Comment on Fuck Fahrenheit

• Dabundis@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The thing that makes any unit useful is being an agreed upon standard, which is true of both F and C. the “feel right” part is just how it got there. When Celsius stuck a thermometer in freezing water and marked its position, he called that 100 degrees based on vibes. Later on, a french academic decided that actually freezing should be 0 and boiling should be 100, and that decision was based on vibes. Why is it any different when Farenheit made a vibes based decision to put 0 in a different spot than celsius?

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’t know if you’re making a joke but this is about someone claiming Fahrenheit is better because “zero feels pretty cold and 100 pretty hot” lol

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