Rules
Don't be whiny
We advocate for metrication. Do not complain about obstacles and slow progress unless you also have ideas for solutions. Note that criticism and insults directed towards imperial units are just fine.
America, Fuck Yeah
We do not tolerate whimpering and sniveling about Americans being too this or that to understand metric. Ain't nobody got time to listen to tankies, bootlickers, and jihadists cry about the U.S.
NASA used metric for the Apollo flight calculations thus making America the one and only nation on earth to use metric to land a human on the moon.
America, Fuck Yeah! 🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸
No unit conversion tips
Doing unit conversions is like driving a rusted out Yugo or Trabant. Sure, you can do it, but why? Unit conversions hamper intuitive understanding of measurements and harm numeracy. Unit conversions are a distracting waste of time.
Do not debate spelling or pronunciation
In America we spell and pronounce some metric words, like kilometer, differently than in other countries. That's fine — variety is the spice of life. Do not debate spelling and pronunciation. Being pedantic and annoying makes all metric advocates seem like dweeby jerks.
The same goes for spaces and commas. Official science and engineering documents should put a space between the numerical value and unit symbol in order to consistently adher to SI rules. In casual writing, however, dropping the space often looks better and is perfectly acceptable.
Also, we Americans use a comma as the thousands separator, and this is great for clarity. 1 234 is confusing and causes formatting errors. 1,234 is clear.
Don't be pedantic
Following SI (International System of Units) rules correctly is important in professional domains such as scholarly publishing, engineering specifications, government regulations, and business contracts. However, SI rules are not helpful when casually communicating about things like your height and weight.
We support metrication, and adherence to the finer details of SI rules is a separate discussion from metrication.
Don't lie about elephants being imperial units
A frame of reference, such as an elephant or a school bus, spices up storytelling. Authors incorporate frames of reference to create interesting visualizations, and communication would be more dull without them. An elephant is neither imperial nor metric, so don't claim that a frame of reference is a way to avoid metric.
Metric clock gibberish is prohibited
Metric clocks are a goofy idea that have nothing to do with metrication. A tenth of a day is a useless time interval, so the whole idea of a metric clock can never catch on. The base SI unit for time is the second, and the other units of time, like minute and hour, are just convenient derivations of the second.