Why hasnt the US changed to the metric system?

haha, YO wrote:

Off the Grid wrote:

Metric 1.78 x 1.02 = 1.734sq m

there is nothing more to do...

You are a f***ing moron, check you marth.

"check you marth" needs to become the new "ummm, ever heard of Jordan Hasay?" around here.

Off the Grid wrote

charm school....its worth EVERY penny....

So is high school. A shame you wasted it.

The question is idiotic. The accuracy is completely unrelated to the units being used. It is completely unaffected by them. It has nothing to do with time. How many times must this be said before it begins to sink in for you?

No. Not "might" There's no question it would be completely 100% accurate. Becuase the accuracy has alrady been determined.

Your use of quotation marks around the word merely demonstrates that you don't even understand what it means.

Again with the quotation marks. The metric answer is no more accurate. You just don't have the grasp of vocabulary the rest of us do.

Don't feel bad. Just keep your mouth shut next time.

Yes I agree with you that Americans are smart, I just felt bad fot that other americans insecurity.

The nation of Japan achieved 100% literacy in 1910. This is 2010. 1910 was 100 years ago. As of today, no other nation has come close to 100% literacy. The U.S. should be well advised.

Wake up wrote:

Just keep your mouth shut next time.

....add another one to the list, "Jealous Defenders of the Status Quo"

I'm in my midfifties and was taught the same thing.

american arrogance wrote:

I watched a very funny comedy routine by Wanda Sykes about this subject a few days ago. When I was in grade school they taught us the metric system, because they said the US would be converting to that system in the near future. I'm in my early forties and I'm still waiting. Almost every other country on earth uses the metric system besides us, whats up?

Wake up wrote:

Just keep your mouth shut next time.

Off the Grid wrote:

....add another one to the list, "Jealous Defenders of the Status Quo"

No I'm all for switching to the metric system. I simply have no tolerance for morons such as yourself, so uneducated on even the most basic vocabulary that you can't construct a coherent argument.

Go buy a dictionary.

Off the Grid wrote:

The military does everything in metric, and for a very good reason.

Are you talking about the American military? Army uses km for distance, but the Navy and Air Force use nautical miles. They all used feet for altitude.

Oh and to answer the OP's question, the answer is inertia.

american arrogance wrote:

I watched a very funny comedy routine by Wanda Sykes about this subject a few days ago. When I was in grade school they taught us the metric system, because they said the US would be converting to that system in the near future. I'm in my early forties and I'm still waiting. Almost every other country on earth uses the metric system besides us, whats up?

We largely have converted to the metric system as far as discussing scientific and formal matters. But Americans are familiar with the English system, and it will take awhile for the average American to start thinking in terms of the metric system. It's like learning a new language. To most Americans, someone long jumping 8.74 meters doesn't mean much, but long jumping 28 feet, 8.25 inches does.