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August 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I'm with the whole 'metric is better crowd', I mean base 10, c'mon that makes shit easy. On the other hand, I prefer Fahrenheit for temp 100%, Celsius is just not good for it (personal preference I guess). A lot of that is probably due to growing up in the USA, but having lived in a few other countries I just prefer Fahrenheit.

Edit: dang ya'll, didn't mean to cause all the drama, I'll calm down now... I guess personal preferences get taken as personal attacks sometimes lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Quick Celsius breakdown from a Canadian:

  • 40+ - most Canadians stop eating food and hope for a quick death
  • 35 - you might just be able to live with this if you do nothing at all
  • 28 - right about the place where comfort gives way to a general sense of warmth, something that makes any Canadian uncomfortable
  • 23 - room temperature, and why "room temperature IQ" is an insult only Americans could have come up with because their scale was made by a madman
  • 15 - If it's Autumn you are wearing a light jacket, if it's Spring you are sweating
  • 5 - sweater time
  • 0 to -10 - that stereotypical TV winter experience, where everyone is skating and sipping hot chocolate? Yeah that's like half the year here. You better like hot chocolate.
  • -15 - We enjoy the fresh air, others will probably find it painful to breathe directly; put on a scarf! Do not brush your teeth immediately before going outside unless you want to experience mint-flavoured pain.
  • -20 - Canadians put their boots on by now. Exposed skin on a windy day can get frostbite in as little as 10 minutes.
  • -30 - We will debate putting a coat on to put the garbage out at this temperature, usually erring on the side of caution in case your kids lock you outside again. Seriously invest in good winter gear for this, this temperature can kill surprisingly fast and it only gets increasingly unpleasant from here.
  • -40 - turns out you can't form snowballs in hell because the snow is too crispy
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

@CancerMancer @ITGuyLevi i once went on a TV shoot near Winnipeg with a reporter who thought it pretty funny that i was wearing a hat when it was only -20 and windy

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@CancerMancer
Very much depends on both the humidex and wind chill. Basically, it’s the ‘feels like’ temperature that matters rather than the literal one.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I live in one of the more humid areas of Canada and when people tell you it can't get humid when it's that cold I wonder if they've ever experienced how the cold can just cut right through your clothes.

Summer humidity is absolutely the worst though, and people die here every year because of it.

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

@CancerMancer
I spent my summers in Toronto growing up, but never experienced a Toronto winter until I moved there. I’d experienced –40 in Edmonton. But I’d never experienced –10 in Toronto!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

The increased measurement in the Fahrenheit scale allows for more precise representation of the temperature between humans.

Whole numbers and a larger scale for human ranges.

That said, the same thing can be done with metric by using the magical decimal, though idk if I’ve ever seen a temperature in C related that way.

[–] Hagdos 7 points 2 months ago

For weather prediction it usually isn't that accurate anyway, and varies over time and location a lot.

For the thermostat it does matter, but usually you can set these in steps of 0.5°C. Mine reports back in 0.1°C steps.

[–] ricdeh 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What? 1 °C is absolutely a fine enough stepping for everything the average human will want to convey about temperature.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Some people actually think they can tell the difference between 70 and 72 Fahrenheit and those people could save a lot of money on medications by switching entirely to placebos for everything.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That said, the same thing can be done with metric by using the magical decimal, though idk if I’ve ever seen a temperature in C related that way.

People using Celsius that ever cared that temperatures didn't add decimals for increased precision in weather reports, please raise your hand.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

👋

Having grown up with Fahrenheit there is a difference between 78 degrees (26ish) and 80 (still 26ish)

The increased granularity for human ranges actually is noticeable.

If you think I’m advocating for Standard over Metric than you’ve wholly misunderstood me.

The metric SYSTEM is hands down the better of the two.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

78 F is 25 C and 80 F is 26 C.

Just saying "ish" doesn't suddenly make them the same. In C they are different numbers.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 1 points 2 months ago

There is a difference. Does it matter? Eeeeh...