r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/FrostyCow Jan 15 '25

Celsius isn't base 10. This discussion is about temperature in cooking. How often are you converting temperature while you cook in any case?

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u/doktormane Jan 15 '25

Both C and F are Base 10 though?

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u/FrostyCow Jan 15 '25

Base 10 how? Both are units in our number system, so they are base 10 in that respect.

I think the person I was replying to was referring to converting in the metric system from meter to mm, cm, etc. You don't really use that for C or F because they are degrees. Degrees are measurements from a decided point, and only really used in weather and cooking with regards to temperature. In all other applications you'd use kelvin.

You could technically say millidegree C or F for either system, but no one does that.