Current Events > which is a better way to measure the outside temperature, Fahrenheit or Celsius

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Fahrenheit makes no sense

Celsius is superior

Having roughly twice as much granularity allows people to do what they naturally want to do by rounding to 5s.

I also grew up in Minnesota where 0F and 100F were both things I experienced in a given year.

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Umm, It's the same temperature either way.
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I prefer to measure in colloqulisms

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MrResetti posted...

I prefer to measure in colloqulisms

It's fucking freezing balls right now.
I'm sweating my ass off.

It rained so hard the day I left the weather it was dry.
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0F: freezing cold
25F: pretty cold
50F: mild
75F: perfect
100F: hot
125F: fucking hot

0C: pretty cold
25C: perfect
50C: really fucking hot
75C: typical sauna
100C: I'm dying!
125C: *dead*
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Kelvin is best way
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Paragon21XX posted...

0F: freezing cold
25F: pretty cold
50F: mild
75F: perfect
100F: hot
125F: fucking hot

0C: pretty cold
25C: perfect
50C: really fucking hot
75C: typical sauna
100C: I'm dying!
125C: *dead*

Hehehe...Nice!
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Fahrenheit because 100 is a nice even number for the average temperature outside

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fahrenheit is infinitely better for measuring human-related temperatures. Theres really no debate tbh

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Celsius makes the most sense. 0 = freezing, 100 = boiling

Fahrenheit is dumb. Ive lived in the US now for 8 years and I still prefer Celsius. I also miss the metric system in general.

Cleo_II posted...

Celsius makes the most sense. 0 = freezing, 100 = boiling

Fahrenheit is dumb. Ive lived in the US now for 8 years and I still prefer Celsius. I also miss the metric system in general.

Are you like...trying to freeze or boil water outside or something?

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DuranOfForcena posted...

100 F is not an average temperature anywhere i'm aware of

Human body temperature is around 98 degrees Fahrenheit

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DuranOfForcena posted...

well, he said "outside", not "of the human body", but even in that case, 98 =/= 100

Close enough. We don't need oppressively exact scientific measurements for everyday life.

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0F = damn cold
100F = damn hot

0C = pretty cold
100C = dead

DuranOfForcena posted...

how exactly is calling it 98.6 degrees F instead of 100 degrees F "oppressive"

Because you are quibbling over a trivial <2 degree difference. We are not doing lab work here.

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i prefer fahrenheit. "it's hot af it's like 40 degrees."

can't get with it.

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Alakazamtrainer posted...

Kelvin is best way

I'll challenge your Kelvin scale with my Rankine scale =D

The only time we're identical is at 0 AKA "Absolute Zero".

The funny thing is that the only time Farenheit & Celsius are equivalent is when they're both at -40.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_of_units_of_temperature#Comparison_of_temperature_scales

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DuranOfForcena posted...

100 F is not an average temperature anywhere i'm aware of

then you haven't lived in Arizona

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Bananana posted...

fahrenheit is infinitely better for measuring human-related temperatures. Theres really no debate tbh

there's no debate because there's no reasoning for it. it isn't better; you're just used to it

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Literally the only country that uses farenheit is america. Everywhere else uses celcius.

Oh look, americans, you better watch your car windows might freeze in the morning, its gonna be 32F.

Rest of the world, its gonna be 0C, time to put salt on the roads.

Do you americans also measure your gpu and cpu temps in farenheit?

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Probably Celsius.

That being said, I'm too used to Fahrenheit to comfortably discuss temperature using Celsius. Damn the USA.

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Cobra1010 posted...

Do you americans also measure your gpu and cpu temps in farenheit?

Nope. Different measurement for different reasons. Celsius is easier to use for monitoring some things and Fahrenheit is easier for others.

Rope on a tree close to your window.

If its wet, it's raining.

If it's moving, it's windy.

If you can't see it, it's foggy.

If it's on fire, it's way too hot.

If it's stiff, it's way too cold.

If it's gone......thats bad.

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Cobra1010 posted...

Literally the only country that uses farenheit is america. Everywhere else uses celcius.

Oh look, americans, you better watch your car windows might freeze in the morning, its gonna be 32F.

Rest of the world, its gonna be 0C, time to put salt on the roads.

Do you americans also measure your gpu and cpu temps in farenheit?

You seem upset

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This topic made me realize that I would have major issues communicating with people outside the US (ignoring any language barrier). It baffling to see that people are comfortable with non-standard measurement systems.
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Well at least americans use MPH. I cant stand watching F1 and the speeds are in KPH.

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If you have that many issues with America being individualist and non-conformist, how are you going to deal with the myriad of Sentient & Sapient Aliens from outter space that use their own system of unit measurements?

You might want to learn that "It's OK to be different".

Not everybody has to conform to your beloved Metric System.

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I like metric but Fahrenheit allows for more nuance without having to get into decimals.

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Whatever one you grew up with

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PickleRick2017 posted...

This topic made me realize that I would have major issues communicating with people outside the US (ignoring any language barrier). It baffling to see that people are comfortable with non-standard measurement systems.

Ours is the non-standard measurement system.

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The thing is, someone could very easily make an SI temperature scale that is relevant to the outdoor temperatures that humans actually experience, but they won't for some reason.

Just double the Celsius scale and it's already MUCH better than the standard Celsius scale. In that scale 50 degrees would = 77F, which is nearly a perfect day.


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Cleo_II posted...

Celsius makes the most sense. 0 = freezing, 100 = boiling

Fahrenheit is dumb. Ive lived in the US now for 8 years and I still prefer Celsius. I also miss the metric system in general.

No one gives a shit about the temperature of boiling water. You can tell it's boiling just by looking at it.

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Damn_Underscore posted...

The thing is, someone could very easily make an SI temperature scale that is relevant to the outdoor temperatures that humans actually experience, but they won't for some reason.

Just double the Celsius scale and it's already MUCH better than the standard Celsius scale. In that scale 50 degrees would = 77F, which is nearly a perfect day.

No. Temperatures 0 and below are easy to understand.

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Fahrenheit because it actually makes sense.

Oh man its hot out there today, might get up to 30 just seems like a funny joke.

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Darmik posted...

No. Temperatures 0 and below are easy to understand.

No they are not. As a matter of fact, negative temperatures make no fucking conceptual sense and it's why you can't use Celsius in anything related to physics or chemistry.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

No they are not. As a matter of fact, negative temperatures make no fucking conceptual sense and it's why you can't use Celsius in anything related to physics or chemistry.

Most of the world can figure it out for weather. Why can't you?

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Damn_Underscore posted...

The thing is, someone could very easily make an SI temperature scale that is relevant to the outdoor temperatures that humans actually experience, but they won't for some reason.

because celsius is relevant to the temperatures that humans actually experience

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Tyranthraxus posted...

No they are not. As a matter of fact, negative temperatures make no fucking conceptual sense and it's why you can't use Celsius in anything related to physics or chemistry.

Which is why Kelvin is used in those applications instead - same scale as Celsius with a different zero point.

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Darmik posted...

Most of the world can figure it out for weather. Why can't you?

If it's 0 degrees Celsius outside today and going to be twice as cold tomorrow, what is the temperature tomorrow?

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Tyranthraxus posted...

If it's 0 degrees Celsius outside today and going to be twice as cold tomorrow, what is the temperature tomorrow?

Who on Earth measures weather in multiples?

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Darmik posted...

Who on Earth measures weather in multiples?

If all you're doing is measuring then what difference does it make whether you "start" at 32 or 0?

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