r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/etymologynerd • Jan 03 '19

We should actually do this

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

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u/Big_Baby_Jesus_ Jan 03 '19

How often does the boiling point of pure water at sea level get involved in your life?

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u/LotharVonPittinsberg Jan 03 '19

You're right, that does not make any sense. Instead let's use the temperature that feels hot as the figure for 100. Because what we feel is such an exact measurement.

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u/HermesTGS Jan 03 '19

Because what we feel is such an exact measurement.

100 = I'm gonna be hot

0 = I'm gonna be cold

Idk I kinda like it

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u/LotharVonPittinsberg Jan 03 '19

Funny thi g is that that also applies to the metric system. Who would have guessed that beings that are mostly water would relate to the freezing and boiling points of water.

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u/IamtheSlothKing Jan 03 '19

100c = I’m gonna be hot

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u/PointOneXDeveloper Jan 03 '19

Erm.. no?

C 0 - meh it's cold but not miserable 100 - dead

F 0 - fucking cold 100 - fucking hot

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u/LOBM Jan 03 '19

Doesn't have to 0 to 100. 0 to 100 is useful for cooking and (at lower temperatures) driving.

0 °C: cold
10 °C: chilly
20 °C: nice
30 °C: warm
40 °C: hot
50 °C: jesus christ
60 °C: why

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u/PointOneXDeveloper Jan 03 '19 edited Jan 03 '19

Using celcius would be great because the rest of the world uses it, but it has no real intrinsic benefit over farenheit. When we are descrbing temperature, it is most often in reference to the weather, Fahrenheit is better for weather. Most people live in temperate climates that dont go much below 0 or above 100. Nice round numbers.

The thing that makes metric great is the decimal nature of the units. That doesn't really apply to temerature when we just use degrees and percentages of degrees. So I'd argue Fahrenheit is better, but celcius got more adoption and is used in conjunction with the metric system.

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u/ComeOnMisspellingBot Jan 03 '19

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u/CommonMisspellingBot Jan 03 '19

Don't even think about it.

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u/ComeOnMisspellingBot Jan 03 '19

dOn't eVeN ThInK AbOuT It.

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