Current Events > Americans talking temperature in Fahrenheit sound insane

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It was a balmy 76 but then It got down to 27 last night

These arent real numbers. its nonsense. Yall literally sound like this.

https://youtu.be/0obMRztklqU?si=CrxSBMhUU1NTlGeE

Personally, while for the most part I do agree metric is better. I prefer fahrenheit cause I feel it is more precise, without adding a bunch of decimals. 90 sounds way hotter than 32.222222222

Tora_Sami posted...

Personally, while for the most part I do agree metric is better. I prefer fahrenheit cause I feel it is more precise, without adding a bunch of decimals. 90 sounds way hotter than 32.222222222

Nobody talks in points when using metric temps

Tora_Sami posted...

Personally, while for the most part I do agree metric is better. I prefer fahrenheit cause I feel it is more precise, without adding a bunch of decimals. 90 sounds way hotter than 32.222222222

Even in the metric system, we dont ever go beyond 1 decimal.

It's a very easy system to figure out. 0 is freezing temp, 100 is boiling temp.

By that, anything between 0 - high teens is going to be very cold to cool. 20 - 25 you're in the sweet spot with heat. 25+ it's fucked, depending on where you live.

buddah86 posted...

Even in the metric system, we dont ever go beyond 1 decimal.

It's a very easy system to figure out. 0 is freezing temp, 100 is boiling temp.

By that, anything between 0 - high teens is going to be very cold to cool. 20 - 25 you're in the sweet spot with heat. 25+ it's fucked, depending on where you live.

0 Celsius is not very cold.

buddah86 posted...

It's a very easy system to figure out. 0 is freezing temp, 100 is boiling temp.

Literally nobody gives a fuck about boiling temp. Nobody is hovering over a pot of water with a thermometer like "yep it's exactly 100 degrees" the water is either boiling or it isn't.

For the average human, no Celsius temp above 40 matters except for cooking in which case you just follow the recipe.

I never understood why America sticks to outdated units. Yes, I know, I'm from Europe, we invented the Imperial system, the world wide web, cars, jet engines, and funnily enough, America itself.

I've always had no idea what F means. If it's 0C, it's freezing. If it's 20C, it's decent. If it's 30C, it's hot, and if we're getting into 100C, then it's a kettle or a warm oven. Are fahrenheit people that bothered because it's 78 or 79 - does that make a difference? It's literally 0.5C of a difference. I also find it hilarious how americans can't count past 12, and it's a secret "military time". There are 24 hours in a day, it's not that hard.

It's interesting how americans love to say it's 112F and defend how precise it is, yet have absolutely no idea how to measure anything in convertible terms. I remember picking up 50L of water. It weighed exactly 50kg. If I needed to split it, there's none of this five two tomato eighty bullshit - I need to move 10 litres, it weighs 10 kg.

There are 7 SI units and everything is easy to convert. I'm genuinely surprised why this isn't something america just picks up because it's so fuckin easy.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Literally nobody gives a fuck about boiling temp. Nobody is hovering over a pot of water with a thermometer like "yep it's exactly 100 degrees" the water is either boiling or it isn't.

For the average human, no Celsius temp above 40 matters except for cooking in which case you just follow the recipe.

Spot the guy who lives at home and doesn't cook anything

I dunno. The basically 0-100 scale for ambient air and weather purposes is pretty appealing to me. 0 is a really heckin cold day. 100 is a really heckin hot day. Then everything in-between. Personally having a scale based on day to day weather instead of the state of water seems better to me as an average person going about my day. When it comes to chemistry and more scientific things though, I see the appeal in Celsius.

Fuck off. You people and you imaginary numbers are infuriating.

Fahrenheit is better for what temperature it is at ambient or outside, as having a range of temperatures that only span 30 degrees and the rest of it being useless for that purpose is silly.

Celsius is better for the temperatures of hardware components and science.

PraetorXyn posted...

Celsius is better for the temperatures of hardware components and science.

Celsius is useless for science too. If you don't convert to Kelvins, all your calculations will be wrong.

buddah86 posted...

Even in the metric system, we dont ever go beyond 1 decimal.

It's a very easy system to figure out. 0 is freezing temp, 100 is boiling temp.

By that, anything between 0 - high teens is going to be very cold to cool. 20 - 25 you're in the sweet spot with heat. 25+ it's fucked, depending on where you live.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/cfda1319.jpg

Tyranthraxus posted...

Celsius is useless for science too. If you don't convert to Kelvins, all your calculations will be wrong.

Yeah, but its still better for science than Fahrenheit.

Luigi_and_Tails posted...

I never understood why America sticks to outdated units.

