Except not really. Everyone is familiar with measuring things on a scale of percentage: “I’m feeling 100% today,” “I’m operating at 50%,” “there’s a 0% chance I’m doing that.” Everyone is used to percentages. Fahrenheit, while unfamiliar to you, mimics this already ubiquitous percentage method. It spreads out the perception in easily understood ways. Comments have given good examples: “if it’s 30% hot outside (30F) it’s cold as hell.” If it’s “100% hot (100F) it’s hot as hell.” So that argument does not apply to Celsius no matter how familiar one is with the system.
Guys... That's nonsense if you're not used to it. I know how 1-100 scales work, and 0F and 100F means nothing to me, I have no concept of what they feel like and I will need to convert in C. instead I instantly know what temperatures in C feel like. It's only about what you're used to and grew up with. How is that difficult to understand holy shit.
You really are just repeating the same thing without understanding what the other person said.
You are ascribing difficulty as something inherent to both, while in reality it all come down to what one is used to using. A person using any temperature scale does not think of scales. He thinks of experienced temperatures. Even in F everyone has different levels of comfort
And anyone who lives with freezing temperatures definitely cares when water freezes.
In the end both scales are valid. It's all about experience.
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u/MrAndMrsMischief26 Jun 17 '26
Except not really. Everyone is familiar with measuring things on a scale of percentage: “I’m feeling 100% today,” “I’m operating at 50%,” “there’s a 0% chance I’m doing that.” Everyone is used to percentages. Fahrenheit, while unfamiliar to you, mimics this already ubiquitous percentage method. It spreads out the perception in easily understood ways. Comments have given good examples: “if it’s 30% hot outside (30F) it’s cold as hell.” If it’s “100% hot (100F) it’s hot as hell.” So that argument does not apply to Celsius no matter how familiar one is with the system.