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I think we can all agree that imperial units are stupid.



The entire point of imperial units is that you can always easily just take half of size. But yes, remembering if there are 36 vs 48 of them in a measure vs increments of 10 is the silliest part to me.


>The entire point of imperial units is that you can always easily just take half of size

Is that why there are 3 feet in a yard, 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon, and 231 cubic inches in a gallon?




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