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by bmn__ 2278 days ago
> my point is that it's all super arbitrary

Granted. Yet it is wrong of you to imply that makes all measurement systems equally bad.

> There was no reason to switch because there are no benefits in switching.

SI has two advantages designed into it, namely easy conversion between unit orders of magnitude (e.g. 1 ℓ = 10 dℓ = 100 cℓ = 1000 mℓ), and easy conversion between units (e.g. 1 t water = 1 ㎥ water, 1 ℓ water = 1 ㍹ water).