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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day ago
Seems like Americans also choose cars by this principle
warm@kbin.earth 1 day ago
Hello decimals.
Rothe@piefed.social 1 day ago
Americans fear them.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
To be fair, fractions are inherently superior