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I love the machine-generated ones, where it'll say "1 kilogram, or 2.20462 lbs".

I could understand if they went to 59 feet. But yards are roughly the same as a meter. Why even bother?

The replies to this make me think I've found "my people". Can we form a group?

Why? Those are both close enough for the intended purpose. 20 yards would be too imprecise, and 19 yards 24 inches is too wordy...

18 meters is the approximation. 19.5 yards implies more precision in the measurement than is appropriate.

The original data has two significant figures, but the imperial conversion has three.

19 yards 18 inches? Did the yard become larger overnight to 48 inches instead of 36?

I think we can all agree that imperial units are stupid.

The entire point of imperial units is that you can always easily just take half of size. But yes, remembering if there are 36 vs 48 of them in a measure vs increments of 10 is the silliest part to me.

>The entire point of imperial units is that you can always easily just take half of size

Is that why there are 3 feet in a yard, 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon, and 231 cubic inches in a gallon?