And yet you are British.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fc0aa8e5.jpg

To me the metric system doesnt make sense for distance and speed

when your speed hits the 100s in kilometers per hour youre not even going that fast.
when you see the number 100, youre expecting something great but nope not in kmh

I guess for speedometers it makes sense that way if youre driving a slow vehicle and the speed maxes out at 140kmh itll feel like youre going fast when you hit the rev limit.

The weather just goes that far. It doesn't fluctuate only by 20 degree like Celsius does.

PraetorXyn posted...

Fahrenheit is better for what temperature it is at ambient or outside, as having a range of temperatures that only span 30 degrees and the rest of it being useless for that purpose is silly.

Celsius is better for the temperatures of hardware components and science.

Their may be some reasoning behind you're post be in itself your assuming that there listen too what your trying to convey then than your point is lost.

HudGard posted...

I dunno. The basically 0-100 scale for ambient air and weather purposes is pretty appealing to me. 0 is a really heckin cold day. 100 is a really heckin hot day. Then everything in-between. Personally having a scale based on day to day weather instead of the state of water seems better to me as an average person going about my day. When it comes to chemistry and more scientific things though, I see the appeal in Celsius.

I agree with this, however I've spent most of my life in America and the time I spent in Germany (on a military base) was either as a baby or second half of first grade, so I'm obviously biased.

I get why outsiders see it as nonsensical and I get why people who have based their entire life off of it see it as sensical.

Tora_Sami posted...

Personally, while for the most part I do agree metric is better. I prefer fahrenheit cause I feel it is more precise, without adding a bunch of decimals. 90 sounds way hotter than 32.222222222

I don't understand this argument
Apart from science (at which you'd use Kelvin) when is precision important with temperature?
You don't need to know if the weather is gonna be 30.5 or 30.6 degrees
The weather channel could switch to just using "wear a jacket", or "it's really hot today" and nothing would be lost

Especially wierd are the people who go "Celsius isn't precise enough" and at the same time go "Metric units are too small"

Fahrenheit is ideal for our vibes based society out here

In all other categories, metric is just better because it's neat. What the hell is a quart supposed to be. Who made this chaos system of measurement where units aren't a measure of 10

Though you then get to fun things in reporting like "thousands of grams" because Big Number Scary

ROBANN_88 posted...

I don't understand this argument
Apart from science (at which you'd use Kelvin) when is precision important with temperature?

There's lots of instances where precision is important like cooking but the biggest one is probably body temperature.

38C fever is take some Tylenol you'll be fine and 39C is go to the hospital right now

Luigi_and_Tails posted...

Yes, I know, I'm from Europe, we invented the Imperial system, the world wide web, cars, jet engines, and funnily enough, America itself.

I've always had no idea what F means. If it's 0C, it's freezing. If it's 20C, it's decent. If it's 30C, it's hot, and if we're getting into 100C, then it's a kettle or a warm oven. Are fahrenheit people that bothered because it's 78 or 79 - does that make a difference? It's literally 0.5C of a difference. I also find it hilarious how americans can't count past 12, and it's a secret "military time". There are 24 hours in a day, it's not that hard.

Since we're shitposting, has Europe invented dentists yet

PraetorXyn posted...

Fahrenheit is better for what temperature it is at ambient or outside

Nah your numbers are nonsense.

Celsius just makes complete sense.

Anything in the 40's is extreme. -40 is cold as fucking balls, a boiling pot of water will freeze instantly if you throw it in the air. The air is like razor blades on your face.

+40 is hot as fucking balls. You can cook an egg on the sidewalk.

If you say "It's going to get to freezing temps tonight" you know that means the temp is going to fall below 0.

Anything in between those extremes is just easy to understand and recognize.

The European mind can't grasp American medical ads on tv or the fact that nobody gives a shit about the boiling temperature of water when they walk outside

This entire argument is asinine and we should all be using the Delisle scale like God intended.

idk about anyone else but i use the one i was taught to use because i didn't have a choice. it's not like i'm a big fahrenheit superfan. you argue about this shit like they're sports teams. it is very stupid

PraetorXyn posted...

Fahrenheit is better for what temperature it is at ambient or outside, as having a range of temperatures that only span 30 degrees and the rest of it being useless for that purpose is silly.

Celsius is better for the temperatures of hardware components and science.

This, exactly.

SwayM posted...

nonsense

Now you know how we feel when you attempt to talk about women or dating

SwayM posted...

Anything in the 40's is extreme. -40 is cold as fucking balls, a boiling pot of water will freeze instantly if you throw it in the air. The air is like razor blades on your face.

+40 is hot as fucking balls. You can cook an egg on the sidewalk.

If you say "It's going to get to freezing temps tonight" you know that means the temp is going to fall below 0.

Anything in between those extremes is just easy to understand and recognize.

All that really means is your arbitrary values for temperature comforts are 0 and 40 instead of 32 and 100. the scale for both temperatures is linear. If you can "guess" how 20 degrees feels is based on 0 being freezing and 40 being too hot, you can do the same for 70 in Fahrenheit

buddah86 posted...

