Would you vote to convert the US over to the metric system?

[mcsangel2]

Brought to you by another subject on the topic, seen on CNN.com.

[josieposy]

Sure. I have a unit converter app for all of my cooking stuff so no biggie. The only thing I wonder about is mileage.

[redwino]

Nope. I'm too lazy to switch at this point in my life. Although, @lolligoespop makes a good point. DD is 4 mo. If we were switching, I'd rather do it now then have to deal with the switch in her early school years

[tacosforlife]

Yes. I am really tired of my H asking how many ounces are in a cup.

And I couldn't help myself at a baseball game last week - I HAD to correct the guy who was insisting that there are 64 ounces in a gallon.

[laurenpetro]

yes but it would make my life HELL at work.

[Elsa]

Yes. I don't even know what is what now. Just convert. I google everything anyways. lol

[heyjude]

Depends. What do the French use?

[eclaires]

SS: I don't care. Lol.

[meshaliuknits]

I kinda don't care one way or the other. I'm comfy with the metric system from work and I would never have to ask tacosforlife how many ounces are in a cup.

Team Whatever you want is fine

[penguingrrl]

I can't say I'd show up at the polls for this one and I show up at the polls for everything lol! Seriously, I don't care at all. I suck at both.

[LoveTrains]

As long as we don't have to use celcius for temperature....is that the metric system? Because that's the devil.

[ttt]

It would be a huge PITA but we really should be on the metric system. Our system makes zero sense.

[Velar Fricative]

No because I love America and we are the best, fuck yeah!

Kidding. Sure, let's convert.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

Don't really care. Volume and mass aren't my strong suits either way. Is a gram metric? Cause I have no idea what the fuck a gram looks like.

[Deleted]

No, because it's fun trying to watch DH figure out gas pumps in Canada.

J/K. I'd vote yes.

[aurora]

Aug 12, 2015 17:16:03 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

As long as we don't have to use celcius for temperature....is that the metric system? Because that's the devil.

Because multiplying by 9/5 and then adding 32 isn't the devil?

My overall view on the metric system is that we will probably have to do it someday, so why not now? Though, I do find temperature harder than any of the other measures.

[josieposy]

I would love it if we asked about this at the presidential debates. Twitter would have a field day.

[alleinesein]

Aug 12, 2015 18:43:46 GMT -5 ChillyMcFreeze said:

Don't really care. Volume and mass aren't my strong suits either way. Is a gram metric? Cause I have no idea what the fuck a gram looks like.

28 grams= 1 ounce

[Deleted]

Most people don't really know the English system, so it seems just as to convert.

[wambam]

I think I could adjust fairly quickly, except with distance in miles vs kilometers. I feel like miles are just very intuitive to me when driving and that would be an adjustment.

But i would still vote for it.

[Cicero]

I very rarely use the English system. Our thermostats in the house are set to Celsius. The scale is set to Kg. I never bothered to convert myself back after adjusting to metric when we moved to Europe. And yet I don't care enough to vote to change it.

[mominatrix]

Aug 12, 2015 18:43:46 GMT -5 ChillyMcFreeze said:

Don't really care. Volume and mass aren't my strong suits either way. Is a gram metric? Cause I have no idea what the fuck a gram looks like.

it's a measure of weight.

I was always told that a gram was about the weight of a standard-size paperclip.

[FloFTW]

I use inches/feet/acres every day and have tons of shit memorized that is unitized in English (architecture and urban design). It would be a nightmare for our industry. Uuuuugh.

[rugbywife]

Aug 12, 2015 20:48:26 GMT -5 Jennyanydots said:

Aug 12, 2015 17:16:03 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

As long as we don't have to use celcius for temperature....is that the metric system? Because that's the devil.

Yeah because 32 degrees = freezing makes so much more sense than 0!

Canadian Metric Fun Fact: Even though we mock and ridicule Americans for not getting with the metric program, we secretly still use Imperial for our own height and weight measurements.

This drives my dad nuts as a doc. Whenever I tell him the kids' weights in lbs he asks for it again in kg, even though he knows how to convert it. lol. 

[WOT?*]

I'm too old for it to be easy for me to convert. They've been trying since I was in elementary school so I'm familiar enough with it. I wish they would. We're pretty much the only hold out with the "weird" numbers.

[sushi]

Aug 12, 2015 19:26:20 GMT -5 wambam said:

I think I could adjust fairly quickly, except with distance in miles vs kilometers. I feel like miles are just very intuitive to me when driving and that would be an adjustment.

But i would still vote for it.

You'd be surprise at how quickly your intuition adjusts (seriously, less than a couple months). You learn to feel distance and speed just because you're living it.

Similarly you feel temperatures, at least the common ones. I would see my a/c or heat set every day, so I know what winter and summer room temps are in C just as much as F, even if I don't do an exact mental conversion.

For the OP, I'm absolutely in favor of metric. I do probably know more than most b/c of my science background and then living outside of the US.

[Jalapeñomel]

Hell yes.

[tacokick]

No, I'm too old to learn new math now.

[alleinesein]

I love to bake and the metric system is a total PITA for baking.

Which recipe is easier to remember??

U.S. Version
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) Chocolate Chips

Metric Version
315 grams plain flour
5 ml baking soda
5 ml salt
220 grams butter (softened)
150 grams sugar
165 grams brown sugar
5 ml vanilla extract
100 grams eggs
350 grams semi-sweet chocolate morsels

I'll keep my tsp, tbsp, and cups thank you very much! I'm not down with having to weigh my ingredients when I bake.

[aurora]

Aug 12, 2015 23:33:19 GMT -5 alleinesein said:

I love to bake and the metric system is a total PITA for baking.

Which recipe is easier to remember??

U.S. Version
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) Chocolate Chips

Metric Version
315 grams plain flour
5 ml baking soda
5 ml salt
220 grams butter (softened)
150 grams sugar
165 grams brown sugar
5 ml vanilla extract
100 grams eggs
350 grams semi-sweet chocolate morsels

I'll keep my tsp, tbsp, and cups thank you very much! I'm not down with having to weigh my ingredients when I bake.

Well, the key difference here is mass vs volume; volume probably is easier to estimate. I really can't imagine most recipes saying 100 mg of eggs vs 2 large eggs. I didn't realize that brown sugar was 10% denser than white, though - interesting!

ETA the mass vs volume is for the ingredients given in grams. I consider 5 mL to be just as easy as 1 tsp.