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[–] agamemnonymous 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I almost never experience below -5C

Okay. Fahrenheit did. 0°F was supposedly based on the lowest air temperature he measured in his hometown.

This isn't about pain points and special clothing, it's about measuring the typical range of climate.

[–] where_am_i 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. He did. I don't. So, don't push on me some guy's hometown lowest temperature as a 0.

(Also he did a bit more than just measure the low of his hometown, but it sorta correlates to his location)

[–] agamemnonymous 1 points 2 months ago

It's a system designed to correlate to typical ambient temperatures, which it does. Just as Celsius is designed to correlate to water temperatures, and Kelvin is designed to correlate to absolute temperatures. Hence the top comment: Fahrenheit is how humans feel (range of climate temperatures humans live in), Celsius is how water feels (range of temperatures for liquid water), Kelvin is how the universe feels (range of all temperatures).

Denying the nature of the general scale because you don't personally use the whole thing is as silly as calling Celsius pointless because you don't personally use ice cubes.