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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 months agoNo, it’s just because the US never really converted to the metric system. Degrees Fahrenheit are zeroed at the freezing temperature of brine, and there are exactly 180 degrees from freezing to boiling water because that was an easy number to divide (like the 360 degrees in a circle).
eletes@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
But really it’s because when you’re used to big numbers all your life, why would you limit yourself to puny smaller numbers
Allero@lemmy.today 10 months ago
Seems like Americans also choose cars by this principle
warm@kbin.earth 10 months ago
Hello decimals.
Rothe@piefed.social 10 months ago
Americans fear them.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
To be fair, fractions are inherently superior