How warm is your place?

How warm is your place?

  • <=15°C

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 16–17°C

    Votes: 3 10.7%
  • 18–19°C

    Votes: 6 21.4%
  • 20–21°C

    Votes: 10 35.7%
  • 22–23°C

    Votes: 4 14.3%
  • 24–25°C

    Votes: 1 3.6%
  • 26–27°C

    Votes: 2 7.1%
  • >=28°C

    Votes: 2 7.1%

  • Total voters
    28
I don't know ! I am just using a rule of thumb here - that it's all the Brits fault :lol: They do it all wrong :lol:
 
Isn't metric french?

I think so they have the original kilo weight iirc.

It was a pain as a kid. Get sent to the shop to pick up a pound of butter and not knowing what it is. Or not knowing the exact diffence between miles and kilometres.

Ended up going on a 12km walk in cub scouts age 9 or 10. It's only 8 miles it's not that far.
 
Place is on fire right now because the government thought it was a good idea to deny climate change and slash the fire fighting budget
 
Looks like the temperature is rising !
 
Hmmm. Back to topic. My place is 15C in the daytime when I'm not home and 20C when I am. If I'm cold, I put on a sweater.
 
15 C ? You must be hot ! :lol: Seriously You should just turn the dial , don't worry Your byte molester has it's own cooling ;)
 
Isn't metric french?
I recall it originally came from France sometime during or a bit after the French Revolution. Though memory is a bit fuzzy on that.
 
Agreed Fahrenheit is better for air temperature.
15 C ? You must be hot ! :lol: Seriously You should just turn the dial , don't worry Your byte molester has it's own cooling ;)
byte molester for rock band thread submission.
 
byte molester for rock band thread submission.

I am just glad I am not the only one that finds the name awesome ! :lol: I have never thought to tag my rig before ...:think:
 
Hey I just said it sounds like a rock band !
 
The English though - They - I bet have entirely different measurements ! :lol: I don't get it , why they so badly want to be different ?
Not about the English, but I thought this video had a decently believable explanation for why the US has held out on measurement systems.

 
Just how much tea was wasted during Boycott ! ? :O tons , gallons ! ? a heap ? a lot ? argh !!!
 
Winter wearing long sleeves, long pants, heat is set to 68f/20c. Prefer it a little warmer, but wife wants to save $, so gotten used to it.

Summer wearing t-shirt and shorts, air conditioner set to 78f/25.5c, cooler than that feels too cold.
 
[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 ! :lol: I don't get it , why they so badly want to be different ?

For most things we use metric officially, except for miles on roadsigns and pints of beer. A lot of older people still use imperial measures. Its silly really, we've been teaching metric only in schools since the '70's.
 
Just because you're used to something doesn't mean there's not a better alternative.

Why do you think it's better though? What benefits does it provide?

Also neither C or F is technically the metric system, that would be Kelvin :) (they are both decimal systems though).
 
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Why do you think it's better though? What benefits does it provide?

Also neither C or F is technically the metric system, that would be Kelvin :) (they are both decimal systems though).
I was talking about it earlier, it has to do with how air temperature affects humans. The big thing is that average temperatures you're likely to regularly experience come from about 0 F (freezing cold) to 100 F (super hot); which translates to about -18 C and 35 F, and it just doesn't have that same impact, you know? At 0 C you're a little cold and at 100 F you're long dead, lol.

Like compare a little of temperature ranges

0F to 10F ~~ freezing your tushy off, beware going outside ~~ -18C to -12C
10F to 20F ~~ extreme cold, watch for fast frostbite ~~ -12C to -7C
20F to 30F ~~ really cold, bundle up! ~~ -7C to -1C
30F to 40F ~~ mostly cold, you're going to need a heavy coat ~~ -1C to 4C
40F to 50F ~~ chilly, jacket, hat, and/or sweater weather ~~ 4C to 10C
50F to 60F ~~ bit cool, probably need a sweater ~~ 10C to 16C
60F to 70F ~~ pretty comfortable, you can probably dress however you want ~~ 16C to 21C
70F to 80F ~~ extremely pleasant, great for activity without overstressing ~~ 21C to 27C
80F to 90F ~~ quite hot, excellent weather for swimming ~~ 27C to 32C
90F to 100F ~~ roasting, you'll need to work hard to keep cool ~~ 32C to 38C

So like if it's 35F in the morning, you know it's rather cold, and if the forecast says 55F and sunny by afternoon, it's a really huge jump, right? But that same in C is going to be 2 going up to 13, it just doesn't have that same impact (20 degree jump versus 11) 0 just feels deathly cold, and 100 just feels unbearably hot, and that scale just is much nicer to look at and relate to.

Doing a quick google search, here's an opinion piece that talks about it: http://thevane.gawker.com/fahrenheit-is-a-better-temperature-scale-than-celsius-1691707793
 
Yeah but that's only true if you're familiar with the system. For me it's more like:

0F to 10F ~~ Huh?
10F to 20F ~~ Huh?

Whereas I could write the same table for myself in C which would equally mean nothing to you.

I'm not disagreeing with having a preference, but you seem to be saying it's objectively better. I don't think you can say that either system is objectively better.
 
But say for example you're more familiar with driving a horse-drawn carriage, does that mean a car isn't a better option, especially for distance travel?

I feel you can say one is objectively better in different situations. C's so much better for measuring water temperature for science purposes, because that scale's based on water. But F's better for air temperature, because that scale's designed around average Earth air temps. 1 degree of C = 1.8 degrees of F, which is why the latter's more precise for small shifts.

My scale I posted's nice and round (notice I did put C equivalent at the end :)) But like 0C to 10C is a HUGE swing in how temperature feels; you'd have to go 0 to 5 to get a similar effect that you do with F, but your scale even has to (unpleasantly) start well into the negatives rather than at 0.
 
But say for example you're more familiar with driving a horse-drawn carriage, does that mean a car isn't a better option, especially for distance travel?

Well, I'll say "yes" even though I could get pedantic about what "better" means. But I think it's less comparing a horse-drawn carriage to a car, and more comparing a red car to a blue car.

I feel you can say one is objectively better in different situations. C's so much better for measuring water temperature for science purposes, because that scale's based on water. But F's better for air temperature, because that scale's designed around average Earth air temps. 1 degree of C = 1.8 degrees of F, which is why the latter's more precise for small shifts.

The last bit is the only bit I can see as an objective benefit, but even that's only if you are restricting yourself to integer divisions, which there is no reason to do. And as was said before, a difference of half a degree (C) is barely perceptible anyway.

My scale I posted's nice and round (notice I did put C equivalent at the end :)) But like 0C to 10C is a HUGE swing in how temperature feels; you'd have to go 0 to 5 to get a similar effect that you do with F, but your scale even has to (unpleasantly) start well into the negatives rather than at 0.

When you're using words like "nice" and "unpleasant" you're being subjective :)
 
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