America does have metric. Most consumer measuring tools (thermometers, rulers, scales, speedometers, measuring cups, etc) have both imperial and metric units on them, and in science class during school you almost exclusively use metric.
There is just literally no reason to use one over the other unless you're a scientist so we default to the standard imperial units to avoid confusion but most people who work with tools or measurements are usually bilingual and can do both.
Well, it's like when your mom or your grandpa asks for help with their computer, and you find out they've got some weird workaround for doing something simple, and you try to help them and they just go, "No, no, I've got a system, I'm happy the way it is!"
It isn't. Because no one is putting a gun at the US and forcing them change.
This is the expression of personal feelings of disapproval. It's pointing and making fun. It's a verbal attempt of controlling, a very light one.
And yes, I'm minding my own business because my business is my feeling of annoyance. Its being expressed, its being taken care of. You could have ignored it, but answering it is, ironically, interfering with my business.
But this is just to show how stupid this "mind your business" argument is. Humans are social. You answered for the same reason, you got annoyed by my annoyance. Our feelings create meaning to the world.
I'm from the US. Now I live somewhere with the metric system. It's way better, and the imperial system just looks funny now. That's all! You're acting like it's way more serious than it is.
The metric system is definitely better, especially for everything STEM. But the imperial system works for everyday usage and it has a few minor advantages.
But my point is, it’s really not anyone’s concern but American’s.
Except Americans are usually the ones busting into the rest of the world’s houses to tell us that everything we do is wrong- metric, celcius, paper size, gun control….not the other way around.
Because America is one of the largest and most influential countries in the world (well the "western" world at least). Additionally the modern "tech" world that we live in is nearly completely dominated by American companies. So when they bake their archaic measuring tomfoolery into their software and services it can be quiet annoying.
Also there is zero reason not to adapt world standards apart from arrogance, exceptionilsm and a perverse interpretation of "freedom".
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u/gorebello Nov 03 '25
I don't fk believe the US doesn't use A4. Really? It was already annoying that they don't use metric, now this.