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Originally Posted by Juevento [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah there is rough an order of magnitude difference between Pa and psi.

Any time I have to think in metric I find myself doing mental conversions to get to the relevant english unit. 1mm = 0.039", 2.54 cm = 1", N = whothefuckevenknows lbf. I think one of the stupid things about metric is that the mass term is extremely prevalent, whereas with imperial units you deal more with weights. To me that's one of the reasons it is more useful for everyday (earth-based) work.

Conversions are always a bitch. That's just a very good reason to convert.

mms to inches - I see that as an inherent flaw in the Imperial system. Inches just aren't quite fine enough. There needs to be something smaller.

Kilograms work just as well as pounds on Earth, and better if not on Earth.

And don't get me started on all of that horrible cup/pint/gallon/teaspoon/Tbsp crap. I grew up with that shit, and it still pisses me off.