• Norgur
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    31 year ago

    Have you like… Read the articles you posted? I think you might have to re-read what a non-metric unit if measurement would be. All the “units” listed as “still in use in Germany” are based on the metric system. Just because one calls 500g/0.5kg a pound doesn’t make the unit non-metric, it’s base is metric, same goes for all the other units there. The only non metric unit I see ever is inch because that’s what displays are marketed in for you lot and we get the same displays here as you.

    • @assassin_aragorn
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      11 year ago

      This is completely incorrect. SI units exist and they’re pretty much based on metric units. It’s still a separate unit system.

      • Norgur
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        1 year ago

        Wait…
        What?! The SI system IS a metric system and doesn’t really differ from the systems used in most countries in day to day life. Perhaps by using Kelvin instead of Celsius which is basically the same unit of measurement but with different starting points.

        • @ludwig
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          21 year ago

          Yeah the metric system is built on top (and a part of) of the SI system, not the other way around.