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[–] [email protected] 56 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Farenheit is asking Americans how hot they feel.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, pretty much. I figured it was probably implied that I’m in the states. :)

I mean, SI units are objectively the best, and align with metric in most cases, but my brain is conditioned to accept Fahrenheit and miles per hour natively. Celsius and km/h have to go through an interpreter to convert them.

I have to say though, km/h has that “0 to 100” thing going for it that Fahrenheit does. 100 isn’t the fastest you’ll go, but it’s a typical highway speed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I have to say though, km/h has that “0 to 100” thing going for it that Fahrenheit does. 100 isn’t the fastest you’ll go, but it’s a typical highway speed.

but we could be using meters per second

[–] Thief_of_Crows 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do Americans feel heat differently or something?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They're one of only 3 countries in the world who still use °F, and represent 98% of the population who do so. So it's basically just America.

[–] Thief_of_Crows 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So because right now only Americans use fahrenheit, it must be bad? Holy logical fallacy batman

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

No it’s bad for many reasons, that’s just why people say it’s American

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Fahrenheit is our broken clock being right once a day