Comment on temperature

• ech@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You’re missing the point. The scale is what matters, not your personal experience or preference. From 0-100 F is right about what a human could be expected to tolerate without much help. In C, that’s -18-38. That’s a much more limited range in terms of human tolerance, but it works great for water, which would be 0-100 C. The scale doesn’t translate as well to K, but it does end at 0, so there’s that.

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  • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yet people live in negative farenheit conditions.

    Try telling a northern siberian, who commonly see winter temperatures between -50 and -100 fahrenheit, that 0f is right about the limit for a human to tolerate…

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    • GoodbyeBlueMonday@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Exactly: or take folks who live in the tropics (about 40% of the human population) where it feels cold below 60F.

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    • ech@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You think those people go out without thick, warm clothes? I get you’re really committed to arguing for C against people not even arguing against it, but come on now. You know what I’m saying. It’s not a particularly difficult concept to grasp.

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      • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You wouldn’t tolerate 0 farenheit in the nude either.
        You wouldn’t tolerate 10 farenheit for extended periods either.

        I know what you are saying and I disagree. I am not trying to say celsius is better than farenheit, I’m saying farenheit is not in any way intrinsically more human than celsius.

        0 farenheit was chosen because that’s the temperature of salty ice, The lowest temperature they could easily achieve at the time, it has nothing to do with what humans can and can’t endure.

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  • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Exactly. And you’re not even pointing out that the human frame of reference starts at -18 Celsius! So a significant portion of the time, you’re going to have to use negative numbers to describe the temperature. If someone can explain to me how a -18-38 scale is preferable to 0-100… I will be astounded

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    • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      the human frame of reference starts at -18 Celsius!

      That makes no sense to me at all. what frame of reference? what happens at -18? Ive been out in temperatures both above and below that, yes its cold as fuck, but nothing special happens? If we move a bit further north here they’d call me a wuss, and tell me real cold starts at -30.

      you’re going to have to use negative numbers to describe the temperature.

      I find that really useful actually! Our world is made of water. In winter time here, temperatures above 0 means the snow will be soggy and wet, negative temperatures means it won’t.

      if the temperature was above 0 but has now dipped into the negatives, beware of ice when walking or driving.

      You can use all the arguments you want, the truth is either system is perfectly useful for human day-to-day use if you are used to it.

      The best system, for you, will always be the one you grew up with

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      • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Don’t play dumb. We’re talking about the range of temperatures an average person experiences in their day-to-day lives.

        In winter time here, temperatures above 0 means the snow will be soggy and wet, negative temperatures means it won’t.

        This might blow your mind but you can do the same thing with Fahrenheit. Just look for the number 32 instead of 0.

        You can use all the arguments you want, the truth is either system is perfectly useful for human day-to-day use if you are used to it.

        The best system, for you, will always be the one you grew up with

        I never said otherwise and I totally agree.

        However they are different systems and they do have pros and cons. Fahrenheit is more suitable for daily life while Celsius is more suitable for science.

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    • ech@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      To be clear, I’m not saying people are wrong to use C. People can use any unit they want for all I care. I’m just clarifying to point of the main post.

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      • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Totally, same. This thread was started by OPs reply

        Nah, it doesn’t make any sense, and isn’t deep or insightful at all.

        That was what triggered my response, otherwise I probably woulda just upvoted and kept scrolling.

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    From 0-100 F is right about what a human could be expected to tolerate without much help.

    The fuck does this mean

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