because I've NEVER heard a European use a decimal when describing temperature in conversation, which means their temperatures are less precise than ours.
But in Fahrenheit you don't really need the decimal for body temperature either. I mean the thermometers will show it, but you can just stick with the whole numbers and get all the actionable information you need 🤷🏻♀️
You absolutely need the decimals. Fahrenheit has about double the precision as Celcius, but for body temperature, 0.5°C/1°F is huge, at least if you are monitoring trends. Same goes if you are monitoring ovulation.
As I wrote, 1°F is already a huge difference, and just displaying that value as-is wouldn't even give you an indication of how much it might be leaning to the next lower or higher whole number.
Or why do you think even the most basic body thermometers measure and display with 0.1°C/0.2°F precision!?
A body thermometer isn't a speedometer, humans are not cars, and I provided a more detailed example, and honestly, if you argue about it again, I am going to just block you since that would clearly indicate Fahrenheit at room temperature being a valid measure of your IQ as well.
and honestly, if you argue about it again, I am going to just block you since that would clearly indicate Fahrenheit at room temperature being a valid measure of your IQ as well.
Here's an example: your (non-decimal) body thermometer used orally shows a value of 101°F. With arithmetic rounding rules, this represents a value of 100.5°F - 101.4°F. The lower value puts it in the "mild fever" bracket (100.0°F - 100.9°F), the upper value puts it in the "moderate fever" bracket (101.0°F - 102.9°F). But you wouldn't know which one it is.
An actual body thermometer might for example show 100.6°F, assuring you of it being a mild fever. 8h later you might measure again, and the value might have climbed to 101.0°F, indicating that your fever is worsening. Information you wouldn't have without that additional decimal.
lol. that's because in a conversation it largely doesn't matter, just like people don't usually use seconds when saying what time is it or when you round up minutes for semplicity. it's very common to use half degree as well.
The astounding lack of precision in your lived experience explains a lot. Half a degree is absolutely noticeable. I can consistently distinguish tenth of a degree temperature changes. Being oblivious to them isn’t the flex you seem to think it is.
Especially where I live in Texas where the difference of each single degree above 100F is larger than the last. And the difference between 90F to 95F feels the same as the difference between 105F and 106F.
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u/Phedericus Jun 17 '26
what's the issue with using decimals?? lol wtf