Nah, meters are very straightforward and easy to work with. How far is a kilofoot? God only knows, but a kilometre is a trivially visualized distance. What's 1/100 of a foot? Dunno, but with meters it's a centimeter which is, again intuitively easy to grasp.

[–] uralsolo@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

a kilometre is a trivially visualized distance

Only when you've gotten used to it. The thing with your examples is that very rarely does anyone actually need a kilofoot or 1/100th of a foot, but they very, very frequently need a mile or an inch. Metric was designed to make sense on paper, standard measurements were designed to be useful in every day situations.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

What do you use a mile for? One km is about a 15 minute walk.