The metric system
The completely misguided and pointless obsession with keeping vestiges of the old ‘Imperial’ units despite the obvious convenience and benefits of shifting to the SI (metric) systems.
I find the whole concept the “Metric Martyr” stupid, based upon the fallacious notion (championed by the Daily Mail and tabloids of that ilk) that the metric system - a foreign product - is being forced upon Britain by the EU to destroy the heritage and culture of the UK in some way.
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