• Donkter@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I disagree that either would be just as intuitive. Fahrenheit being 0=cold and 100=hot is intuitive because there are a lot of things we do in the world that exist on a scale of 0 - 100. Percentages, just off the bat. Also, fahrenheit has a higher degree of fidelity in the temperature range that we use.

    Celsius’s general temperature scale is like -10 - 40 which is absolutely not intuitive because it doesn’t look like any other scale we use as humans. I agree that we get used to Celsius fast and it’s a fine it’s not like it’s super confusing (and Celsius is so much more useful scientifically).

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      2 months ago

      “cold” and “hot” are completely non-descriptive and useless parameters for your supposed “intuitive” system.

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      2 months ago

      It has only been 100°F once in the last century. Nobody has any point of reference to make this intuitive. 30°C/85°F is defined as hot around here. 40°C/100°F is defined as national emergency.

      • Lizardking27@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        “It has only been 100F once in the last century”

        Lmao what?? Go ahead and find me a source for that.

        I guarantee you it reaches 100F regularly during summer in many temperate climates, that’s not even including warmer regions.

        Do you think your little small town is the only place in the universe?

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          2 months ago

          it reaches 100F regularly during summer in many temperate climates,

          Not when it’s near the sea, like most of western Europe. It’s the same shit as “why don’t you have airco?” Because it was never that hot.

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            2 months ago

            Tell that to the gulf coast, or Mexico, or central America, or Africa, or Australia.

            Your experiences are not universal. Just because you’ve never seen 100F doesn’t mean no one else has. That’s absurd.