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[–] 114 points 3 years ago (4 children)

If those Americans could read they'd be very upset.

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  • [–] 96 points 3 years ago (34 children)

    I just use

    30°C is hot, 20°C is nice 10°C is cold, 0°C is ice.

    Obviously that won't apply everywhere, but in milder climates it works pretty good.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    It's the best way to think about it because if you're always doing the calculation in your head you still always think in Fahrenheit first. Just get the feeling for Celcius instead of trying to shoehorn a worse system in (as a user of said worse system myself).

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    [–] 72 points 3 years ago* (12 children)

    For the other Americans that came into the thread hoping to see a conversion:

    • 10c = 50f
    • 30c = 86f

    Edit: I'd like to note that 10c is a very reasonable temperature for shorts. I'm a Minnesotan (basically Canada lite (please annex us)), people start raising eyebrows at around 0C

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    0C? Fellow Minnesotan here and I've definitely seen plent of people wearing shorts at temps below -5C. But I'm also in a college town so that may change things.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    I once amusedly watched girls sunbathe in bikinis at St. Lawrence University with patches of snow nearby in, I think March.

    Conversely, I personally wore shorts and a tee one fine vacation in Florida around Christmas. It was 60f, and everybody was running around in jackets looking like they were in Chicago in January.

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    [–] 50 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Paraphrasing an old meme:

    Fahrenheit - how hot humans feel
    Celsius - how hot water feels
    Kelvin - how hot atoms feel

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    [–] 38 points 3 years ago

    C° or °C bud?

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  • [–] 32 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Jokes on you. I'm an american who works with scientific equipment so I mainly work in Celsius. Also live in Minnesota so we get the best of both worlds. Last winter hit almost -30C at times meanwhile tomorrow has a high of 39C with almost 70% humidity.

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

    Americans know about °C, but what the hell is C°?

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Most kids don't get degrees.

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    [–] 22 points 3 years ago

    I prefer free health care units

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    I certainly know what degrees Celsius are, but I have no idea what Celsius degrees are supposed to be.

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    [–] 19 points 3 years ago (29 children)

    Why does the US live rent free in so many European's heads all the time?

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    [–] 19 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (6 children)

    Fuck it, it's 8 o'clock and 28°C with 60% already. We are not used to this shit here.

    https://www.meteoblue.com/en/blog/article/show/40238_Heat+wave+in+Europe

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    [–] 18 points 3 years ago* (15 children)

    Here's a rough C° primer for Americans

    0° or below, fucking cold

    1° - 10° cold

    11° - 20° cool

    21° - 30° warm

    31° - 40° hot

    41° or above - Jesus Christ I'm on fire!

    As for Fahrenheit for the rest of the world, on a scale from 0 to 100, how hot is it? Assume anything below zero is really fucking cold, and anything above 100 is really fucking hot.

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    [–] 17 points 3 years ago (2 children)
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    [–] 15 points 3 years ago

    I don’t know if they stopped, but American kids at least used to be taught both Celsius and Fahrenheit. At least in some parts anyway. I was taught both as a kid, with my school largely banning the use of Fahrenheit by staff on campus even, for instance.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (38 children)

    I was taught both.

    Just like I was taught both metric and imperial.

    I use both temp scales, though fahrenheit is more common.

    I use both measurements scales, though imperial is more common.

    One thing I've never understood though. Metric is more precise for measurements (at least without needing to involve fractional measures). I totally get why it's superior for a lot of things, and indeed it is used in many places for this exact reason.

    Why would anyone say Celsius is better? Apart from freezing and boiling temps seeming somewhat arbitrary with fahrenheit, does it not allow for much higher precision with regards to temperature identification without resorting to decimals? Isn't this the same rationale used with metric vs imperial? It seems like a double standard to me, because remembering two temperatures (for boiling and freezing) seems like a small price to pay for a more precise system.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (15 children)

    I've always thought Fahrenheit was the better measurement in regards to weather. 0 F is uncomfortably cold, 100 F is uncomfortably hot. It makes so much sense for the weather. 0 C is freezing, 100 C you are dead. Of course, for most things Celsius makes more sense, and even though I live in the US I don't even know how to measure computer temperatures in F, it just sounds crazy. When it comes to weather though? Fahrenheit is where it is, in my opinion.

    Please guys, I know plenty of you will disagree with me, that's okay, this is just my opinion. Please don't get upset I know metric is generally better!

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    [–] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Shorts in 10C is standard practice for me. Really not that cold for us in the NorthWest. Now if we're talking Southern Californians 10C is heavy winter jacket weather.

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    [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    30 is hot 20 is nice 10 is cold 0 is ice

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    American here. Always knew C temps.

    10 c cool 20 c perfect 30 c ok I need shade and a body of water 40 c wtf 50 c I’m dead

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    [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    Me, an American, laughs in PC temperatures always being in C

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Double Celsius and add 30. It'll get you close enough for environment temps.

    10*2 is 20, plus 30 = 50.

    (10°C × 9/5) + 32 = 50°F

    30 doubled is 60, plus 30 is 90.

    (30°C × 9/5) + 32 = 86°F

    10°C is mild af. Who tf doesn't wear shorts when it's 50F?

    If you want to sound more metal, tell people how cold it is in celsius. Was it kinda cold or was it in the negatives?

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