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[–] 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This assumes for whatever reasons that non-scientists could not have any reason to ever calculate anything with temperature.

If you use °C for a week or two, you'll get used to what numbers are hot and which ones are cold. But if you ever calculate anything in imperial units for a week or two, you'll still want to bite your table.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    "Knowing things is for nerds!"

    --average USian

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  • [–] 2 points 19 hours ago (1 child)

    Is “USian” supposed to be a pejorative? I’ve only seen it used on lemmy, usually in lemmy.ml communities.

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  • [–] 4 points 16 hours ago

    i don't think it's a pejorative by itself; it's just a way to uncouple "American" from "United States of America", since "American" technically applies to all countries in central, north and south america.

    it's more granular and easier to type i guess, though i don't use it...

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