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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For Celsius, 0 is freezing cold and 100 is boiling hot - that's intuitive too.

I have literally never felt 0°F in my life and couldn't tell you how cold it is, just that it's very cold. I believe everyone has a rough understanding how 0°C and 100°C feel though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

It is intuitive, and that's fine. Having the same intuition around human comfort zones is also fine. One measurement system can't really cover everything.

People tend not to want to live in places where it's routinely under 0F or over 100F. You'll tolerate it, but you won't like it. It's a very natural range of human comfort.