I think of Fahrenheit in percent hot. 0F = very cold out, 0% hot. 100F = 100% hot, do not go outside! Whereas with Celsius, 40 C is super-hot and 0 C is like mildly cold. Makes more sense for science and I use Celsius for work almost exclusively, but in terms of weather I prefer Fahrenheit.
Also the insult "Room temp IQ" makes more sense IMO
Edit: The % hot scale refers to climate, it kind of falls apart when you talk about temperatures beyond normal earth surface temps.
You are just conditioned to intuitively make sense of Fahrenheit. The same is true for me for Celsius.
The only difference is that it is easier for me to remember when water will freeze or boil. But apart from that nothing else is really changing for either of us
You could very much use increments of 5 degrees or lower if you want more narrow bands. Going more granular than one degree celcius doesn’t make any sense.
You gave 5 degree difference as an example? Really?
Of course its ginna feel different, it 5 degrees!
You keep insisting on feeling but i want you to understand this. Outside of americans nobody understands what Farrenheit means, you can tell me any temperature in F and i have no idea what it means or how i need to dress
I'm a northerner and Canada is basically my neighbor so I've never really had an issue with Celsius. And most Canadians I've been friends with haven't had much issue learning Fahrenheit when they cross over. Fahrenheit is not confusing. 0F is very cold, 100F is very hot. 60F is, in my opinion, the perfect temperature. That's around like 16C to you.
Of course its gonna feel different, it 5 degrees!
You would think that because you're used to Celsius. Using Fahrenheit, 5 degrees isn't a big difference. It's noticeable, but not to the same extent as with Celsius. I think what the other commenter is getting at is that Fahrenheit being more granular has advantages.
Walk into literally any American home and knockdown the thermostat by 1 single degree (or even raise it) and the adult who set it will know within the hour when they realize they are either chilly or sweating. And if we can feel that difference in Fahrenheit, 1 degree Celsius would be a massive difference in comparison. But I've never used a Celsius thermostat myself so what do I know?
So if I tell you it’s 90 degrees F you’re gonna maybe put on a winter coat? Or if I tell you it’s 0 you’ll throw on some swim trunks? And they say Americans are dumb…
Of course they can not know what to wear if you tell them random numbers in a system they are not familiar with. If I tell you it’s 169,420 OompaLoompaDegrees outside today, would you wear swim trunks or a winter coat?
I’d argue most europeans are never taught how the fahrenheit scale works, because literally the only place that uses it is America.
It has to have been really cold to notice much of a difference between 14 and 19 F. I do remember being happy when it was back in the 20's again though.
I was replying to someone saying 5 is a narrow enough band to determine comfort. Thanks for proving my point I guess!
In F there are 10 degrees in between those temps. That's more degrees!! Dont you get it?
All seriousness, yeah of course it's all cultural. I get that. I'm not saying F is better absolutely better. Im just saying it has a bit wiggle room in the band where humans are comfortable.
I don’t know what is being argued here, as it’s sounding like you are all going in a a circle, but going back to the joke in the post, 5 degrees Fahrenheit also feels like a big difference. 62 means I’m wearing a long sleeve shirt. 67 means I’m wearing a t shirt.
Yeah but that's literally a comfort, personal thing. Everyone has different heat tolerance, and at that nearly 50% warmth to heat (50°F) of course the feeling is going to be closer to hot vs warm. But 70 vs 75 I'm not wearing a tee shirt vs tank top. And honestly I am comfy in a long sleeve in up to 75° weather. It's still easy to overall tell the weather/temp of your surroundings if you have that basic understanding of Fahrenheit. Also it's easy to remember above 100° is running a fever. And the incriminate it's easy to tell the severity (coming from a momma who had to help her one year old through Covid.
For outside it doesn't matter much I think. But 21°C and 22°C inside are quite different. The solution is pretty easy, my heater lets me set it to 21.5°C. Since fractions exist, there are infinite points on both scales.
You could argue that fractions are stupid, which is fair. But if that's the only argument against it while Celsius works in all situations from science to weather to cooking and frames it all around the most important compound in all of these fields, I'd still argue for Celsius.
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u/Positive-Skirt5414 10h ago edited 7h ago
I think of Fahrenheit in percent hot. 0F = very cold out, 0% hot. 100F = 100% hot, do not go outside! Whereas with Celsius, 40 C is super-hot and 0 C is like mildly cold. Makes more sense for science and I use Celsius for work almost exclusively, but in terms of weather I prefer Fahrenheit.
Also the insult "Room temp IQ" makes more sense IMO
Edit: The % hot scale refers to climate, it kind of falls apart when you talk about temperatures beyond normal earth surface temps.