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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Once again... the classic argument of: "Well, I grew up using this system, and I'm used to the system. I have built an internal intuition for how hot and cold the temperature is. I am used to >100 being hot! 40 is not hot!"

Well then. I grew up using celcius and... "IT'S FOURTY FUCKING ONE DEGREES OUTSIDE?" sounds just as hot.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yeah, but you can't argue that adding a whole digit doesn't make it seem bigger. And take a kid who doesn't yet know either system. They for sure will think 107 is hotter then 41. That said, I wish everywhere that gave a temp in the US would give both so I could get a better sense of Celsius. Most apps and such let you choose one or the other, but not both.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On the other hand it dilutes the effect of lower values because a lot of them are double digit. 20F, 40F, 60F... all double digit, but wildly varying. On the other hand, with Celsius you get:

Below 0: There's ice/snow.
0: Things are freezing/thawing (depending on what the temperature was before.
10s (Spring): T-shirt weather.
10s (Fall): Sweater weather.
20s: Nice in the sun.
30s: Nice in the shade.
40s: THIS IS PUNISHMENT FOR OUR HUBRIS.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I do like 0 as freezing. We should have a new one where 0 is 0C, and 100 is 100F. Or maybe 1000 is 100F so I can get my extra resolution without decimals

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