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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Here's a rough C° primer for Americans

0° or below, fucking cold

1° - 10° cold

11° - 20° cool

21° - 30° warm

31° - 40° hot

41° or above - Jesus Christ I'm on fire!

As for Fahrenheit for the rest of the world, on a scale from 0 to 100, how hot is it? Assume anything below zero is really fucking cold, and anything above 100 is really fucking hot.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

-10° - -1° very cold

0° Water freezes

1° - 5° Cold

6° - 10° cool

11° - 16° warm

17° - 25° hot

26° - 30 very hot

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

No, just the reasonable guy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

26 very hot? It was 25 the other day in winter here. (Melbourne)

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

That's the thing, you live in hell's microwave.

[–] AffineConnection 3 points 1 year ago

microwave

Correction: smelting furnace

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Most of the US and Canada would be using AC at that temp. Since the example was poised for Americans and not those living in bizzaro world.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Yup. Where I live we have seen down to -20F (during that time texas almost lost their power grid) and up to 115F.

Its currently 110F. Aka, hot.

Or, -28c to 46C. Currently 43C. And 40% humidity. Feels horrible.

[–] thecodeboss 2 points 1 year ago

I was in Dubai earlier this year and the heat index was 53⁰C. Felt like I was being baked alive.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I get metric for everything else, but °F is the better system for everyday/non scientific use. I will die on this hill.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's because Fahrenheit is % of hot, based on what we feel. Therefore, °F is better for everyday use.

[–] ilex 2 points 1 year ago

The one you use is the better system. I want to know whether I should bring a sweater. The system is arbitrary.

[–] Phrodo_00 -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In what way is 0F helpful at all?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's when we feel 0% hot.