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When I was a child in the 70s, metric was hyped everywhere from my science classroom to PBS. Then Reagan let an advisor talk him into torpedoing the official change. Can't say when, but over time I woke to the fact the change would never happen.
I hate measuring stuff in fractions. Trying to replace a part, reading my calipers, "Is that... uh, 7'16"? Fuck it. It's 11mm, I'll convert it."
I do like F for temperature as it applies to human comfort. No it's not logical, but 0F is cold as hell, 100F is hot as hell. Plus, there's more "resolution". Go up 1C and that's roughly 2F. I often change the thermostat up and down by 1F. 1C would sometimes be too big a change. C for all science use cases, of course.