• wandermind@sopuli.xyz
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    11 months ago

    I vehemently disagree with the common American trope that Celsius is good for science but that Fahrenheit would somehow be objectively better for everyday temperatures.

    As a Celsius user, my experience is completely opposite to yours: 10C or 50F is starting to be quite cool already, bordering on cold, but you still have a whole 18 degrees F to go before freezing?! Why do you need so damn many subsivisions to describe that relatively small gap in temperature?

    Mind you, I’m also not saying that Celsius is the superior everyday temperature scale (even though in my mind it obviously is). With temperature scales it’s really about what you’re used to more so than with most other kinds of measurements.

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      11 months ago

      I’d argue that you would definitely feel a difference in those temps between them if you were used to scale that allowed for smaller variation. 52°F for someone used to living in a cold climate can still be quite pleasant but I find at under 50°F the amount of time I can spend outside without proper bundling shortens with each couple degrees.

      It’s like knowing whether I can run out the garbage real quick without bothering with a coat at a glance. I think it does a good job of helping convey a self learned length of time of comfort better in fahrenheit without having to remember decimals which many people are too dumb to use.

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        11 months ago

        52°F for someone used to living in a cold climate can still be quite pleasant but I find at under 50°F the amount of time I can spend outside without proper bundling shortens with each couple degrees.

        11°C for someone used to living in a cold climate can still be quite pleasant but i find at under 10°C the amount of time I can spend outside without proper bundling shortens with each degree.

        …means pretty much the exact same thing.

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      11 months ago

      you seem to have not noticed, even in Celsius/metric countries, people cooking immediately switch to Fahrenheit, in the same way carpenters immediately switch to standard. most thermostats are in Farenheit also, simply because the celsius degrees are much larger, and i absolutely can feel the difference between 69 and 70.

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        11 months ago

        even in Celsius/metric countries, people cooking immediately switch to Fahrenheit

        I’m not sure if you’re joking here but I’ve literally never heard of anyone doing this. Not in my country, not even in any other.

        To me this is like saying “do you know how Yanks switch to metric when they talk about kitten mitten measurements”. Like lmao what

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          11 months ago

          I’m Canadian. Everyone cooks and carpenters in Imperial. The British and Irish i know say the same, countries’ metric but the trades aren’t.

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            11 months ago

            So your examples was about countries that use imperial/mixed system already and not really about metric countries?

            The idea that someone in Finland would switch to Fahrenheit for cooking is just bizarre. Why would anyone do that lol

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              11 months ago

              The UK and Ireland don’t either. I dunno where they got that from. Our ovens and everything very obviously use Celsius.

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              11 months ago

              Canada is a metric country. Don’t be a dolt. Fahrenheit is more precise, smaller degrees.

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                11 months ago

                Canada and the UK have switched from the imperial system to the metric system relatively recently, and as such it is understandable that the imperial system is still entrenched in some areas (such as possibly cooking).

                Most metric countries have been metric for centuries and use metric for basically everything, and certainly don’t randomly use Fahrenheit of all things.

                If your idea about Metric countries is Canada or the UK, then you don’t really have an idea.

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                    11 months ago

                    They’re not talking about actual measurements in imperial units but about things which have been named after their American labels, which happen to be based on imperial measurements. Like the thread you link says, the actual sizes are defined in millimeters.

                    Just because we also have Quarter Pounders in McDonalds doesn’t mean we use imperial measurements.

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                I’m starting to feel you don’t really know what you’re talkint about, sorry to say

                While Canada has converted to the metric system for many purposes, there is still significant use of non-metric units and standards in many sectors of the Canadian economy and everyday life today. This is mainly due to historical ties with the United Kingdom, the traditional use of the imperial system of measurement in Canada, proximity to the United States, and strong public opposition to metrication during the transition period.

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Canada

                Fahrenheit is more precise, smaller degrees.

                Lmao. Someone needs to learn about decimals. Absolutely nobody here uses Fahrenheit for cooking. You are being silly

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                11 months ago

                They absolutely do not. Do you want to see a picture of my oven with its °C units? I’ve worked in multiple kitchens and Fahrenheit has never been used there either. If you say a temperature in Fahrenheit, nobody will have a clue what you’re on about. They’ll look at you like you’re an alien.

                Go to buy timber and other building materials, it’s sold in mm, cm, or m.

                But what do I know, I’ve only lived here since the 80s. I’m sure some random American who almost certainly has never been knows better. That’s sarcasm btw, I know you lot struggle to pick it up.

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            11 months ago

            They probably do so because tech for that is either made for the US or made for the US.

            Edit: to be clear, I mean Canada amd maybe other countries neighbouring the US. Makes no sense to make tech primarily for the US in Romania, for instance