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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

considering america is the only place that uses it, i can't really find any other factor to use.

the point of a temperature scale is to quantify temperature as to ease its communication. if one player is using a different scale that's just complicating things.

also, if its an "intuitive" scale, surely it should take human bias into account?