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[–] adriaan 34 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The measurement for temperatures you experience really does not matter outside of what you're used to, do you think non-Americans get confused about how cold 6°C or 23°C is?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Temperature scale doesn't matter in daily life, so I hate that there's always this argument about which scale makes more sense. Knowing what a given temperature feels like is no more difficult than remembering that water freezes at 32 degrees fahrenheit and boils at 212.

I'm all for a system based around multiples of 10, but for temperature, even Celsius isn't done that way, other than 0 and 100.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Which is why Kelvin is superior.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Every temperature scale in our usual range is pretty arbitrary at the end of the day, but you have to admit that the fixpoints of Fahrenheit are particularly useless in everyday life.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Americans always say they prever Fahrenheit over Celsius because the measurment is more exact. Also Americans: "The weather is in the fifties today.“

They just like to find excuses why they prefer the things that they are used to. It's human nature.