[hanamizu]

“What is stupid is 32 degrees freezing and 212 degrees boiling. Plus, centigrade temperatures can be broken down into tenths of a degree.”

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To each his own, of course. But the freezing/boiling point of water (at sea level, of course) doesn’t play that large a role in most of our lives. Negative temperatures in the winter are much more common using Cº than Fº. And, Fahrenheit degrees can also be broken down into tenths of a degree.

The metric system is much easier to convert by simply moving a decimal point left or right—it does have that going for it. But I find the system’s penchant for creating a new unit rather saying what it is, so cycles per second becomes a Hertz. Instead of Newtons per square meter, we get a Pascal. And it has to be Newtons/square meter instead of Kilograms per square meter which everyone in metric world would understand because kilograms measure mass not weight or force.

Imperial units are fundamentally based on humans and the metric system is based on how French intellectuals thought the world was and behaved in the late 18th century.

But as I said, to each his own.

[DennisR]

“… kilograms measure mass not weight or force…”

True. Just as “slugs” do. But neither are subject to the changing effect of gravity, so they are constant no matter where they are in the universe…as far as we know.

Then you have bathroom scales that measure in pounds and kilograms. Ha!