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• errer@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Celsius is no more “sensible” than Fahrenheit for human comfort.

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  • mysoulishome@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    lol there is no reason to cling to the idea that feet and yards, Fahrenheit, pounds snd ounces, cups and pints make any sense.….it’s kind of embarrassing as an American. We should have just bit the bullet and switched 40 years ago but we are lazy and have no willpower.

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    • slowwooderrunsdeep@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      American here too… I’m totally OK with switching to metric as long as we keep Fahrenheit for weather. It just makes so much more sense.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Celsius is an absolute measurement of a physical phenomenon, and can be tested to check its validity. Fahrenheit is a measurement of what some person a long time ago personally feel like at the time, and it’s not even accurate for most humans.

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      • vector_zero@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        IMO it’s not even about something making sense, we’re just very accustomed to fahrenheit, so it feels more natural to us.

        I’ll be the first to admit that I have no idea about what’s warm and cold in Celsius. I know 0 is quite cold, 20 is room temperature, and 100 is near instant death.

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      • trk@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How does it make more sense??? They’re both just numbers in a scale, but at least one had a useful couple of data points.

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      • mysoulishome@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m ok with Fahrenheit but would just make it easier if the whole world used the same, so I’d be cool with switching.

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    • errer@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Using -10 - 40 as a range of temperatures experienced by humans makes way less sense than 0 - 100. We’re a base 10 species so it’s much better for regular use.

      Metric aficionados rightly point out that the other measures are all nicely base 10, so why doesn’t that argument hold for temperature too? Celsius is inferior.

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      • spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Water boils at 100 celcius and freezes at zero. Most temp ranges are (~)-40 to +40 (for now). Each base 10 you speak of gets a slightly different outfit. It’s intuitive and easy to plan for.

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      • Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        “The ranges experienced by humans” is extremely variable. My friends from hotter countries can barely handle 10°C, but are fine at 40°C, and it’s entirely the opposite for me.

        I assure you that for regular use, Celsius works great. I don’t really think either is better than the other in practice (outside of chemistry), but “it’s the range people experience” is kinda bull. A 10 degree F difference from 0 to 10 is very different from 60 to 70.

        Also, water freezing at 0°C (and boiling at 100°C, to a lesser degree) is quite convenient in everyday life. Just check for a minus sign and you know if it can freeze.

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    • Senex@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s the tool manufacturers. They love selling you two sets of socket wrench sizes for $$$$.

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  • Senex@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Down with you Imperial fascist! Long live the Metric!

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• mysoulishome@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Good bot

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• shaiatan@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The “sensible” nature of everything besides Kelvin is just opinion.

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• debounced@kbin.run ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  dungarees science

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