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Tournesol 🌻 @tournesol@peculiar.florist
2y
Americans saying that Fahrenheit is really simple cause 0 is when you’re cold and 100 is when you’re hot. Because it is empirical, it is a better solution than Celsius.

They speak like I do calculus every time I go outside
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0 is freezing, 20 is moderate, 30 is hot, 40 is really really hot

The only problem with Celsius is that it is not the system you were educated with, and it isn’t the one used around you.
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Ritam @astro_ray@misskey-square.net
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@tournesol it's not that I don't use imperial units at all. When it comes to height of an individual, it's easier for me to comprehend in feet instead of metres or cms. But all other scale, I am more comfortable with metric system. But really hate when someone insists one system is more intuitive than other.
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Tournesol 🌻 @tournesol@peculiar.florist
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@astro_ray yeah, it’s not really a question of intuitivity, you’re right

it just baffles me that government wouldn’t want to teach metric system when it’s so useful in science
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