Yeah after I discovered that sort of meaning for fahrenheit, it made a lot more sense to me. So no issues with fahrenheit, but imperial is still crazy to me
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Zink@programming.dev 11 months agoWhatever your grew up with will always seem more intuitive for most people. But given that I grew up with Fahrenheit, the whole “0 is cold as fuck, 100 is hot as fuck” thing works for me.
Sigh_Bafanada@lemmy.world 11 months ago
sleep_deprived@lemmy.world 11 months ago
As an American this is how I feel. I don’t mind Fahrenheit but for absolutely everything else I desperately wish we’d switch.
slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
This is the way.
PancakeLegend@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Farenheit is asking Americans how hot they feel.
Zink@programming.dev 11 months ago
Yeah, pretty much. I figured it was probably implied that I’m in the states. :)
I mean, SI units are objectively the best, and align with metric in most cases, but my brain is conditioned to accept Fahrenheit and miles per hour natively. Celsius and km/h have to go through an interpreter to convert them.
I have to say though, km/h has that “0 to 100” thing going for it that Fahrenheit does. 100 isn’t the fastest you’ll go, but it’s a typical highway speed.
robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 11 months ago
but we could be using meters per second
Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Do Americans feel heat differently or something?
PancakeLegend@mander.xyz 11 months ago
They’re one of only 3 countries in the world who still use °F, and represent 98% of the population who do so. So it’s basically just America.
Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
So because right now only Americans use fahrenheit, it must be bad? Holy logical fallacy batman
sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 11 months ago
Fahrenheit is our broken clock being right once a day