the rest of the world should change
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CalypsoGirl@lemmy.today 2 days ago
I wish USA would go metric so I could instinctively understand what 45⁰C is without consulting a conversion calculator. I’m guessing 45⁰C is 90-100F? BRB lemme verify …
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 2 days ago
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 days ago
Nah, we can adopt metric but I’ll never quit using Fahrenheit.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah, F is just more accurate. I know you can use decimals, but I never see anyone post C temps as 20.2. It’s 20 or it’s 21, which is anywhere from 68-69.8F, expressed as 70. We’ve got a whole extra degree in there!
cunnililgus@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Honestly it doesnt matter. It depends on wind, humidity etc that difference between 20 and 21 is non-existent.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
People round out time all the time, why is that different. C is more accurate, people round out of convenience. How accurate to a tenth of degree is almost never relevant. A cloud moves in front of the sun and you feel it change… so you ballpark it.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 days ago
C is more accurate? Please, please explain that one to me. And don’t use the BS about water boiling or freezing because neither happen a precisely 0 or 100 where I live anyway (or almost anywhere)
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
45°C = humid (+40) hot desert-like climate (for middle europe)
jayands@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What I did, was I just switched my phone’s weather app to Celsius and spent a year walking outside to work. It rewires your sense of temperature.
CalypsoGirl@lemmy.today 2 days ago
That sounds like a great idea! Then I remembered the reality of how I use my weather app. I use it when I’m too lazy to go outside to check the temperature IRL 😂
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 days ago
Nah, Ive lived a couple of years in places that use C but that is nowhere near long enough to fully rewire your brain. I’ll be thinking in F til I die