This is a mild tangent but I learned how to convert celsius to fahrenheit because of a Codename: Kids Next Store episode that I watched once wherein a character says “30c, 30 celsius that’s like 80 degrees fahrenheit”. Which is honestly not the weirdest thing to learn from but it is my number one.
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kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s 1992. Your mom just took you through the Dairy Queen drive in after supper. It was 30C today, and it’s going to be 35C tomorrow, but you’re an American child in 1992 and have no idea what that means in Freedom Units.
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rmuk@feddit.uk 11 hours ago
but it is my number one.
You mean your numbuh one.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
I walked right into that one didn’t I.
SpraynardKruger@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is super convoluted to some people, but its the easiest way for my weird American brain to convert it on the fly:
The conversion most sources give you is:
(9/5)*°C—32=°F
But I find it easier to break it down into those 3 simple steps. If you’re the kind of person who calculates 20% of X in two steps [20%*X=(0.1X)*2], you might also like my weird method of converting °C to °F.
rmuk@feddit.uk 11 hours ago
My method:
Water freezes at 0°C (about 30°F) and boils at 100°C (about 210°F).
100°F is about half way between those two numbers on the Fahrenheit scale, but closer to the lower one.
On the Celsius scale I would describe 40°C the same way.
100°F ≈ 40°C