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“Fahrenheit is how people feel” only makes sense if said people have never used another scale. You know how 100F “feels” because that’s what you use. If you used Celsius you’d know how that scale feels instead, and be used to using the more useful scale generally.

See also: people who think they don’t have an accent.

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ericbomb@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
100 f is pretty close to average body temperature.

So above 100 means your surroundings are hotter than your body is unless you have a fever.

I think that’s an okay land mark.

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- Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I have zero reference for how hot my body is because I don’t feel my ambient temperature.
  
  What I do know is that I feel cold if it’s anything below 30, and I know other people feel hot if it’s above 20. So what people consider hot/cold must clearly be based on something more than the average body temperature
  
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  - ericbomb@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’m not saying it’s perfect.
    
    But 100 being body temp is a land mark, so it’s not 100% arbitrary.
    
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- FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  And 0f is close to salted ice. good system, very human.
  
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  - then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Today I learnt. So that makes a bit more sense. 100 standard body temperature, 0 your blood starts to freeze.
    
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    acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    If your body drops to room temperature, you’re already likely dead. If it freezes afterwards is only useful information if you’re preserving meat.
    
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ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You know what? I just enjoy being able to set a thermostat to a comfortable level by just using whole numbers instead of resorting do decimal places.

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- rainynight65@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If half a degree Celsius makes the difference between being comfortable or uncomfortable for you, then you have bigger problems than being able to use whole numbers.
  
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  - ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Spoken like a pleb that has no control over their life. No thermostat control.
    
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    rainynight65@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The irony of someone not wanting to use decimal points for their temperature setting isn’t lost on me, when that same person has to resort to fractions to measure anything thinner than a door.
    
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    ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Europeans don’t have thermostats because they don’t have AC. You’re speaking elvish to them.
    
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- acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Put a temperature logger next to your thermostat and you’ll see it fluctuates 3 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit between the on off cycles. But your thermostat will make a great job fooling you.
  
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- Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  resorting to decimal places
  
  Lmao I love Yanks, something cute about them
  
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damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Notice how the tweet doesn’t say “all people”. Context is everywhere and everything.

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- BruceTwarzen@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Farenheit is how americans feel. Celsius is how normal people measure temperature. Better?
  
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- TheOctonaut@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Notice how the tweet doesn’t say “American people”. Accuracy is everything.
  
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  - damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I fall to context again. The person writing is white and clueless enough not to be specific. Clearly. American.
    
    Anyways. We are splitting hair over a silly tweet here.
    
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    acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Apparently the brown Americans use Celsius.
    
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