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We have a stereotypical, lazy, spoiled American right here.
This is a U.S. based web site. I'm lazy because I don't want to have to do the conversion? If I'm posting on a web site based in a country that uses the metric system, I will do the conversion to celsius, not expect them to do a conversion for me and call them lazy.
This is a U.S. based web site. I'm lazy because I don't want to have to do the conversion? If I'm posting on a web site based in a country that uses the metric system, I will do the conversion to celsius, not expect them to do a conversion for me and call them lazy.
English is the de-facto official language of the Internet, airports, embassies, important institutions, etc, not because most servers are U.S-based, but because English is unofficially accepted as a neutral, common language that many people from a wide range of nations and cultures understand. The metric system is no different. It is universally understood, except by a small minority of people, most of whom live in the U.S. The metric system is intuitively easy because it is based on decimals. I'd accept someone not liking a decimal system if they just walked out of a forest in the Amazon
This is a U.S. based web site. I'm lazy because I don't want to have to do the conversion? If I'm posting on a web site based in a country that uses the metric system, I will do the conversion to celsius, not expect them to do a conversion for me and call them lazy.
let the poster use whatever system they are most familiar with. I only kinda know Celcius as in 32F=0F, 50F=10C, and 20C= room temperature but can kinda figure out a vague conversion using those base numbers. I have used online convertors before rating climates in Celsius when I was unsure. Using a convertor only takes a few seconds- no biggie.
BTW- I think the whole world should convert to KELVIN to end that stupid Farhenheit vs. Celsius debate for once and for all.
let the poster use whatever system they are most familiar with. I only kinda know Celcius as in 32F=0F, 50F=10C, and 20C= room temperature but can kinda figure out a vague conversion using those base numbers. I have used online convertors before rating climates in Celsius when I was unsure. Using a convertor only takes a few seconds- no biggie.
BTW- I think the whole world should convert to KELVIN to end that stupid Farhenheit vs. Celsius debate for once and for all.
Science journals, including those in the U.S, allow only Celsius or Kelvin units for temperature. The really prestigious/pretentious ones allow only Kelvin. That should end the debate once and for all - even American scientists think Fahrenheit is retarded.
Science journals, including those in the U.S, allow only Celsius or Kelvin units for temperature. The really prestigious/pretentious ones allow only Kelvin. That should end the debate once and for all - even American scientists think Fahrenheit is retarded.
It's what we Americans grow up; nothing wrong with that. It's like saying someone's retarded because the grow up speaking Chinese or Spanish or German rather than English. I prefer Fahrenheit but if I should move to a country that uses Celsius, I'd use it. Different is NOT retarded. I do speak some Spanish but am not fluent; would you call me retarded when I speak Spanish and make mistakes?
Although Celsius is clearly preferred for scientific endeavors, I actually find Fahrenheit is actually more intuitively scaled for human perception of temperature. Whence:
<30F = Very cold
30s F = Cold
40s F = Chilly
50s F = Cool
60s F = Mild
70s F = Comfortable
80s F = Warm
90s F = Hot
>100F = Very hot
It's hard to find such a natural gradation using Celsius, let alone Kelvin.
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