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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Fahrenheit is a 0-100 scale keyed to human tolerances. 0 is about as low as temperatures can go and be survivable long-term without significant preparation or artificial means of heating. Meanwhile, 100 is around the upper tier of human environment. For everything you'll need vis-a-vis human experience, it's an effective scale.

Celsius, on the other hand, is less precise for human temperatures - because it's based on the freezing and boiling points of water, it doesn't map as precisely. 0 is cold (and potentially damaging over time without clothing), but it isn't really the lower threshold of human life (which is more like -18). Meanwhile, the upper limit caps at around 38. And a range of -18 to 38 is inelegant as fuck.

But that definition of limits is entirely arbitrary, and no easier to use or remember than celsius. It ultimately comes down to "I grew up with these numbers so I like them better" which doesn't mean much when you consider the vast array of numbers we deal with on a daily basis that don't conform to a 0 to 100 scale (where the 0 to 100 in this case don't mean anything definite other than "ya really hot fam" and "woah chillax dude tis like father christmas's teats out there eh").

The only reason fahrenheit seems to make more sense in your descriptions is because you're giving it such broad goalposts to conform to that aren't actually making it more useful in any kind of realistic setting, barring children who haven't learned negative numbers yet.
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