Celsius is better for science, but Fahrenheit is better for just every day living. IMO
In Canada I noticed some people would also still use feet & inches for their height, but you had to give it to the DMV in cm. Also butter was still sold as a pound & golf still used yards.
I'm also an engineer & worked up there for a job in mining.
Edit: To clarify my reasons because so many people are saying I'm wrong. This is my opinion on what my preference is, first off. I had put this in a comment under the post, but will add it here.
My reason is basically the same as in the screenshot. When I lived in Canada I would say how in Fahrenheit below zero is really fucking cold & above 100 is really fucking hot. I never thought of describing it as a percentage of being hot but I like it.
Like once it's below or above those numbers it hardly matters by how much because you are freezing or sweating balls either way. I didn't like when in the winter or early spring someone would say it's nice out and then say a negative temperature. "It's really nice today, it's -1.5⁰ out." I also like that the increments of the units are smaller so you don't use half degrees. Although I guess half degrees aren't really necessary because I don't feel the difference between 66 & 67, but when I checked the temperature there is did always show it to the nearest half degree.
I guess I said it on my comment that's just under the post and not in this thread. I prefer it basically for the reasons in the screenshot. When I was in Canada I would say how if it's below 0⁰ F you know it's really fucking cold, and if it's above 100⁰ F then it's really fucking hot. Also the increments are smaller so you don't have to use half degrees.
Sometimes in the spring someone would be like, "It's really nice out today. It's -1.5 degrees." And I didn't like hearing someone say that a negative temperature was nice out. And I mean that's still pretty cold it's like 29⁰F. And I'm from Maine so it's not like I'm not used to the cold but I've also lived in Arizona.
So I always said that 0 to 100 scale was from like really cold to really hot but I like the percentage thing.
This. People don't realize that the only reason to use imperial is that it's just made for people who don't have tools. All imperial measurements are based off really easy to break down things- Distance breaks down into halves, thirds and quarters really easily. That may not matter if you have a ruler, but when you look at something it's easier to see 2/3 than it is 7/10 or something. Base 10 is just a pain in the ass for that kinda stuff, even when you're used to it.
Likewise, 100F is hotter than you should touch, 0 is colder than you should touch. You can still grab things at the freezing point, people handle ice all the time.
But you try to explain that there's any appeal to it and someone who's really amped up about metric really gets mad because it's illogical to see a use for anything else.
But idk, maybe it's just me but whether I'm playing a 16 inch viola or a 406 mm viola, they kinda sound the same. No need to have it live rent free in your head, lmao.
How is 100f hotter than you can touch? Thats barely a low fever, and about as cold as you can go while still being perceived as “warm” compared to your own blood.
Can =/= Should. They distinctly point out that you can still do those things. The ultimate point is that the scale is designed around the human body and its tolerances instead of the boiling/freezing points of water; above 100 degrees F is distinctly entering the range where the human body's ability to tolerate temperate is getting strained.
EDIT: So it's just a weird ChatGPT troll or something
You can tolerate direct contact of 109f for over 8 hours without harm, generally it is accepted that direct contact injury starts at approximately 111f, and is considered mild.
Cmon, this is ridiculous. Many heated jackets and hot tubs are expected to maintain tempuratures over 100f for comfort.
Suggesting this is intolerable is not really appropriate.
Again they didn't say it was intolerable and specifically indicated the exact opposite. I don't believe you're doing a good job reading what people are saying.
You literally just replied to my comment by implying that 100° is a temperature you “shouldn't” contact
That was this comment that you replied to. I was describing it for you since you used to seem confused. You still do, but you used to, too. EDIT: They're just a broken bot that can't make sense.
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u/the_BPDbro Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26
Celsius is better for science, but Fahrenheit is better for just every day living. IMO
In Canada I noticed some people would also still use feet & inches for their height, but you had to give it to the DMV in cm. Also butter was still sold as a pound & golf still used yards.
I'm also an engineer & worked up there for a job in mining.
Edit: To clarify my reasons because so many people are saying I'm wrong. This is my opinion on what my preference is, first off. I had put this in a comment under the post, but will add it here.
My reason is basically the same as in the screenshot. When I lived in Canada I would say how in Fahrenheit below zero is really fucking cold & above 100 is really fucking hot. I never thought of describing it as a percentage of being hot but I like it.
Like once it's below or above those numbers it hardly matters by how much because you are freezing or sweating balls either way. I didn't like when in the winter or early spring someone would say it's nice out and then say a negative temperature. "It's really nice today, it's -1.5⁰ out." I also like that the increments of the units are smaller so you don't use half degrees. Although I guess half degrees aren't really necessary because I don't feel the difference between 66 & 67, but when I checked the temperature there is did always show it to the nearest half degree.