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[–] Lizardking27@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Fahrenheit is better for weather, and I'll fight anyone about it.

We use Celsius in the lab because it makes math easier, it's great.

But Fahrenheit is basically a 0-100 scale of how hot it is outside and that makes perfect sense for describing outside conditions relative to human sensory perception.

[–] Ddhuud@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fahrenheit is better for weather

You're just used to it. The rest of the world have 0 problems using it for weather.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

It's just a hilarious argument, like, as if anyone who grew up with Celsius is going to agree Fahrenheit is better for weather (hint: neither is better). Who are they trying to convince?

[–] AmarkuntheGatherer@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago

For us who can speak more than one language, that's approxiamtely -18 to 38 ⁰C. I find it unlikely that the lower end of that is frequent where you live. If it is, then the hogher end can't be. Even if we want to base this around winter weather, negative being freezing makes much more sense.

It's not about human senses, it about what you grew up with.