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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Yes, negative numbers exist, and numbers beyond 100. But they’re not that important.

They kinda are though lol.

The 100 degree scale is about describing the normal range that humans interact with their environment in

But what about sauna. What about really cold weather. What about cooking. Hell, what about my PC. What about when I have a fever. What about really hot weather... The temperatures are about much more than the fuzzy idea about normal-ish weather in certain places on earth.

Even if it can get extreme beyond that, that doesn’t mean the 0-100 scale isn’t useful.

It just means it doesn't have much benefit to it at all. The whole argument for it is silly.

[–] ThisOne 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Ps I'm starting think Fal is losing it in this comment section...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They've started a holy war to preach the benefit of staying between 0-100. I admire their conviction, even if I think their argument is nonsense.

[–] ThisOne 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ehhhh conviction isn't super admirable if it's something stupid.

I don't think a flat earther's conviction is admirable.

But at least theyre less stupid than flat earthers... So far...

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

It's admirable in the "I love internet drama" sense. I love it when people feel super strongly about something that doesn't matter.

[–] ThisOne 2 points 1 year ago

Oh I gotcha now, agreed

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