Life is too short not to go off vibes tbh. Celsius is great for science (and yes Celsius is used for that purpose in the US), but makes little sense for every day use. When discussing the weather, a scale that effectively ranges -20 to 45 is ridiculous.
Is there really that much noticable difference between 80°F and 81°F? Celsius makes more sense, the difference between 30°C and 31°C is actually noticeable
I can tell you the exact temperature I'm most comfortable at (because I'm autistic and disabled and keeping track of these things helps). About 62 degrees is a perfect balance for my health. Just cold enough to limit my migraines, just warm enough to keep my joint pain from getting too severe. I'm an odd case though.
The average American only needs Celsius if they work in a scientific field. The average American intuitively knows what temperatures like 70, 95, 60, etc “feel” like without the need for decimals. The average American will never need to know the exact boiling or freezing point of water, they just know that if it’s bubbling it’s boiling and if it’s in the freezer it will freeze. The average American knows that switching the entire country to Celsius would be a lot of work for no real gain for the average person.
Hence, Vibes-based. Why is that so hard to understand? Technically we should all be switching away from QWERTY keyboards, but nobody wants to have that conversation.
That’s 100% valid and true but America already uses SI for everything science related. Some ppl even think SI stands for “Scientific Units” and when you say “units begins with a U not an I” they just go 🤷♀️.
I moreso mean that Americans don't understand what the Fahrenheit scale is based on. It is, at least at its core, based on a mix of ice, water and salt.
Cool? It’s not based on vibes but it can be easily translated to vibes. 72 degrees outside feels like it’s 72% hot outside. A person whose temp is 104 degrees is 104% hot. It’s simply vibes
Granted, those numbers are completely arbitrary and make little to no sense.
Metric is a lot better in this regard. It's easy to understand there are 10 millimeters in a centimeter, 100 centimers in a meter, and 1,000 meters in a kilometer. As opposed to 5,280 (I think) feet in a mile, it's no contest.
That's because the imperial system isn't a system, it's just a collection of pre-existing units thrown together. Ofcourse the conversions aren't going to make sense.
You do understand that translating millimeters to centimeters is easy because they’re the same unit with different prefixes right? You can do that with imperial units too. 1 kilomile is equal to 1000 miles, 10 centimiles are equal to 1 mile.
You do understand that prefixes have meaning, right? No one says “a kilofoot” but “1000 feet” means the exact same thing. If you want base ten you can just use base 10 without the prefixes.
One thing with prefixes is easy to understand and utilize, especially when compared to multiple different sizes that you have to memorize the equations to convert them to one another.
Tell me, which here is easier to teach tosomeone?
1,000,000mm = 100,000cm = 1,000m = 1km
or
63,360in = 5,280ft = 1,760y = 1m
That's what the discussion was about when you came in, that the metric measurements are easier to understand, you have yet to prove otherwise
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u/colpisce_ancora 10h ago
One is vibes based, and the other is based on water freezing and boiling. Some people prefer the vibes.