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I remember reading a great argument for Fahrenheit.
0 Celsius = pretty cold, 20 Celsius = comfortable, 100 Celsius = dead 0 Fahrenheit = very cold, 70 Fahrenheit= comfortable, 100 Fahrenheit = hot
0-100C is handy for science and such. 0-100F is handy for humans.
It's not definitive and might come from a life of living with Fahrenheit, but the 0 - 100 number range feels more natural to live in than -17 - 38.
It's probably just a matter of what you're used to. Celcius feels just as natural to us Canadians as (I'm sure) Farenheit is to Americans. We talk in round numbers too, they're just a bit different than yours. 0C is a (literally) freezing cold winter, 30C is a hot summer day.