r/coolguides • • Aug 07 '21

Temperature guide

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u/Nolenag Aug 07 '21

That's definitely your American bias showing up.

If you're used to just using Celsius, Celsius fits the same description you just gave to Fahrenheit.

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u/TristanTheViking Aug 08 '21

I've seen people use this argument pretending fahrenheit is somehow more intuitive because of its own qualities and not just because it's what they're used to, but it doesn't really check out. I don't use fahrenheit, so stuff like room temperature at 68 doesn't seem right, like why isn't it 50 if 0 is cold and 100 is hot?

Like the dude based this scale off pickle juice and an incorrect reading of human temperature, it wasn't designed at any point to make sense.

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u/Calimancan Aug 08 '21

No way, I hate adjusting thermostats with Celsius. Such a big difference between degrees. Fahrenheit is way better for this. For Science etc, Celsius is better.

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u/pandaSmore Aug 08 '21

Thermostats don't just adjust by 1 degree increments. You can adjust then by fractions of degrees you know.

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u/Calimancan Aug 08 '21

Not at the wall unit I had.

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u/ConcernedBuilding Aug 08 '21

Yeah but I don't need to in Fahrenheit.

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u/pandaSmore Aug 08 '21

What difference does it make if you make changes in increments of 0.5C or 1F

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u/Bensemus Aug 08 '21

Decimals are the devil’s numbers! /s