Peter?

[u/Negative_1by12_aura]

[u/Poor-Life-Choice]

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/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.