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[–] Instigate@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It’s interesting to me that the only people who advocate for Fahrenheit over Celsius in any circumstances are those who grew up using it, whereas those who prefer Celsius over Fahrenheit are from both places where Celsius and Fahrenheit are used. I’m yet to see an example of someone saying β€œI grew up with Celsius but Fahrenheit is so much better because…”

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

I grew up with Celsius in my house and prefer fahrenheit for air temp. I use Celsius for literally everything else.

The finer scale is nice for air temp.

Both fucking sucks dick at describing the weather tho.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is such an elegant observation.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

You probably just grew up with elegant observations.