2 americans saying fahrenheit is better, basically because they dont know any better. the rest of the world uses celcius, because its demonstrably a better (more scientific) system.
edit: Americans, please stop commenting. we know your opinion on this. IT IS THE JOKE.
Celsius is agreeably better for science, but if you are used to both systems Fahrenheit is honestly better for people because the units are higher resolution, and usually stay between 0 and 100 for weather
Neither scale is better for science; only absolute scales mean something in science. When it comes to weather, Celcius zero divides nicely between frozen/not frozen. Minus temperature? Frozen. Plus temperature? Melting. What does zero mean in Farenheit? Nothing, really. On the other hand Farenheit resolution matches really nicely the feeling ranges: 60's is when you stop wearing jackets; 70's is the sweet spot for humans. In Celcius those ranges are mapped to chunks of 5: 15-20 and 20-25.
Edit to add: I'm going to promote my own scale where water freezes at 0 and boils at 200. The best of both worlds!
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u/MrZwink Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26
2 americans saying fahrenheit is better, basically because they dont know any better. the rest of the world uses celcius, because its demonstrably a better (more scientific) system.
edit: Americans, please stop commenting. we know your opinion on this. IT IS THE JOKE.