If size matters, why isn't the US on the metric system?

[AviatorTom]

We all know that the US only sometimes uses metric measurements, like 2 liter Coke bottles and 10mm bolts.

You have to admit that 15 cm sounds a lot bigger than 6 inches.

So, if size does matter, why isn't the US on the metric system?

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I'm amazed that only a few couple got the tongue in cheek sarcasm of this question.

[N192K001]

It's mostly due to public resistance.

Washington already passed legislation, like the "Metric Conversion Act of 1975" (Public law 94-168).
https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/house-bill/8674
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (N. I. S. T.) also has a page on metric-policy.
https://www.nist.gov/pml/weights-and-measures/metric-si/metric-policy

But, the public is largely resistant and/or unfamiliar with the system. (I even heard someone use "kilos" as a unit of measure for distance, while she was on a vacation to Italy.)

[Andres77]

Do you know why women are so bad at judging distance?
Because they've been told their whole lives that 6" is a foot.

[purplepoppy]

The metric system is based on the number ten because we have ten fingers. That would confuse the 12 finger population of Alabama.

[AviatorTom]

@purplepoppy Sorry to correct you. They have 8 fingers and 12 teeth. 😲

[bean2k21]

I hate to rain on the parade, but the "foot" unit of measurement has been used since Egyptian times. A English guy with a small penis invented the metric system, as a way of increasing his property value overnight.

[whereismyjohnny]

This made me laugh ngl 😂

[DonkeyDan]

Don't most Americans get confused with the metric system though? Imagine getting cm and mm mixed up 🤣

[NathanDavis]

US cares a whole lot more for money than anything else, that´s why... lol

[Dayman343]

They do seem to have an affection for the 9mm bullet

[Flower_Power]

The US should be on metric. It makes no sense why they aren't. They just want to be different I guess hahaha

[douride2]

I really have no idea. Most of the world uses metric.

[suckmynuts369]

Hitting a homerun? The most difficult thing to do is take a round bat and send a round ball 400 feet. When I need a 10mm, is when I send a bullet through a carjackers face, through my car door.

[suckmynuts369]

It's fun to send a line drive 320 feet, however, it's more fun to send it in my teammates elbow. A sure out, but that's the funnest out ever. No one can say back to back triple dinger dinger followed by a sure lineout to his favorite baseman on the paths is not fun.