Feet and inches are really useful for carpentry and any other case where you're doing a lot of both multiplication and addition to the same number because of how composite 12 is and fractions.
We could have the best of both worlds by adopting the metric system, but changing the number system to base 12.
It's elegant in a way if you know it. The 0 to 100 range is like a spectrum between unbearably cold at 0 and unbearably hot at 100. 50 Fahrenheit is exactly 10 Celsius, which is more cold than it is warm, but it's still a decent midpoint. The only real downside for weather reporting is that freezing isn't zero, and I can see why that would seem extremely weird if you're used to a system where 0 is freezing. But everyone here knows that 32 is freezing, no one needs to be reminded what the freezing point is.
This is 100% true. To me, the Fahrenheit system makes no sense at all, even for weather. Celsius is easy, below 0 C everything will be frozen (frost, ice on roads, etc), 20 C is nice pleasant temperature, over 30C is a hot summer day, and anything over 40C is completely unbearable
Like I said in another reply, It’s elegant in a way if you're used to it. The 0 to 100 range is like a spectrum between unbearably cold at 0 and unbearably hot at 100. 50 Fahrenheit is exactly 10 Celsius, which is more cold than it is warm, but it’s still a decent midpoint. The only real downside for weather reporting is that freezing isn’t zero, and I can see why that would seem extremely weird if you’re used to a system where 0 is freezing. But everyone here knows that 32 is freezing, no one needs to be reminded what the freezing point is.
isn't 100 like 37C? Like it's hot, but we get entire weeks over 40C here sometimes, and it rarely drops below 0C which cuts out 30 degrees of the scale.
Farenheit seems to be more suited to cold climates.
Possibly. My attempt at justifying it is that it works in groups of 10. 60s-70s are average, 50s are cool, 80s are warm, etc. 100 also makes a nice barrier for like "unbearably hot" (for most anyway). It helps that our body temperature is ~100.
I wish we would switch to meters and kilograms and all that stuff. Conversion is easy and it just makes more sense.
That being said, I will never measure the weather in Celsius.
Celsius is good for science, but Fahrenheit works better for human application IMO.
I agree, although I'm sure someone here who was raised with Celsius will tell us we only think that because we were raised with Fahrenheit.
Yep, I don't understand how you guys use Fahrenheit, it makes as little sense as using feets, ounces and all that crap.
Feet and inches are really useful for carpentry and any other case where you're doing a lot of both multiplication and addition to the same number because of how composite 12 is and fractions.
We could have the best of both worlds by adopting the metric system, but changing the number system to base 12.
And if we switched to base 12, we could still count on our hands.
Each of the four non-thumb fingers has three segments. That's 12. Use your thumb to mark the number you're on.
It's elegant in a way if you know it. The 0 to 100 range is like a spectrum between unbearably cold at 0 and unbearably hot at 100. 50 Fahrenheit is exactly 10 Celsius, which is more cold than it is warm, but it's still a decent midpoint. The only real downside for weather reporting is that freezing isn't zero, and I can see why that would seem extremely weird if you're used to a system where 0 is freezing. But everyone here knows that 32 is freezing, no one needs to be reminded what the freezing point is.
This is 100% true. To me, the Fahrenheit system makes no sense at all, even for weather. Celsius is easy, below 0 C everything will be frozen (frost, ice on roads, etc), 20 C is nice pleasant temperature, over 30C is a hot summer day, and anything over 40C is completely unbearable
Like I said in another reply, It’s elegant in a way if you're used to it. The 0 to 100 range is like a spectrum between unbearably cold at 0 and unbearably hot at 100. 50 Fahrenheit is exactly 10 Celsius, which is more cold than it is warm, but it’s still a decent midpoint. The only real downside for weather reporting is that freezing isn’t zero, and I can see why that would seem extremely weird if you’re used to a system where 0 is freezing. But everyone here knows that 32 is freezing, no one needs to be reminded what the freezing point is.
isn't 100 like 37C? Like it's hot, but we get entire weeks over 40C here sometimes, and it rarely drops below 0C which cuts out 30 degrees of the scale.
Farenheit seems to be more suited to cold climates.
Yeah, it really depends on where you live
Possibly. My attempt at justifying it is that it works in groups of 10. 60s-70s are average, 50s are cool, 80s are warm, etc. 100 also makes a nice barrier for like "unbearably hot" (for most anyway). It helps that our body temperature is ~100.
100 Fahrenheit was originally defined as human body temperature, but it drifted due to inaccurate thermometers