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Fahrenheit vs. Celsius vs. Kelvin (i.imgur.com)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The fact that 99.5% of the global population uses it makes it the objectively correct choice.

The remaining .5% can keep bashing their heads against a wall if they like though

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

Not arguing for either unit here - use what you're comfortable with and don't be smug about it - but Americans are ~4-5% of the world and even if not all Americans use Fahrenheit, people in other countries (e.g. mine) still do.

[–] damo_omad 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, except in America agencies such as NASA and the Weather Service use metric because it's the proper measurement to use.