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[–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

100 is hot out and 0 is cold. That's not crazy. 35 being hot out is pretty arbitrary for day to day use. But if your job is boiling water every day, it's probably not the best.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    The freezing point of water seems a hell of a lot more relevant to what humans consider 'cold'...which is why it's the zero. The boiling point of water isn't the zero in Celsius after all.

    Also 'cold' as a concept is often represented with symbols related to frozen water such as snow flakes and icicles.

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