• Malfeasant@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Fahrenheit is fine for temperatures that humans can experience in our environment (and expect to survive, at least for a little while…)

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        6 months ago

        I am mostly weirded out by the position of the zero. In Celsuis, zero is in the point that very visibly impacts the world. In Farenheit? Random winter temperature.

        • Jojo, Lady of the West
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          6 months ago

          I mean if you need to be using precise temperature units just to have a conversation… Maybe find less particular friends?

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            6 months ago

            Friend: Hey, what’s the temperature? Me: Like 74°F Friend: I don’t understand… Me: Sucks to be you! You require precise temperature units and I follow advice from randos on the internet. See ya! 👋🥴

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              6 months ago

              Or, just, like,

              “Pretty warm but I’m not complaining, you?”

              You’re the one that brought units into it in your example. Maybe you’re the bad friend?

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                6 months ago

                You want it to be true so bad. What if I’m not discussing the current location? What if I’m explaining where I’m from? We’re both in a mild, Mediterranean climate and I’m saying “oh it’s freezing back home” wtf does this mean? Are you suggesting we do away with measuring temperature at all?

                I only brought “precise temperature units” into my example because you brought it up. 😒

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      6 months ago

      Fahrenheit is superior to Celsius because it’s more specific and I will die on this hill. 71F feels different than 72F and yet they’re both 22C (for example).

      Metric is better than imperial, though. Obviously.

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          6 months ago

          Tenths of a degree are more noticeable in Fahrenheit than in Celsius for the same reason.

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            6 months ago

            But you’re using more digits, like if you’re writing 104.2 that’s 4 digits and still not as accurate as using four digits in Celsius like 41.12

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              Sure, but I never see people use two decimal points in real life when using Celsius to describe weather.

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                6 months ago

                Nobody uses decimal points in Fahrenheit, but it’s common using Celsius

                The only time I’ve seen Fahrenheit with decimal points is the saying that the normal body temperature is 98.7F

                Which is actually wrong, this is 37C, already a mild fever

                98.0F/36.6C is actually the normal body temperature