Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Trying something new: America AMA! Ask me a question why something is the way it is in the US and I'll try to give you the best answer. Qualifications: I've been an American my entire life. Other Americans should feel free to chime in.
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Alberto Ornaghi
@alor
Why don’t you give up the imperial system?
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Sterling
@sterling
For distances and weight, I totally agree. Imperial is dumb. But Fahrenheit > Celsius for the human experience. It was literally invented based on human body temp. The fact that there are decimals in hotel room thermostats in Europe tells you all you need to know https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit
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daniel
@pcdkd
What's the human experience difference in saying it's 24 deg vs 75 deg?
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Sterling
@sterling
In F: 0 is really really cold. 100 is really really hot. Everything in between is nuance In C: 0 is cold, but not that cold, really cold is like -10. 100 is you’re very dead I personally don’t care about the temp that water turns to a solid / gas at for my daily living.
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daniel
@pcdkd
Until I moved to the US, I thought 0 deg C was very cold. And 30+ deg C was very hot. I still do.
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Sterling
@sterling
85 is pretty hot 95 is real hot Makes a lot more intuitive sense to me than 35 / 40 C
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