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I'm not even making this up ....
The US really will do anything to avoid using metric lol
Canada geese are metric tho…
Our ongoing war with Canadian geese are actually the reason why we didn't convert to metric. The geese have a harder time converting their flight paths if we list things in imperial.
Canada geese are whatever the fuck they want.
That's hilarious.
That's to be interesting for readers.
It also stands out a lot more than using meters. And gets people to talk about the ridiculous unit of measurement. In short, it drives engagement, which is the point of the title these days.