Celsius is the superior scale:
100° is the perfect temperature inside the Sauna.
0° is the perfect temperature of the water you jump in after the Sauna.
If only it was like that
Submitted 11 months ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 11 months ago
YoorWeb@lemmy.world 11 months ago
doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Isn’t basing a temperature scale on the freezing and boiling points of water a bit arbitrary in and of itself?
The reason they are arbitrary numbers in Fahrenheit is because they weren’t considerations when the scale was made.
Venicon@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
I would like to dump on America for this but as Scotland is in the UK we have some unholy abomination of in between when it comes to our measurements.
droog_the_droog@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Found the Finn, everyone
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Perkele!
Resol@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ve never been to a sauna before, but are you guys okay with boiling yourselves and then immediately freezing yourselves? Doesn’t that seem very painful? Are you guys used to being Wim Hof all the time?
Deme@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The thing to remember is that air is a great insulator. Air at 100°C isn’t nearly as bad as say water or metal at the same temperature against the skin. In fact, the air that comes in contact with the comparatively cold human skin will cool down rapidly, lessening the sensation of heat further.
sebsch@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
100°C is a quite hot one. It could hurt your nose and ears a bit, especially if they having a steaming session.
The cold water (normally ~10°C) does not hurt at all. The first minute your brain is not able to differentiate the temperature at all. After that it gets quite quickly into: ohh I should leave!
Btw: you should try sauna at some point. Especially with the steaming it’s amazing. There are also milder ones with ~80°C, I would recommend at the start.
DrMango@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yes. It’s wonderful. It feels great physically and mentally. Wim Hoff is a bit crazy tho tbh
Agent641@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wim Hof, the guy who ahredded his intestines by giving himself an enema from a public water fountain while waiting to meet his estranged son?
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 months ago
You don’t actually start boiling at 100C lol
Asudox@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I object. Kelvin is the superior one.
Resol@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hmm, I sure love adding 273.15 to literally every single temperature I encounter
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Found the Scandinavian
NaoPb@eviltoast.org 11 months ago
I’ve never heard Celsius be explained more perfect than this. Thank you.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Fahrenheit is like school grades: 60 is minimum tolerance and beyond 100 adds nothing but misery.
Zehzin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Anything past 80F adds nothing but misery
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Is it bad that this association exists in my mind because of a Kids Next Door joke?
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hell yeah C’s get degrees while perfect A students tend to burn up in the world
Infynis@midwest.social 11 months ago
I’d say 50 is perfect
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This guy fats
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 11 months ago
I diagnose you with “weak, non-Finnish blood.”
MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Put a coat on, loser
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Found the Canadian
DharmaCurious@startrek.website 11 months ago
Between 50 and 63 I’m in heaven. Anything higher than that and all i want to do is go swimming, which as an adult with responsibilities, i never get to. Anything lower than that, and i have to wear more clothes and look fatter than i am.
emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
What the fuck, aren’t most buildings kept at 72? How do you exist anywhere except in a walk in fridge?
bmsok@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I agree in Midwestern as I put on my shorts and tshirt
dingus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
As a former Midwesterner (grew up there and loved there for 26 years), I never got used to the cold so I eventually moved South.
But turns out now I get cold at anything below 70F lol.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Exactly! 👍
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Fahrenheit is the best human-focused temperature scale. 0 is super cold, 100 is super hot, 50 is the line between short sleeve and long sleeve weather (assuming no wind). Anything outside these bounds, it simply isn’t worth going outside. But then everyone at a latitude <|37| will say "that’s not that hot and everyone at a latitude >|40| will say "that’s not that cold, so really it’s the best Kansas-focused temperature scale
psud@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Because weather is simple, right?
Custoslibera@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“It’s snowing so climate change can’t be real!”
bjorney@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
“the perfect scale”
Proceeds to list completely arbitrary temperatures and link them to completely subjective opinions
I can make all the same points about celsius but they make even more sense
0 freezing 10 cool 20 room temperature 30 hot 40 very hot
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Yeah I guess I agree, 0 to 40 makes much more sense in the context of temperatures humans typically exist in than 0 to 100
Bleach7297@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Look, you’re entitled to your opinion but I think it’s a bit Kansocentric.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 months ago
“It’s the best scale if you happen to live in the perfect conditions for it”
Thorry84@feddit.nl 11 months ago
Not to defend Fahrenheit, it’s a nonsense scale, however: As with most subjective scales the entire scale can be split into good and not good. The top part is good and the bottom part is not good. The middle of the top part is seen as average good.
