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r/Metric

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This community promotes the International System of Units (SI) and its use around the world.

Posts discussing metrology, measurement, the SI system, standardisation and related topics are welcome!

Please post jokes, memes and cartoons to r/metriccrusade

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9 months ago
Watermelon sales in metric system banned (Bandladesh)
Metrication – other countries
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9 months ago
"Anti-European" lady in a shoe shop | Cross posted from r/retail
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9 months ago
If witches on an imaginary planet use the metric system for cooking, what's stopping you, America?
Metrication - general
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9 months ago
Metric Sabbatical | The Metric Maven
Blog posts/web articles
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9 months ago
How did campaigners for the metric system get their message across 120 years ago? | Metric Views – UK Metric Association
Metrication – UK
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9 months ago
Reports of a Florida high school athletic results, entirely in metric units with no conversions
Metrication – US
in Florida
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9 months ago
The Decimal Point is 150 Years Older Than You Thought | WORT Community Radio, Madison Wisconsin
Metric History
in Madison, WI
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9 months ago
U.S. vs. U.K. Measurements | MSN news – A discussion of measurements used in cooking
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9 months ago
What do nations that have been using the metric system forever call mileage? | The Georgia Straight, Vancouver, British Columbia
in Georgia, US
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9 months ago
From 100 years ago: . . . the quart must take on international proportions—become a world quart
Metric History
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9 months ago
"Soft" and "hard" metrication are now known as "conversion" and "substitution" | From the USMA e-mail list
Discussion
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9 months ago
Will we ever get the metric system?
Blog posts/web articles
to r/Metric by klystron
9 months ago
A discussion of the use of US units in scientific articles in r/space
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9 months ago
An article on Hackaday.com about firefighting equipment for oil well fires ignites a firestorm of comments saying that a tech-oriented website should use the metric system.
Discussion
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9 months ago
Remembering bygone world full of Weights and Measures | Connaught Tribune, Republic of Ireland
in Ireland
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9 months ago
Preview thumbnail for The Metric System (My Metric Swan Song) with Randy Bancroft | YouTube video of a lecture by The Metric Maven on the metric system and its history (and lack of a future) in the US, at the Secular Hub, Denver 2024-01-13 image
The Metric System (My Metric Swan Song) with Randy Bancroft | YouTube video of a lecture by The Metric Maven on the metric system and its history (and lack of a future) in the US, at the Secular Hub, Denver 2024-01-13
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9 months ago
Metric Views: Don’t expect to see pints of wine in the shops
Metrication – UK
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9 months ago
What is the state of America's "Metric Embargo?"
Discussion
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9 months ago
We Don't Need No Stinkin' Meters at NBC
Metric failure :snoo_facepalm:
to r/Metric by klystron
9 months ago
Never miss an opportunity to knock the metric system
Blog posts/web articles
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9 months ago
My brother Davy and the metric system
Metrication – other countries
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9 months ago
Why is the U.S. one of just a few countries in the world that exclusively uses Fahrenheit? | Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas
Metrication – US
in Houston, TX
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9 months ago
METRIC ENVY: How many feet does it take to kick out Imperial measures? | The Hudson Independent
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9 months ago
Why there's a highway sign in kilometers on the Bay Area's Interstate 580 | sfgate.com
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9 months ago
The Disadvantages of Using the Metric System | ehow.com
Blog posts/web articles