yeah this is imperial washing. they setup a colony and left it with an antiquated system of measures, then cheated off their neighbor for a better one.

And legally America does use the metric system...

And at least Americans use a consistent system of measures. Not the weird half breed that the UK uses.

But isn’t it very British to take everyone else’s shit and claim it as their own?

The British didn't even begin to adopt the metric system until in the last third of the 20th century or so, and even then thr transition was not immediate.

The imperial system and the US customary system are different for volume and weight

Also, the metric system is french.

So same as soccer

Don’t forget to give your weight in stones and a horses height in hands..

We even measure the same thing using different standards. The three tyre measurements are taken in mm, mm, and inches.

I put it down to us being smarter than everyone else.

Beer depends on where you get it. Bottle/can? ml. Glass at the pub? Pint.

Yeah, most deer are taller than bicycles

One Imperial deer is 1.74832 bicycles. If you're going to use a retarded system, you must also use retarded significant figures.

Actually we use both. For example, body weight is (traditionally) stone and lbs, but parcel weight is usually kg.

The same is true for length; height in feet, but stuff like room measurements in cm.

I think the only area where we're actually consistent is traveling distance? All signs and gauges are in Mph rather than Km/h. In fact the only time I can think of someone talking about distance in kilometres, is to do with sports (IE a 5k/10k running event).

Sugar, cake mix, and corn syrup!? Better add a pinch of salt (to taste) to balance out all that sweetness!

But I highly encourage everyone to ask “Okay, but is that a Swedish mile, nautical mile, Roman mile, or Chinese mile?” whenever miles comes up with Americans.

I find it tedious when someone pretends not to understand a conversation just to make some academic point, don't you?