The case against the metric system

“Down with metrics! We don’t need no foreign rulers!”
•Cracked magazine, ca. 1982.

I’m not here to tell you not to use the metric system. It’s fine, the metric system is fine. Like most systems, it has good parts and bad parts. I am here to tell you that the metric system as is generally sold in America, is a bill of goods. If the metric system could help you you probably already use. Everyone else is just getting lied to by people with mental problems.

Like many Americans, I got sold the metric sy...