• Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    Can confirm. Moved from the US to Canada and maybe a year of using Celcius revealed to me just how fucking stupid and convoluted Fahrenheit is. My dad spent three weeks out here and started using Celcius on his phone. Now I only use Fahrenheit when dealing with fevers or temping cases of suspiciously overripe produce.

    Fellow Americans. Celcius is superior and more intuitive for those who take a moment to adjust to it. It is okay to accept this as fact without developing an inferiority complex. USA not always #1. USA quite often not #1 and that is okay. It is okay for USA to not be #1 without developing an inferiority complex.

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      8 months ago

      Fahrenheit has a fine granularity that is lost in cold climates. It’s why the Bahamas/Belize use it as well.

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        8 months ago

        Well you know that you can use the decimals?

        How is - 40.000001°F more fine than - 40.00000000001°C?

        23°C is a nice room temperature.

        18°C is a bit chilly but still a comfortable temperature.

        If you want to go for a finer destinction then we cann say 18.5°C is warmer but I personally can’t feel the difference.

        • rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de
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          8 months ago

          Slightly off topic, but 23°C is a nice room temperature? We have our thermostats at 20°C and I find it quite warm. In the sleeping room we have 18°C and so do I have in my office, which I find quite comfortable. I hate visiting my parents, they always have 22.5°C which I find uncomfortably warm.

          Well it’s all subjective after all, I’ll be happy about chilly 23°C inside when summer comes.

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          8 months ago

          I can feel the difference between 71 and 73 in my house.

          At 73, my kids room is uncomfortably hot. At 71, it has a perfect chill for sleeping.

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              8 months ago

              I don’t know if my thermostat is just wrong or if the layout of my house makes it inaccurate, but 64-65 in my house is frigid.

              Plus we have a baby so 67-68 is really the lowest we could go at night I think.

              But I agree, I sleep better in general when the blankets are warm and the house is cold!