How warm is your place?

[emzie]

FTR I grew up in Canada using C, but once learning F down here I could never go back.

I grew up there and moved here and feel the same way xD

 

[Arwon]

I have the air conditioning set to 23 for summer and heating to 18 for winter.

That's for weather that gets mostly to the high 20s to high 30s in summer, and in winter it's for nights that drop to a bit below or a bit above 0 in winter.

Fahrenheit and Celsius only make sense to you and feel intuitive if you grew up with them, there's no inherent advantage or benefit to one or the other.

 

[MaryKB]

Fahrenheit and Celsius only make sense to you and feel intuitive if you grew up with them, there's no inherent advantage or benefit to one or the other.

It depends on what you're measuring. If you're measuring water temperature, celsius is far better. But if you're measuring air temperature (especially in how it relates to human comfort), there's no question fahrenheit is much superior.

 

[Arwon]

Except for those of us not raised with it, it makes no sense and is confusing. You come to Australia and tell people it's 82 degrees or whatever, nobody is gonna understand what you're saying. It's literally just what you're used to.

This is like me explaining that the English language is more intuitive and natural than French because I can be more precise and expressive in it.

 

[MaryKB]

Just because you're used to something doesn't mean there's not a better alternative.

 

[GenMarshall]

I'm the oddball one here and goes by Fahrenheit, though that's cause I'm an American.
So I tend to keep at a comfortable temperature between 65-75F, depending on humidity.

 

[AdamCrock]

[Miles] and [Fahrenheits] sure create a lot of confusion ! I have grown up with Kilo[meters] and [Celsius] , good thing is that 1 second is actually 1 second ! =) The English though - They - I bet have entirely different measurements ! I don't get it , why they so badly want to be different ?

 

[MaryKB]

[Miles] and [Fahrenheits] sure create a lot of confusion ! I have grown up with Kilo[meters] and [Celsius] , good thing is that 1 second is actually 1 second ! =) The English though - They - I bet have entirely different measurements ! I don't get it , why they so badly want to be different ?

Why don't you use base-10 clocks and calendars?

 

[AdamCrock]

I use a weird combination of the 60 , like Babylonians did ! Also the clock do not rule me ! I just do as it does - move on ! xD

 

[MaryKB]

Time is the fire in which you burn.

 

[Hrothbern]

Time is the fire in which you burn.

only if you have deadlines

 

[AdamCrock]

Time is the fire in which you burn.

Haven't heard that one yet ! It's good !! (hats off)

 

[MaryKB]

Time is like a predator: it's always stalking you. Oh, you can try and outrun it with doctors, medicines, new technologies. But in the end, time is going to hunt you down ... and make the kill.

 

[AdamCrock]

Time is like a predator: it's always stalking you. Oh, you can try and outrun it with doctors, medicines, new technologies. But in the end, time is going to hunt you down ... and make the kill.

Time is like arrows - the last one kills !

 

[Zardnaar]

Most of the civilised world uses metric.

We learnt imperial at school as well but it's a big pain in the ass. Not sure if they teach imperial anymore.

 

[MaryKB]

"Most of the world" is wrong

Ninety-nine flies were stuck on some flypaper, and one was buzzing around above them. They shouted up at her "Hey, weirdo! You need to get with the program and be like the rest of us!"

 

[Zardnaar]

Lol very good. Touche.

 

[MaryKB]

lol, sorry! My point though is just because many use something, doesn't mean it's better. I fully agree C is better for measuring water, but I stand by that F's better for air comfort. And I'm not aware of any country that's full metric: you don't see base-10 calendars, clocks, etc ... because you know base-10 water scales aren't perfect for everything

 

[AdamCrock]

It's all the Brits fault !!

 

[MaryKB]

Isn't metric french?