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[โ€“] noli 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's all learned behaviour. If you grew up with F that makes total sense and C sounds ridiculous. If you grew up with C that's totally intuitive for anyone, just as much as F, so using a scale that has no point outside of the weather sounds dumb. Neither system is more intuitive by any means. Both systems ave benefits and downsides.

Whenever I talk to americans and they use F I need to convert it because I grew up with C and that just makes more sense to me, even if I know the "0-100 F is according to human experience" thing. Like sure, 80F is hot, but how hot is it? Oh 27C that's hot but not extreme.

Arguing one or the other is superior is not only pointless but also just silly

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

wait 80f is 27c? That's not hot at all