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[–] Joey@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago

I don't really get the hate for fahrenheit. It's a nice 0 to 100 scale for everyday weather temperatures. But also every 10 degrees is different enough that you don't even need to be precise when talking about it: "We'll probably need the AC today, it's going to be in the 80s".

I'm an American that's all for converting to metric but I would still use fahrenheit for weather since it's just so easy and convenient.

[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, you see it’s easy! 10°C is 70°F in Canada and 30°C is 35°F in Australia. Fahrenheit is based upon comfortable temperature and since that differs by person and population the amount differs too!

Celsius is just boring old math though. Kind of like metric measurements. Everything devisable by 1000? Pffft, boooring! Give me my 600 feet to the mile and 8-1/2 football fields to league like a truely patriotic measuring system! Did I mention I actually prefer needing a lookup table to figure out unit conversions.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

Americans are used to being able to infer unknown scales of measurement

[–] lordziv@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Come to New Zealand, we wear shorts (or stubbies as they are known over here) all year round!

I love the Kiwi lingo.

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[–] MrOtingocni@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Of course I do, it stands for Percentage of Commie.

These poor folks don't even know in a free country you can wear jackets and shorts any time you like.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I suppose posting this meme with F instead of C would confuse more of the world than this one will. When trolling its all about numbers people.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nah, shitting on Americans is a daily requirement. No one likes Americans.

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[–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I understand because of a useful mnemonic I learned a few years ago. 30 is hot. 20 is nice. 10 is cold. 0 is ice. 30 is still pretty nice for most US citizens since we're not Canadian.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

I know neither one is freezing. Or boiling, because my coffee brews at 95° C, max.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Do Canadians also don't know why they did this as kids

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

30c is what my CPU is at when idle.

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