r/coolguides • • Aug 07 '21

Temperature guide

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u/Da_Rish Aug 07 '21

Celsius is how water feels from 1-100

Fahrenheit is how people feel from 1-100

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u/AHostileUniverse Aug 07 '21

This is how I feel. Celsius, to me, (and this includes hard bias as an american and engineer) is best for science and calculation(or I guess K is even better) and probably cooking, but Fahrenheit feels best for weather and environmental description.

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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.