[perl4ever]

>its basis focused on the planet instead of on a body part

It was based on both, and both measurements are completely determined by the happenstance of life on earth rather than the laws of nature.

>which caused major issues when bordering jurisdictions used different sizes for a "foot"

The meter has also had varying definitions leading to slightly different values. Obviously if you are going to base it on the size of the earth there is going to be some uncertainty and of course that's not the current definition.

I'm not really trying to convince you or anybody that meters are not superior to yards, just that it's hard to explain why without appealing to prejudice and/or making categorical statements that are false.

>The choice for the decimal system is much more akin to the choice of 3/12/8/10 in the imperial system.

Is it correct to call SI the decimal system? Powers of ten time units never caught on above seconds.