What are the disadvantages of the metric system?

In a previous post, I alluded to some of the disadvantages of the metric system, and I think it's something worth expanding on in its own post. The metric system is very useful and has its advantages, which I have included in this post. read more

The metric system's disadvantages include: It completely dodged any decimalization of time (except fractions of a second). [Though decimalization of time had been and continues to be discussed ad nauseum.] The second is now so embedded into the metric system that we would have to scrap it entirely if we changed to any other measure of time. read more

The metric system is a decimal system, so it's easier to learn than the non-decimal U.S. system. Using the metric system has several advantages over the U.S. system, but fractions are easier with the U.S. system. read more