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Comment on temperature

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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