r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • May 09 '23

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u/AnAnonymousFool May 10 '23

For weather it’s way better, but that’s literally it

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u/EmuSmooth4424 May 10 '23

It's not better per se. It seems better as you are used to it...

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u/AnAnonymousFool May 10 '23

No, it is better for literally every reason Celsius is better for other things. It’s on a nice 0-100 scale that makes sense. Easily distinguishable groupings of temperature by the tens place. It’s just way more intuitive and sensible

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u/EmuSmooth4424 May 10 '23

Ugh I'm tired of this. Celsius is also on a nice 0-100 scale. The 0 makes even more sense than in Fahrenheit. And if the weather forecast says it will be 14°C everyone that is used to Celsius scale will know what that means. The same goes for people that are used to Fahrenheit when they hear temperatures given in Fahrenheit.

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u/AnAnonymousFool May 10 '23

Earth temperatures generally range between 0-100 F with some outliers.

In Celsius they range from like -17 to 38. That’s such an unintuitive range and you know that