• hex
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    8 months ago

    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.

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      8 months ago

      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

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        8 months ago

        I thought we left pedants with reddit.

        Take care.