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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I get your point. I think I'm just trying to explain that it all just matters where you grew up and what you used. I go outside today and I do say it feels like a 12 degree day. It's not that much different.

I must admit, the oven temps are nice, but they are a product of being written in Fahrenheit (if they were written in celcius, it would be round too, like 150c, 160c, 170c, 175c, etc)

But the more I look at it the more I see it's all just numbers. We put importance to these numbers but they're all pretty arbitrary, except celcius using 0 as the freezing point for water and 100 as the boiling point- these are two very important measures that are just weird for Fahrenheit.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When do you use 0° and 100°C?

This is also at standard pressure and most do not live at sea level.

I don't put a thermometer in my water to make sure it is boiling or one in my water to make sure it freezes.

It can snow and roads can ice before it hits 0°C

It has no real world applications

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

I thought we left pedants with reddit.

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