https://twitter.com/TheDCSentinel/status/1447320625119383557

  • baby_trump [undecided]
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    3 years ago

    4°c was popularized instead of 39°f because it sounds much less severe to the ameribrain, right? It seems extremely intentional.

    Shit I'm a dumbass

        • comfortablegrocery [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          Each degree change in C is a 1.8 degree change in F. You're calculating what the temperature of 4 degrees C is in F, not what a change in 4 degrees C equates to in F.

          • Mardoniush [she/her]
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            3 years ago

            Isn't that the Kelvin/Rankine conversion since the two don't map linearly? (also I always thought Farenheit was based on the coefficient of heat expansion of Mercury, but the truth is far weirder. Who would use this scale?!)

        • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          Zero celsius is 32 F. Each degree of Celsius is roughly 1.8 F.

          4 C is 39.2 F because 32+(4*1.8)=39.2.

          A 4 degree change in Celsius is 7.2 degrees of change in Fahrenheit. Use the tool you just used and look up 8 C. It should be 46.4 F, not 78.8 F.

    • Donut
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      1 year ago

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      • baby_trump [undecided]
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        3 years ago

        True but remember that all corporate media is heavily influenced by petroleum companies. Usually celsius measurements are converted to F for american audiences but never with climate related stuff.

    • RION [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      God I'm stupid I thought it was in Fahrenheit this whole time. That is cataclysmic

      • baby_trump [undecided]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah when I was younger I thought it was fahrenheit for a long time and didn't get what the big deal was. When I found out it was C I had a day long panic attack