• The Octonaut
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    642 years ago

    “Fahrenheit is how people feel” only makes sense if said people have never used another scale. You know how 100F “feels” because that’s what you use. If you used Celsius you’d know how that scale feels instead, and be used to using the more useful scale generally.

    See also: people who think they don’t have an accent.

    • @ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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      -112 years ago

      You know what? I just enjoy being able to set a thermostat to a comfortable level by just using whole numbers instead of resorting do decimal places.

      • @acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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        52 years ago

        Put a temperature logger next to your thermostat and you’ll see it fluctuates 3 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit between the on off cycles. But your thermostat will make a great job fooling you.

    • @ericbomb@lemmy.world
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      -202 years ago

      100 f is pretty close to average body temperature.

      So above 100 means your surroundings are hotter than your body is unless you have a fever.

      I think that’s an okay land mark.

      • @Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works
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        322 years ago

        I have zero reference for how hot my body is because I don’t feel my ambient temperature.

        What I do know is that I feel cold if it’s anything below 30, and I know other people feel hot if it’s above 20. So what people consider hot/cold must clearly be based on something more than the average body temperature

        • @ericbomb@lemmy.world
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          02 years ago

          I’m not saying it’s perfect.

          But 100 being body temp is a land mark, so it’s not 100% arbitrary.

          • @acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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            42 years ago

            If your body drops to room temperature, you’re already likely dead. If it freezes afterwards is only useful information if you’re preserving meat.

    • damnthefilibuster
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      -212 years ago

      Notice how the tweet doesn’t say “all people”. Context is everywhere and everything.

      • The Octonaut
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        152 years ago

        Notice how the tweet doesn’t say “American people”. Accuracy is everything.

        • damnthefilibuster
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          -92 years ago

          I fall to context again. The person writing is white and clueless enough not to be specific. Clearly. American.

          Anyways. We are splitting hair over a silly tweet here.