since any product designed for international trade must be marked with metric values).
Basically I never want to figure out how many teaspoons are in a cup ever again.
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