• AndreTelevise@beehaw.org
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    2 months ago

    Freezing water at 0 and boiling water as 100 simplifies things a lot but also doesn’t make sense when it comes to things like weather, like, what am I supposed to wear outside when it’s 23 degrees?

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      2 months ago

      what am I supposed to wear outside when it’s 23 degrees?

      Shorts, T-shirt and flip-flops, or

      Short sleeve shirt (Hawaii style), linen trousers, moccasins.

      Something along those lines would be good at 23o C.

    • twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      As a lifelong celcius user I have a very intuitive sense of how 23 degrees celcius feels. I have no intuitive sense of how 50 degrees Fahrenheit feels.

      If you’re used to a system then it’s intuitive.

    • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      30 is hot, 20 is nice, 10 is chilly, and 0 is ice

      Picked it up from a guy who teaches Latin on YouTube of all places

    • Suzune@ani.social
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      2 months ago

      0°C means that weather starts to be icy and you need to be careful when driving.

      20°C is mild warm. 30°C is hot. 100°C is sauna.