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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Despite being metric, Celsius is barely used with a prefix when describing temps high enough to warrant it (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Centicelsius has a nice ring to it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It would be centidegree.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

370 Centigree

That's ® worthy, fam.

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

Too close to centigrade, plus centi- actually means 1/100th in the metric system.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

There's nothing special about 3.7°C, but there nothing NOT special about it either. <.<

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

But that doesn't have a nice ring to it so...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Nah you need two good grades to get a degree

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Centicentigrade

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

centi- actually means 1/100th in the metric system