“I don’t understand why y’all don’t use the metric system” is something I’ve heard too often.
I doubt that's something the author has heard even once, unless the Europeans have taken to speaking Texan.
I've lived overseas, worked in scientific fields, etc, etc. It really isn't that difficult to use both. It's an annoyance keeping two sets of socket wrenches, but meh. For temperature I prefer the finer granularity of Fahrenheit, but meh.
It's all arbitrary. When doing marine navigation, nautical miles are superior because one nautical mile is exactly one minute of latitude. Lat/long is not metric.
Neither is time. The same arguments in favor of the "easier" metric system apply to the clock as well, but strangely the enthusiasm for metricizing does not seem to extend that direction. Yes, it really would be easier. Yes, it really would be a pain to convert.
Personally I can't work up a passion for this, because being the same as everyone else really isn't high on my list of priorities. Now excuse me, I gotta fraction of a parsec to walk to get coffee.
I agree the metric system is easier and better, but so is driving on the right side of the road with the steering wheel on the right side.
And I don’t see them willing to change.
What’s good for the goose...
Been done. See "Beat Tune".
Might as well go for the Metric Calendar as well. There are several to choose from.
Personally, I like both ideas, but I suspect we'll take the 60-second minute with us into space when we leave this rock.