I vehemently disagree with the common American trope that Celsius is good for science but that Fahrenheit would somehow be objectively better for everyday temperatures.
As a Celsius user, my experience is completely opposite to yours: 10C or 50F is starting to be quite cool already, bordering on cold, but you still have a whole 18 degrees F to go before freezing?! Why do you need so damn many subsivisions to describe that relatively small gap in temperature?
Mind you, I’m also not saying that Celsius is the superior everyday temperature scale (even though in my mind it obviously is). With temperature scales it’s really about what you’re used to more so than with most other kinds of measurements.
I’d argue that you would definitely feel a difference in those temps between them if you were used to scale that allowed for smaller variation. 52°F for someone used to living in a cold climate can still be quite pleasant but I find at under 50°F the amount of time I can spend outside without proper bundling shortens with each couple degrees.
It’s like knowing whether I can run out the garbage real quick without bothering with a coat at a glance. I think it does a good job of helping convey a self learned length of time of comfort better in fahrenheit without having to remember decimals which many people are too dumb to use.
52°F for someone used to living in a cold climate can still be quite pleasant but I find at under 50°F the amount of time I can spend outside without proper bundling shortens with each couple degrees.
11°C for someone used to living in a cold climate can still be quite pleasant but i find at under 10°C the amount of time I can spend outside without proper bundling shortens with each degree.
you seem to have not noticed, even in Celsius/metric countries, people cooking immediately switch to Fahrenheit, in the same way carpenters immediately switch to standard. most thermostats are in Farenheit also, simply because the celsius degrees are much larger, and i absolutely can feel the difference between 69 and 70.
Canada and the UK have switched from the imperial system to the metric system relatively recently, and as such it is understandable that the imperial system is still entrenched in some areas (such as possibly cooking).
Most metric countries have been metric for centuries and use metric for basically everything, and certainly don’t randomly use Fahrenheit of all things.
If your idea about Metric countries is Canada or the UK, then you don’t really have an idea.
I’m starting to feel you don’t really know what you’re talkint about, sorry to say
While Canada has converted to the metric system for many purposes, there is still significant use of non-metric units and standards in many sectors of the Canadian economy and everyday life today. This is mainly due to historical ties with the United Kingdom, the traditional use of the imperial system of measurement in Canada, proximity to the United States, and strong public opposition to metrication during the transition period.
They absolutely do not. Do you want to see a picture of my oven with its °C units? I’ve worked in multiple kitchens and Fahrenheit has never been used there either. If you say a temperature in Fahrenheit, nobody will have a clue what you’re on about. They’ll look at you like you’re an alien.
Go to buy timber and other building materials, it’s sold in mm, cm, or m.
But what do I know, I’ve only lived here since the 80s. I’m sure some random American who almost certainly has never been knows better. That’s sarcasm btw, I know you lot struggle to pick it up.
This shows one of the things I don’t like about Celsius: that 10C is a fairly comfortable 50F, but then suddenly you’re at freezing only 10° lower.
Fahrenheit is just an easier scale for everyday temps. But I will admit that 32° is dumb as a freezing point.
I vehemently disagree with the common American trope that Celsius is good for science but that Fahrenheit would somehow be objectively better for everyday temperatures.
As a Celsius user, my experience is completely opposite to yours: 10C or 50F is starting to be quite cool already, bordering on cold, but you still have a whole 18 degrees F to go before freezing?! Why do you need so damn many subsivisions to describe that relatively small gap in temperature?
Mind you, I’m also not saying that Celsius is the superior everyday temperature scale (even though in my mind it obviously is). With temperature scales it’s really about what you’re used to more so than with most other kinds of measurements.
I’d argue that you would definitely feel a difference in those temps between them if you were used to scale that allowed for smaller variation. 52°F for someone used to living in a cold climate can still be quite pleasant but I find at under 50°F the amount of time I can spend outside without proper bundling shortens with each couple degrees.
It’s like knowing whether I can run out the garbage real quick without bothering with a coat at a glance. I think it does a good job of helping convey a self learned length of time of comfort better in fahrenheit without having to remember decimals which many people are too dumb to use.
11°C for someone used to living in a cold climate can still be quite pleasant but i find at under 10°C the amount of time I can spend outside without proper bundling shortens with each degree.
…means pretty much the exact same thing.
Hmm touche.
you seem to have not noticed, even in Celsius/metric countries, people cooking immediately switch to Fahrenheit, in the same way carpenters immediately switch to standard. most thermostats are in Farenheit also, simply because the celsius degrees are much larger, and i absolutely can feel the difference between 69 and 70.
I’m not sure if you’re joking here but I’ve literally never heard of anyone doing this. Not in my country, not even in any other.
To me this is like saying “do you know how Yanks switch to metric when they talk about kitten mitten measurements”. Like lmao what
I’m Canadian. Everyone cooks and carpenters in Imperial. The British and Irish i know say the same, countries’ metric but the trades aren’t.
So your examples was about countries that use imperial/mixed system already and not really about metric countries?
The idea that someone in Finland would switch to Fahrenheit for cooking is just bizarre. Why would anyone do that lol
The UK and Ireland don’t either. I dunno where they got that from. Our ovens and everything very obviously use Celsius.
Canada is a metric country. Don’t be a dolt. Fahrenheit is more precise, smaller degrees.
Canada and the UK have switched from the imperial system to the metric system relatively recently, and as such it is understandable that the imperial system is still entrenched in some areas (such as possibly cooking).
Most metric countries have been metric for centuries and use metric for basically everything, and certainly don’t randomly use Fahrenheit of all things.
If your idea about Metric countries is Canada or the UK, then you don’t really have an idea.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12241565
I’m starting to feel you don’t really know what you’re talkint about, sorry to say
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Canada
Lmao. Someone needs to learn about decimals. Absolutely nobody here uses Fahrenheit for cooking. You are being silly
Oh look, it says Canada is a metric country.
Britain and Ireland absolutely do not do that.
the fuck they don’t
They absolutely do not. Do you want to see a picture of my oven with its °C units? I’ve worked in multiple kitchens and Fahrenheit has never been used there either. If you say a temperature in Fahrenheit, nobody will have a clue what you’re on about. They’ll look at you like you’re an alien.
Go to buy timber and other building materials, it’s sold in mm, cm, or m.
But what do I know, I’ve only lived here since the 80s. I’m sure some random American who almost certainly has never been knows better. That’s sarcasm btw, I know you lot struggle to pick it up.
how is “10” from “comfortable” to “freezing” vastly different from “18”?
Ok but we don’t count by 10’s. There are 9 more integers in between you can use.
Do you notice a big temperature difference between 68F and 70? That’s one degree of C. Plenty of resolution.
And instead of saying “in the 50’s”, you can say “in the low 10’s”