Not listing alternate units second, not converted on screen, not called “freedom units” and not hiding behind the excuse of “most our audience is in the US”

Mostly thinking YT channels like Wendover, Bluejay, sometimes Practical Engineering and even some European ones like TLDR News

The difference between a meter and yard is less than that of a measured vs “eyeballed” yard and everybody knows what 0 C and 100 C are so the learning curve is also massively (by at least 50 kg) exaggerated

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    10 months ago

    In New Zealand we have a joke that everything is in blocks of cheese (1kg is the standard cheese size).

    When it’s international news I would like them to at least state the square km instead of only talking about some random landmark though.