• Furbag@pawb.social
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    Wow, that’s actually quite cool. Change will come from the ground up, imo. Good for them learning a better system. In another generation or two they will probably be the ones to spearhead the effort to do away with the old Imperial system entirely.

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      Metric has been a part of our science curriculum for a long time. There was even a push to change completely in the '70s until we figured out how much it would cost to do it. That’s why there are two liter sodas and why there’s one highway with kilometer markers instead of mile markers.

      As for completely doing away with imperial, given that Europe hasn’t even entirely done that, it seems unlikely.

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      In another generation or two they will probably be the ones to spearhead the effort [improve conditions in the United States]

      this was said of the hippie generation (ie boomers) as well

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      One can hope! In the meantime, they’re happy to teach this old dog new tricks and that’s a start.