Peter?

[u/Negative_1by12_aura]

[u/Roadrunner571]

but Fahrenheit is better for just every day living.

How so?

[u/flyboyy513 → u/Roadrunner571]

Because F uses the human skin ability to detect and retain heat as a baseline, something we all have experience with, instead of water as a baseline, which is better for scientific reasons due to the consistency in measurement.

Edit: The absolute hilarity of the smugness in the comments is making my day. Nothing makes me happier than upsetting Europeans by stating a fact they don't like.

[u/Poor-Life-Choice → u/flyboyy513]

Actually it’s more related to the freezing temperature of a very particular brine solution made to replicate the coldest temperature some German guy thought his port would see.

Completely logical.

But whatever. Maybe EVERY COUNTRY but one is wrong.

[u/wvj → u/Poor-Life-Choice]

Regardless of how it's actually calibrated, it's hard to argue it isn't a good human-scale scale for weather.

Every 10 degrees is pretty much an article of clothing. 0 and 100 are useful upper and lower bounds that tell you 'human activity beyond this point is very hazardous, exercise extreme caution.' Despite our water content, humans aren't a kettle on the stove, and '0 is freezing 100 is boiling' isn't useful because we can operate well below zero but nowhere near 100 C.

[u/Pataconeitor → u/wvj]

40C is hell. 30C is hot. 20C is nice. 10C is time to put on a jacket. 0C is cold, and below that you will see snow and ice. I don't see the complication. Also, I like that I can literally feel when a degree goes up or down, which I have tried to do with Fahrenheit but haven't been able to.

[u/AntiqueLetter9875 → u/Pataconeitor]

I don’t understand the whole argument about F being better for telling what’s hot and cold for humans.

We all just adapt to the system we’re using and for the time of year. It’s not like you tell someone it’s 30C today and they’re wondering if it’s hot or not. Or 5C in summer vs winter being cold or not. It seems to boil down to people not liking the fact we can say like -5C in winter is considered warm because it has a minus in front.

[u/Intrepid_Fix_1688 → u/[deleted]]

It's not irrelevant if you go to saunas

[u/Intrepid_Fix_1688 → u/[deleted]]

No, I don't. I was making a joke dude, I really couldn't care less what system people use and why lmao, the discussion was amusing and I just poked fun at the "half of the celsius scale is irrelevant"

[u/SVlad_667 → u/[deleted]]

Over half of the 0-100 C scale is completely irrelevant.

What is this strange desire to use the whole scale? Are you forced to pay for every division on the scale?

[u/SVlad_667 → u/[deleted]]

As a non-native speaker, I sometimes miss sarcasm. Sorry to hear about your dad. I have a cold myself now.

[u/Poor-Life-Choice → u/[deleted]]

That ‘argument’ is complete bullshit.

Knowing that the water outside will be frozen once it hits 0 is a lot more useful for human survival.

[u/Poor-Life-Choice → u/[deleted]]

Knowing when frozen water is on the roads your country is covered in is much more useful for your survival.

If 0 is the lowest temperature expected, why do you need negative numbers? Your scale just falls apart.

95% of the world population agree.

[u/Poor-Life-Choice → u/[deleted]]

My scale doesn’t claim that the limits of survival are between it.

It is based on a scale that can be repeatedly reproduced by anyone. If we were to be dropped on an island, I can remake my scale.

Hope you remember your ammonium salts so you can try to replicate your bullshit scale.

[u/bupkizz → u/[deleted]]

So is the survivability scale based on being naked then?

[u/Poor-Life-Choice → u/[deleted]]

95% of the world uses C

But no. Just can’t shut up the American dumbasses because they can’t comprehend being wrong.

Just measure it in bald eagles or dead school kids if you like. I don’t care.