50 is about the average temperature for spring and fall. Summer gets closer to 100 to imply hot and winter it drops down closer to 0.
Comment on xkcd #3001: Temperature Scales
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 months agoThe fahrenheit scale makes sense for the human experience of weather
Wat. Yanks keep saying this but… wat
Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 months ago
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That’s both very dependent on the location and not at all more natural or intuitive to me than Celsius for my area
Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 months ago
Yeah well obviously wasn’t planned for a global scale and you can thank European mindset 300 years ago for that so it is definitely scaled for arable land in higher latitudes.
It wasn’t very technical cause I mean they just weren’t back then. Heck ask a baker what a pinch is.
But for trying to come up with a scale to give people a way to talk about the temperature in Poland was the point and it’s just stuck for people that are using it same as those using other methods. It wasn’t and isn’t about you.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 months ago
This was about “scale makes sense for human experience of weather” in comparison to Celsius though. What I’ve wondered is how does it make any more sense than Fahrenheit.
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
It’s only fair to give credit when credit is due. Doesn’t mean I like that unit, but I can see where they’re coming from.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It doesn’t make any sense to me, sorry