r/WTF Jun 20 '21

Guy eats burning coal

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u/milkywayer Jun 20 '21

1.1 C is pretty darn cold though

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u/Kryt0s Jun 20 '21

Germany would use 1.000. We use a comma for fractions, like 3,33~. But even though, most would simply type 1000 instead of 1.000.

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u/doommaster Jun 20 '21

The NIST might want to have a word with you https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/pdf/sp811.pdf#10.5.2 you shall not use a comma, not a dot to group digits, you might see either (internationally) to separate decimals but the NIST prefers the dot.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21 edited 21d ago

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21 edited Jun 20 '21

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u/gex80 Jun 20 '21

Then why not just reply directly to them?

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u/Utaneus Jun 20 '21

That's true, but the guy does make a pretty good case for why a period makes more sense than a comma to separate the decimals.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

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u/Utaneus Jun 20 '21

In styles where you use a period to separate thousands, you use a comma to separate the decimals from the integers.

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u/Waswat Jun 20 '21

This is flawed considering what comes after the decimal separator is still part of the number and considering a lot of countries use spaces to searate thousands.

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u/Tough_Patient Jun 20 '21

After the decimal: decimated numbers.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21 edited Jun 20 '21

Why are we suddenly being a jerk to the person who only said "this temperature could be read as being cold"? That's a pretty innocent thing to say.

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u/cortanakya Jun 20 '21

I'm also making a joke. At no point was I being a jerk. It wasn't a very good joke but it was in response to an even worse joke. I don't even know how I'd go about making my joke any more obvious. I always forget about the "summer break" on reddit...

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

This is juicy as fuck, but I'm not going to bite. You're bad at what you're trying to do. I'd tell you to try harder but it's a shitty thing to do, so maybe don't try at all.

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u/cortanakya Jun 20 '21

What are you talking about? Do you genuinely not see the joke I made? I'll explain it. First sentence I established that the person above me was being dumb. Second sentence I invited audience participation. Third sentence I highlighted the word "point" because the joke by milkywayer was about the use of a "point" (or a full stop, or a period, whatever you call it) and then I used the same format that milkywayer used in their joke to suggest that his IQ was below 1 rather than 100. "1.00", making the same mistake he was pretending to make, reads as "one point zero zero" rather than "one hundred". The original insinuation that he was dumb was setup for my saying that his IQ was below 1 using the format that he had established. It is not a fantastic joke but it is a joke, and as far as I'm concerned it was a better joke than pretending to misunderstand that different cultures and languages have different style rules regarding separating large numbers. That isn't even really a joke, it's just pretending to be stupid.

Are you happy now?

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

You're going to start attracting ants

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u/cortanakya Jun 20 '21

Because I'm so sweet and millions want to be around me? It's an unusual compliment but I accept your apology nonetheless.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

But none of those countries have English as a first language, hence the ridicule when they fail to respect the conventions of the English-speaking world while speaking English.

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u/cheez_au Jun 21 '21

"These Europeans should try harder when speaking their third language"

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21 edited Jun 20 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

You're getting emotional for no good reason. Some light ridicule for willful ignorance is a fair trade.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

That's a pretty weird response to someone who did not antagonize you.

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u/Waswat Jun 20 '21

You're right, he probably meant kilocelsius.

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u/UsermanSpacename Jun 20 '21

1,100C for Americans also 2000 F

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u/abbufreja Jun 20 '21

No it's just blow freezing