Comment on xkcd #3001: Temperature Scales

communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• bitwaba@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Supposedly one of the main draws for fahrenheit is that common cold temperatures aren’t negative, so this doesn’t address that part.

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  • communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    honestly why would someone care about that… common cold temperatures being negative makes more sense to me, i say this as an american.

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    • Hamartia@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This is the point. Whether ice is likely to form is a very important aspect of weather.

      Is it going snow instead of rain. Are the roads going to be treacherous. Will my water supply stop flowing.

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