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[+] -11 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Hot take: F is the superior temperature measurement for real people. If you are a scientist in a lab, sure, maybe referencing the state changes in water is useful for you somehow.

But for a normal person, 90% of the use of tempertature measurements is knowing what clothes to wear, and the other 10% is for setting oven temperatures. Oven temperatures are far hotter than waters boiling point, so F and C are equialvalently useful.

For knowing how to dress, however, F clearly has the advantage, as the numbers map to obvious temperature ranges. Ie,

100F = really fuckin hot
0F = really fuckin cold

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    110 = really fucking hot

    -10 = really fucking cold.

    Yeah, really useful scale.

    It is useful because you are used to it, it has no inherent better qualities over any other scale.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    0C = water freezes, 100C = water boils

    If this isn't more useful, tell me.

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