Obviously, the don't find it useful, so they're largely discarded.

But they're not similar.  Obviously, the decimeter has been deemed too small a unit to be a sufficient intermediary for common use.  Otherwise, it would be used more often.

Stating an opinion doesn't mean that a person thinks that opinion is objective.

Do you internet?

What's racist about making a simplistic, broad, negative over-generalization about a group of people that one clearly disfavors?

Pretty much everything.

They're not nearly the same size.  A foot's a solid 3x as large.  While not a definitive obstacle (the difference between a centimeter and an inch is about 2.5x after all), for whatever reason, the difference in scale seems to have made it so that the decimeter isn't used.  That's my guess.  Does it matter?  Whatever the reason, it's obviously a little-used unit.

The reason is it isn`t needed, just as foot really isn`t as well.

I'm not even sure what you're trying to prove.  Why do little-used units keep getting brought up?

To show you that you using it doesn`t show it is better or more practical to the rest of the world. No one outside USA really have a need to use intermediates but you try to tout is as some very important thing.

"It's probably too small," is too difficult for a 2nd grader to understand?  I suspect if there were a unit that was a 1/4 of a meter (still smaller than a foot, but more or less analogous), it'd be very popular.

It wouldn`t, that is what you miss to get. In Brazil for example we don`t even use fractions if we can avoid So we don`t have quarter to something, or past a quarter, etc. At most we have half, like half hour or half dozen. We rather use smaller units than odd conversions that really need some math to do.

It's what I mean by the metric system being too rigid.  It doesn't allow for units that fit more naturally with the users.

Our units fit perfectly fine with us, and still here we have no issue in culinary people using spoons as measurement but that isn`t really precise or strictly followed. You can use decimals, fractions, intermediate units if you want, but people would look odd at you and ask why are you doing it.

I've never said my opinion was absolute.  Frankly, this is a silly line of discussion.  You're literally complaining that I believe what I'm saying.

No, I was discussing you not saying it was your opinion but discussing as if you were bringing facts.

Now you're requiring that I admit to someone else's baseless assumption?

Why can't I just make the same demand of you.  Admit that the only reason you think metric is superior is because you're used to it.  If you don't, using your logic, you're committing the same sin I am and believe your opinion is an objective fact.

So he saying it was your preference and that comes from use is a baseless assumption? So it really seems you were trying to say you were using facts.

Factually metric system is superior, on subjective and preference I simply don`t care. And since you confessed you are just talking about your preference I`m out.

Fine, whatever.

Grouping people into a negative stereotype based on their nationality, race, sex, etc. = Really, really, really bad in modern society.

It is cool that you play this victim card and then on the post after attack Rol and rest of forum goers and other countries in same generic way.

I don't mind. My support of terrorism was another one of those instances where you were standing on your own and nobody sympathized with you.

As for being used to a system, suppose you have yet to choose a system. One of the two systems has a logical and consistent conversion between its different units of measurements while the other system does not have this. Objectively, the more logical and convenient system is the superior one. Hence why so many countries have switched to the metric system whereas no country has ever switched into the other direction.

The whole discussion can be narrowed down to one single thing: Your continued denial that having logical and consistent conversion rates is more useful than not having them.

And this is why I have no problem standing alone.  People such as you who think that violence is acceptable for someone thinking wrong.  A simple bully that plays to the crowd.

That you would proudly say as much without fear of either social or moderator consequence says much about both you and forum at large.

If that one factor was the only consideration, sure.  But it is not.

Politicians liking simplicity does not make for a superior method.

No, the whole discussion narrows down to this not being the only factor.  Unit flexibility and conforming to the real world is also valid consideration.

In any case, I think you're done.