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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

100 F is roughly a human's body temp. (Actually 98.7 avg, but close anyway)

0 F is goddam cold. (This one's pretty arbitrary ngl)

That probably isn't very helpful.

Fwiw, Celsius isn't much better if you didn't grow up with it. 0 C is pretty cold, 100 C can give you severe scalds. The actual range the people will encounter in weather in their day-to-day lives is all over the place regardless.

Perhaps we are destined to stay divided

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm UK based and ~0°c to ~30°c (32-86f) covers 90% of the year for celcius. It's still pretty unhelpful but I don't think that feels any harder than using Farenheit in day to day use, I agree that it's largely all arbitrary, but that's as good of a reason to just use that one that's scientifically useful too.

[–] nelly_man 1 points 7 months ago

Maybe I'm biased because of where I live (the United States in the upper Midwest). The coldest winter night will usually be around -30 to -20°F, and the hottest summer day will usually be just over 100°F. But most days of the year fall between 0°F and 100°F, so Fahrenheit just seems to work well. 0 is a cold winter day, and 100 is a hot summer day.

[–] Pok 1 points 7 months ago

Why does it have to be based on weather? There's plenty of other reasons to measure temperature. Some with handy reference points that lots of people are familiar with.