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Presidential Candidate Lincoln Chaffee Proposes That US Go Metric

Posted by timothy on from the speak-for-yourself dept.

New submitter Applehu Akbar writes: The good news is that for the first time in years, a candidate in the next presidential cycle has proposed completing our transition to the metric system. Though unfortunately it's Lincoln Chaffee, let's all hope that this long-standing nerd issue gets into the 2016 debate because of this. Warning: Lame CNN autoplaying video.

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  1. But 'Murica?! by Moof123 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am surprised the republican field has not proposed we get rid of the english system for Biblical set of measures in units of Palms, Spans, and Cubits.

  2. Re:Meh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a non-starter of a proposal from a non-starter of a candidate. There is no huge push in the US to go fully metric right now.

    Never go full metric.

  3. Re:Meh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just like most of the inhabitants of Europe don't understand that the USA is mind-boggingly huge and is only bordered by two countries.