I have a question for people that use the metric system (AKA most of humanity that’s sane and normal)

[b]In the metric system, which is used by most of the world, there are several common distances that are used to describe the relative proximity of objects or the duration of time. These distances can vary depending on the context, but here are a few examples:[/b]

Centimeters: Centimeters are often used to describe small distances or the size of objects. For example, you might say "this pencil is about 15 centimeters long" or "I need to move this object about 2 centimeters to the left."

Meters: Meters are a bit longer than centimeters, and they are often used to describe larger distances or the dimensions of objects. For example, you might say "this room is about 3 meters wide" or "I need to move this table about 1 meter to the right."

Kilometers: Kilometers are even longer than meters, and they are often used to describe very large distances or the size of large objects. For example, you might say "this city is about 10 kilometers wide" or "I need to drive about 100 kilometers to get to work."

Minutes: Minutes are often used to describe the duration of time. For example, you might say "I'll be there in about 5 minutes" or "it takes about 30 minutes to drive to work."

Hours: Hours are a bit longer than minutes, and they are often used to describe longer periods of time. For example, you might say "I need to work for about 8 hours today" or "it takes about 12 hours to fly from New York to Los Angeles."

Overall, the metric system provides a consistent and standardized way of measuring distances and durations. By using common units like centimeters, meters, kilometers, minutes, and hours, people can easily communicate and understand the size and duration of various objects and events.

The sane world does not use metric. metric is good in the lab but not so good in the real world. Sadly many people are not educated enough in the Imperial system to realize its advantages. While things in labs and on computers divide nicely by ten in the real world things are measured by halves or halves of halves or halves of halves of halves.

"Directly" is a wonderful term that means "it'll happen, but maybe not in your lifetime."

This is highly subjective

Body parts or common objects can be used to measure distance.

Though my country is metric people often use feet and inches to express height of a person or sometimes buildings.

What weird responses.

Canada uses an insane blend of metric/imperial but when driving distnace is in "clicks" which is kilometres, or more usually in minutes. "Head six minutes down highway 55 and take a left at the cow."

"10 centrimeters" (it would be more like 15 to match 6 feet, but rounding it makes it more colloquial)

"10cm from my nose" is definitely an expression at least here. Or even more generically "A few centimeters".

I believe people just use the imperial system references when trying to give a generic measurement. Especially when comparing centimeters to feet.

I like using actual measurements. I hate it when I need to see or talk with someone, and they tell me, "just a minute." That could mean anywhere from a minute to [i]hours.[/i]

I believe it is "a stone's throw" that is the internationally recognized unit of approximate distance