I hate that I know imperial better than metric for certain things. I grew up using stone, pounds, and ounces for weight, and feet and inches for height, but I can't really think in feet and inches for distance - easier for me to think in metres. But my main points of reference for the weight and height of a person are pro wrestling and American football, so I know what my height - 6"2 - means but don't really know what 1.89m means. In the UK, we're sort of all over the place with what units we use; we still use miles instead of kilometres, but I know litres better than pints/gallons/floz. I'd be in favour of switching everything to metric to be in line with the rest of Europe, even though it would probably give me more of a headache than most people of my generation.
Also the temperature should be in Celsius.
And the first day of the week is Monday, and that is a hill that I am willing to die on.
Oh, and here's a quote from FX's Archer, season five:
Malory: "Metric? Who uses metric?"
Lana: "Every single country on the planet, except for us, Liberia, and Burma".
Archer: "Wow, really? Coz you never think of those other two as having their shit together".
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