Canada and the UK have switched from the imperial system to the metric system relatively recently, and as such it is understandable that the imperial system is still entrenched in some areas (such as possibly cooking).
Most metric countries have been metric for centuries and use metric for basically everything, and certainly don’t randomly use Fahrenheit of all things.
If your idea about Metric countries is Canada or the UK, then you don’t really have an idea.
They’re not talking about actual measurements in imperial units but about things which have been named after their American labels, which happen to be based on imperial measurements. Like the thread you link says, the actual sizes are defined in millimeters.
Just because we also have Quarter Pounders in McDonalds doesn’t mean we use imperial measurements.
I’m starting to feel you don’t really know what you’re talkint about, sorry to say
While Canada has converted to the metric system for many purposes, there is still significant use of non-metric units and standards in many sectors of the Canadian economy and everyday life today. This is mainly due to historical ties with the United Kingdom, the traditional use of the imperial system of measurement in Canada, proximity to the United States, and strong public opposition to metrication during the transition period.
Yeah. it’s almost like I told you, the country officially switched. I also told you tradesmen and cooks switch back to imperial automatically. you’re presenting this like it isn’t exactly what i said to you. I was in the trades for years, all the foreigners that do the carpentry work in Vancouver do the exact same thing, Somali, French, Irish, Aussie, NZ, Mexican, Argentinian
You are talking about a country that switched recently and is still mixed because of that. It’s obviously different to countries that have been metric for a lot longer. Nobody here is using fahrenheit for cooking, that’d be bizarre.
Out of curiosity, what is the benefit, in your mine, for someone in my country to use fahrenheit for cooking? It makes zero sense to me, unless it’s somethint you’re used to.
I was in the trades for years, all the foreigners that do the carpentry work in Vancouver do the exact same thing, Somali, French, Irish, Aussie, NZ, Mexican, Argentinian
No shit people use the country’s measurements. Do you think tradesmen in Finland use whatever imperial system uses? Of course they use metric since that’s the done thing and everything is in metric
“I don’t know what’s natural, but I live in Finland where we use the metric / SI system extensively. Some people don’t even know how long an inch is, let alone a foot.
Recently I was building a roof with an old, very experienced builder. Turns out that on construction sites, nails and planks are always discussed in inches, even when they’re actually metric. So a 60mm nail would be “a two point fiver” (“kakspuokki” or such in Finnish).” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12241565. You can shut the fuck up anytime
Canada is a metric country. Don’t be a dolt. Fahrenheit is more precise, smaller degrees.
Canada and the UK have switched from the imperial system to the metric system relatively recently, and as such it is understandable that the imperial system is still entrenched in some areas (such as possibly cooking).
Most metric countries have been metric for centuries and use metric for basically everything, and certainly don’t randomly use Fahrenheit of all things.
If your idea about Metric countries is Canada or the UK, then you don’t really have an idea.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12241565
They’re not talking about actual measurements in imperial units but about things which have been named after their American labels, which happen to be based on imperial measurements. Like the thread you link says, the actual sizes are defined in millimeters.
Just because we also have Quarter Pounders in McDonalds doesn’t mean we use imperial measurements.
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They were indeed.
I’m starting to feel you don’t really know what you’re talkint about, sorry to say
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Canada
Lmao. Someone needs to learn about decimals. Absolutely nobody here uses Fahrenheit for cooking. You are being silly
Oh look, it says Canada is a metric country.
…for many purposes
Yeah. it’s almost like I told you, the country officially switched. I also told you tradesmen and cooks switch back to imperial automatically. you’re presenting this like it isn’t exactly what i said to you. I was in the trades for years, all the foreigners that do the carpentry work in Vancouver do the exact same thing, Somali, French, Irish, Aussie, NZ, Mexican, Argentinian
You are talking about a country that switched recently and is still mixed because of that. It’s obviously different to countries that have been metric for a lot longer. Nobody here is using fahrenheit for cooking, that’d be bizarre.
Out of curiosity, what is the benefit, in your mine, for someone in my country to use fahrenheit for cooking? It makes zero sense to me, unless it’s somethint you’re used to.
No shit people use the country’s measurements. Do you think tradesmen in Finland use whatever imperial system uses? Of course they use metric since that’s the done thing and everything is in metric
I wouldn’t be surprised, everywhere else does. I really doubt you’re a carpenter, inches and feet simply work better in that trade.
Lmao you have no clue of the world outside of Canada and the US.
Which is alright in itself, but you are so confidently incorrect that it pains me.
“I don’t know what’s natural, but I live in Finland where we use the metric / SI system extensively. Some people don’t even know how long an inch is, let alone a foot. Recently I was building a roof with an old, very experienced builder. Turns out that on construction sites, nails and planks are always discussed in inches, even when they’re actually metric. So a 60mm nail would be “a two point fiver” (“kakspuokki” or such in Finnish).” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12241565. You can shut the fuck up anytime