Even in the metric system, we dont ever go beyond 1 decimal.

It's a very easy system to figure out. 0 is freezing temp, 100 is boiling temp.

By that, anything between 0 - high teens is going to be very cold to cool. 20 - 25 you're in the sweet spot with heat. 25+ it's fucked, depending on where you live.

This is true, but the reason I prefer Farenheit is you have more accuracy. Metric degrees cover too large a gradient each.

For instance, at OF and OC, you're uncomfortable (or comfortable, if you really like freezing temperatures). But go up to 100: at 100F, you're sweating and cursing the sun for its heat. At 100C, you're either dead or in the process of dying.

These kinds of conversations are so stupid. "Fahrenheit is more precise for weather!" like, dude, do you honestly think it matters at all if you tell someone its going to be 75F rather than 76F? And its the same for Celsius. If someone asks me about the weather its like "Eh, its been in the mid-teens lately" and not "Oh it was exactly 23.386843 degrees last eve." Nobody actually cares about or can meaningfully integrate the merits of either system into their lives. Its just annoying that Americans use their own system and are an important enough country that other people notice and can't just make them stop doing it.

Tyranthraxus posted...

All that really means is your arbitrary values for temperature comforts are 0 and 40 instead of 32 and 100. the scale for both temperatures is linear. If you can "guess" how 20 degrees feels is based on 0 being freezing and 40 being too hot, you can do the same for 70 in Fahrenheit

Arbitrary is that 32 degrees is freezing

0 is just a logical turning point.

Luigi_and_Tails posted...

I never understood why America sticks to outdated units.

Imagine the cost of replacing all those signs for a staggeringly large road network in a massive country. Putting stickers over the old numbers isn't going to be good enough. New signs will need to be put up everywhere. Our freeway signs would require major roads to be shut down while these signs get replaced. Huge undertaking with atronomical costs. And that's just replacing the road signs.

That doesn't address the F/C debate going on here. But it is related and is the main reason why we haven't just switched to metric. The costs of updating everything.

SwayM posted...

Arbitrary is that 32 degrees is freezing

0 is just a logical turning point.

No it isn't. 0 being 0 in Kelvins is logical. Saying "it's negative 10 degrees outside" is complete nonsense no matter how you try to frame it. Fahrenheit has negative temps as well so the only real difference between the two is the arbitrary endpoints you pick.

While metric is infinitely superior for any kind of math (particularly Kelvin), I also prefer Fahrenheit for the wider span of usually used temperatures for common jargon.

SwayM posted...

Arbitrary is that 32 degrees is freezing

0 is just a logical turning point.

It's arbitrary to base a temperature scale on the behavior of water.

Yeah maybe when I turn into a walking pot of water Celsius will be more relevant in letting me know what I need to wear

Im biased from growing up in the US but for me Fahrenheit makes sense for delineating the extreme temperatures we get in the midwest

obv 32 is freezing but I dont think of that as being when its cold; its the single digit temperatures F where its genuinely cold outside and then in February when you get a stretch where its below zero every day thats when its unsafe to go outside

Above 10 C I dont wear a jacket. For 0-10 C I wear a light jacket. Below 0 C I wear a heavy jacket. Celsius seems pretty easy to me for determining what I wear.

Actually, Farenheit is the one area that makes more sense than others.

0 - 100 in Celsius? Freezing, and you're dead
0 - 100 in Kelvin? Dead and you're dead
0 - 100 in Farenheit? Really damn cold, really hot.

So yeah I am team Farenheit, anything else is the actual nonsense.

Oh I see someone posted the pic detailing what I said. Good, it makes the most sense for my day to day temperature.

0 as freezing makes sense, I get that, but beyond that....? Eh, whatever. Fahrenheit just seems more practical for experiential referencing, a la the earlier posted graphs gag.

If the boiling point was doubled to 200, I'd say that Celsius was superior and gave a meaningful specificity and range that actual Celsius doesn't compared to Fahrenheit.

And this is coming from an American that thinks metric for weights, distances, and especially volumes all make far more sense than their imperial counterparts.

Bruh.

You are trying to insinuate that us using imperial units is like breathing air.

We have dual thermometers here.

Paragon21XX posted...

It's arbitrary to base a temperature scale on the behavior of water.

Fahrenheit is also based on water. It just scales in increments of 32

0F = Brine freezes
32F = Water Freezes
64F = Room temperature "lukewarm" water
96F = Body temperature (Mr. Fahrenheit was a little cold when he made this scale from trying to freeze brine all day)

Celsius has no reference points besides water freezing and boiling, the latter of which has no real significance.

Celsius users will never understand the simple pleasure of setting a thermostat to 69

What the hell was that video