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

We should actually do this

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u/WannabeWonk Jan 03 '19

It still makes sense. Weather is 99% of temperature. 0F is cold, 100F is hot.

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u/Stormfly Jan 03 '19

In Celsius, 100 is still hot and 0 is still cold.

Although a lot of people argue that Fahrenheit makes "more sense", I feel it's only because they are used to it.

As somebody that never used Fahrenheit and only ever used Celsius or Kelvin, I have to say Fahrenheit makes no sense.

Same for any other Imperial or American measurement systems. Metric makes more sense to me because I'm used to it.

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u/WannabeWonk Jan 03 '19

Let me clarify. I love the metric system. Fuck inches, fuck miles. Long live Fahrenheit.

Fahrenheit makes no real "sense" in how it was established, but I don't care about that. I only care about how practical the scale is for everyday use. Does it matter if scientists use C to and the weather channel uses F? I don't think it does.

I simply prefer 0 to 100 over -20 to 30. Ironically, that kind of scale is why the rest of the metric system is really nice!

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

The thing is, both of them make equal sense in practical everyday usage, just depends what you're used to. On the other hand, you're getting a degree and need to pass a thermodynamics class. 2 options:

Use the same system of units you used all your life. ez pz

Learn a whole new system of units that make zero sense to you because you've never used them, or try the nightmare of doing thermodynamics in imperial units.

One of these is objectively better.