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(4,498 posts) Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:21 PM Thursday

We have allowed and embraced 5.56mm and 9mm in our elementary schools for decades.

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Sticking with Arabic numbers? multigraincracker Thursday #1

The metric system is taught in school for 50 years at least... WarGamer Thursday #2

What is "science class"? kwolf68 Thursday #3

Crass. sarisataka Thursday #4

You truly believe this was supposed to be "funny"? Enter stage left Thursday #6

I didn't say it was a good joke. sarisataka Thursday #7

It wasn't a joke at all, it was fact. Enter stage left Thursday #8

still left me behind .... stopdiggin Thursday #10

One of my favorite "dumb American" tweets sarisataka Thursday #11

'Crass' does not equal 'funny' stopdiggin Thursday #9

I was taught it for scientific work, but outside of it, no metric system sakabatou Yesterday #12