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[–] 93 points 2 years ago (3 children)

"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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  • [+] -17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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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  • [+] -25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Spoken like a pleb that has no control over their life. No thermostat control.

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  • [+] -10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    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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  • [+] -26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Notice how the tweet doesn’t say “all people”. Context is everywhere and everything.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Notice how the tweet doesn't say "American people". Accuracy is everything.

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  • [+] -28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have zero reference for how hot my body is because I don’t feel my ambient temperature.

    What I do know is that I feel cold if it’s anything below 30, and I know other people feel hot if it’s above 20. So what people consider hot/cold must clearly be based on something more than the average body temperature

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And 0f is close to salted ice. good system, very human.

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