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[–] Iron_Lynx 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Forty-one sounds insanely hot as an outside temperature if that's the standard you're used to. And that's the thing that the Fahrentards refuse to wrap their head around.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 25 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Fahrenheit is better because 69 is a nice temperature

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

That's why I only use Kelvin. 314.15 sounds like 3 times more "WTF HOW HOT IS TODAY??!?" than your paltry 107

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah America, bigger is always a better isn’t it?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I present the temperature scale that I made up- the Human Scale (H°)

I thought about the Fahrenheit vs Celsius debate, and I think both have practical uses, however I think combined they could make a very practical scale.

Fahrenheit: while my American sensibilities agree that 100° is a good marker for what % of my patience is used up to cut a bitch, I think a similar place would be the average human body temperature. For this reason, 100°H = 98.6°F . It's not a perfect match, but it can still give us the satisfaction of "IT'S 100°!?" while having practical implications for medical uses "your body temperature is 102°, 2° warmer than average".

Celsius: I think this scale makes a ton of sense for colder temperatures. When the thermometer reads 0°, that's when you can expect snow. For this reason, 0°H = 0°C.

The conversation rates are:

H = (F-32) × 1.5

H= C × 2.7

More precise is

H = (F-32) × 1.501501501...

H = C × 2.7027027027...

While using the freezing point of water and the average human body temperature seem like inconsistent and arbitrary benchmarks, my goal is less about consistency and more about practicality for everyday use.

Now watch this scale grow as big as Esperanto.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Fuck it. I'm inventing a new scale.

Behold! "Disagree Degrees". We're going to combine the best traits of the other units. No more searching for the stupid little degree character in the character map. D for degrees or disagrees - whatever, I don't give a shit.

0D = 0K (Like Kelvin, no negatives! That's so dumb!) 0.4D = -40 C and -40 F 1D = Water Freezing point (Need a consistent point of scale) 10D = "Pleasant temperature" 100D = Kind of hot 500D = Really hot for people (>40C or >100F) "It's like 500 disagrees out there!" 1000D= Water boiling (To match the freezing temp) 1,000,000,000,000D = Surface of the sun

Good luck on the math converting to other units, this temperature scale isn't about being useful for nerd stuff, it's all about appealing to our emotions.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

good point, but to us Celsius fans or "Celsilovers" over one hundred sounds like the apocalypse.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

I hate that I agree with this lol

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

What? 100°F is too mild. It doesn't even boil water!

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