• The Octonaut@mander.xyz
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    10 months ago

    “Fahrenheit is how people feel” only makes sense if said people have never used another scale. You know how 100F “feels” because that’s what you use. If you used Celsius you’d know how that scale feels instead, and be used to using the more useful scale generally.

    See also: people who think they don’t have an accent.

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      10 months ago

      You know what? I just enjoy being able to set a thermostat to a comfortable level by just using whole numbers instead of resorting do decimal places.

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        10 months ago

        If half a degree Celsius makes the difference between being comfortable or uncomfortable for you, then you have bigger problems than being able to use whole numbers.

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            9 months ago

            The irony of someone not wanting to use decimal points for their temperature setting isn’t lost on me, when that same person has to resort to fractions to measure anything thinner than a door.

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            9 months ago

            Europeans don’t have thermostats because they don’t have AC. You’re speaking elvish to them.

            Edit: Relax Europeans, it’s a snarky comment

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        10 months ago

        Put a temperature logger next to your thermostat and you’ll see it fluctuates 3 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit between the on off cycles. But your thermostat will make a great job fooling you.

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      10 months ago

      100 f is pretty close to average body temperature.

      So above 100 means your surroundings are hotter than your body is unless you have a fever.

      I think that’s an okay land mark.

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          10 months ago

          Today I learnt. So that makes a bit more sense. 100 standard body temperature, 0 your blood starts to freeze.

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            10 months ago

            If your body drops to room temperature, you’re already likely dead. If it freezes afterwards is only useful information if you’re preserving meat.