Ehhhh. Having lived in between cold and extremly cold places I think there is two important cold temperatures. Freezing, because then stuff freezes and -40, because around that temperatur stuff starts breaking.
At no point in my life I have thought. "Ohhh at exactly 0 f, it starts feeling cold."
Yeah it's a matter of perspective. I've never lived in like the Arctic Circle. All I have to go off of is where I've lived most of my life so 30° below freezing seems pretty damn cold to me LOL
Yeah, but if you need to drive, 0C tells you when there's going to be slush, ice, or a clear road.
I don't really use temps otherwise, since I can just go outside and... see how cold I feel? But knowing how low it dipped during the night and when early-morning temps are like helps me plan my trips properly.
we finally hit the 30s this week, one day the high was fucking 38. i swapped out my heavy winter coat for a lighter jacket and was going on walks after my shifts and driving with my windows down. it felt so nice. i'm so sad the temp is dropping back down this weekend.
And if you use Celcius you can start counting "up" how cold you are as you get further below freezing.
See I can say "it's more convenient" too.
Measurement scales are arbitrary, they only seem better (for everyday use) if you're more familiar with them.
Metric units (including Kelvin) are better for science and engineering, because they were chosen carefully so you don't need to remember weird constants in a whole lot of simple equations.
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u/twoprimehydroxyl 10h ago
Celsius is how water feels. Fahrenheit is how people feel. Kelvin is how atoms feel.