So around 75 degrees would be perfect, which is close enough for something as subjective as temperature.
This is why in things like movie or game reviews a 7/10 is seen as average. Like it’s good, in the good part, but right in the middle not anything special. A 5/10 or lower is seen as not good, not worth seeing, not worth your time etc. This works for reviews, grades, person attractiveness rating etc.
Norgur@kbin.social 11 months ago
Yet, Temperature is not a nonlinear star-rating by IGN, is it?
Thorry84@feddit.nl 11 months ago
Are you saying global warming is actually caused by the bias of IGN reviewers?
Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Can you prove that?
doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Why not? Most people only meaningfully engage with temperature scales when checking weather forecasts. It’s all pretty subjective.
If course there’s a need for Celsius or Kelvin in scientific applications, but that’s not for the overwhelming majority of people.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 11 months ago
75 perfect?
jenny_ball@lemmy.world 11 months ago
i appreciate your level headed analysis
doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
There are many people (particularly in northern regions) who would consider 50° to be quite mild/pleasant
jasondj@ttrpg.network 11 months ago
New Englander born and raised. Thats hoodie and shorts weather. Best time of the year.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Minnesota checking in. This is exactly correct. Great time for sitting around a fire.
EyesInTheBoat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Every time someone brings this up, another decade gets added until the US switches to Metric
NaoPb@eviltoast.org 11 months ago
You mean another arm.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
this meme also works in Celsius.
hark@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If you score 100 on a test then that’s a perfect, therefore 100 is the perfect temperature.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 11 months ago
50 is indeed perfect.
doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 11 months ago
NGL I could be jogging outside at windless 50 degrees everyday. That would be a dream compared to my current life in the hell that is the 47th Latitude Great Plains Region.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Don’t impose your imperialistic temperature views on the rest of us! Leave us cold lovers alone!
Wilzax@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Indoor temp? No Outdoor temp? Yes
NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 11 months ago
69°F
theblueredditrefugee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Inb4 nonlinear temperature scale
Firipu@startrek.website 11 months ago
Same for c, but at half the scale tbh. (with a bit of a stretch to the imagination)
50 is very hot. 0 is cold. 25c is perfect.
Dick_Justice@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hell yeah, 50 degrees is tee shirt and shorts weather IMHO.
MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
As a person from the north, it really is.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 months ago
50f is pretty comfy unless you hate long sleeves.
nixcamic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ve lived in 3 different countries in like 5 different climate zones and none of them had temperatures that fit nicely in the 0-100⁰F range.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
We could make it work like that. Just have the thermometer be narrower at the bottom.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Interestingly if you take the middle of the freezing point (32F) and 100F, you do get a mildly warm 71. No this does not prove anything, yes I’ll still say it.
Then if you average THAT with 50, you get 60.5… and you see all three numbers make a triangle. Illuminati confirmed.Fridgeratr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
As a Wisconsinite, 50° IS perfect!
elscallr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
50 is great for just a light jacket and jeans. You’ll never get too hot, you won’t get too cold. So, yeah, as long as you’ve got clothes on it’s pretty perfect.
If I want to wear less clothes then 70 is a good bit better, but 50 is damn comfortable.
thorbot@lemmy.world 11 months ago
50 degree Fahrenheit is perfect. Fahrenheit is still retarded though
Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 11 months ago
50 degrees is perfect for me, t shirt and shorts weather.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Fahrenheit is based on how the human body tells temperature and I’ll die on that hill.
Celsius is for water and Kelvin is for molecules.
Using Celsius or Kelvin for scientific measurement makes sense.
Using fahrenheit for the average person just checking the atmospheric temperature makes sense.
You can use different scales for different things ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Lizardking27@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Is a 5/10 average? Or is that 7/10?
DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Yes
thedarkfly@feddit.nl 11 months ago
I checked for others who, like me, are too European to understand the joke: 50°F is 10°C.
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 11 months ago
A nice swedish summer evening (if it isnt raining).
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Why wasn’t I born in Sweden 😭.
de_lancre@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Or a nice winter in the Balkans.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
That’s just about perfect if you ask me.
florge@feddit.uk 11 months ago
You mean too rest of the world
RedIce25@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Perfect for me would be more around 20°C
Siegfried@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ah, 10 is fine…
Nythos@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Shorts weather that one
MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I checked too before I saw your comment, I can confirm.
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The hero we needed.
Hadriscus@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Thanks bro I was about to ask