• Pretzilla@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Here’s an easy way for disadvantaged yanks to learn Celsius:

    40C = 104F perfect hot tub temp
    30C = 86F hot day
    20C = 68F nice cool day
    10C = 50F chilly day
    0C = 32F freezing

    Commit these to memory, then it’s exactly 9F for every 5C in between. (or about 2:1)

    [da fak with the downvotes? Just refuse to learn?]

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      11 months ago

      You give multiple references and say remember these and then do some estimations. Just subtract 30, divide by 2. 80F is approximately 25C. I’m not cooking meth here I’m arguing on the Internet.

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        11 months ago

        Fine but I’m offering a simplified and exact conversion method that mostly only requires memorizing four numbers

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        11 months ago

        So close to downvoting… finger swiping that way… Why no other downvotes to this jerk?.. Swiping… Reading… Swiping… last sentence… “oh, I love this motherfucker”

      • Pretzilla@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        The calendar thing is off though. Month first gives day context.

        I get it though - if you are brought up with D-M, you get used to parsing it on the fly.

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      11 months ago

      [how do I get that hard return on phone keyboard?]

      End your line with two spaces.

      Like
      this,
      see?

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      11 months ago

      Right? Who has use for a temperature scale which has 100 as the upper level of human comfort and zero as the lower end?

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        11 months ago

        Nothing like a system based on vague shit like “human comfort” lmao

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      11 months ago

      Learn a less common system of temperature? If I really care, I’ll use the formula.

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      11 months ago

      This shows one of the things I don’t like about Celsius: that 10C is a fairly comfortable 50F, but then suddenly you’re at freezing only 10° lower.

      Fahrenheit is just an easier scale for everyday temps. But I will admit that 32° is dumb as a freezing point.

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        11 months ago

        I vehemently disagree with the common American trope that Celsius is good for science but that Fahrenheit would somehow be objectively better for everyday temperatures.

        As a Celsius user, my experience is completely opposite to yours: 10C or 50F is starting to be quite cool already, bordering on cold, but you still have a whole 18 degrees F to go before freezing?! Why do you need so damn many subsivisions to describe that relatively small gap in temperature?

        Mind you, I’m also not saying that Celsius is the superior everyday temperature scale (even though in my mind it obviously is). With temperature scales it’s really about what you’re used to more so than with most other kinds of measurements.

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          11 months ago

          I’d argue that you would definitely feel a difference in those temps between them if you were used to scale that allowed for smaller variation. 52°F for someone used to living in a cold climate can still be quite pleasant but I find at under 50°F the amount of time I can spend outside without proper bundling shortens with each couple degrees.

          It’s like knowing whether I can run out the garbage real quick without bothering with a coat at a glance. I think it does a good job of helping convey a self learned length of time of comfort better in fahrenheit without having to remember decimals which many people are too dumb to use.

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            11 months ago

            52°F for someone used to living in a cold climate can still be quite pleasant but I find at under 50°F the amount of time I can spend outside without proper bundling shortens with each couple degrees.

            11°C for someone used to living in a cold climate can still be quite pleasant but i find at under 10°C the amount of time I can spend outside without proper bundling shortens with each degree.

            …means pretty much the exact same thing.

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          11 months ago

          you seem to have not noticed, even in Celsius/metric countries, people cooking immediately switch to Fahrenheit, in the same way carpenters immediately switch to standard. most thermostats are in Farenheit also, simply because the celsius degrees are much larger, and i absolutely can feel the difference between 69 and 70.

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            11 months ago

            even in Celsius/metric countries, people cooking immediately switch to Fahrenheit

            I’m not sure if you’re joking here but I’ve literally never heard of anyone doing this. Not in my country, not even in any other.

            To me this is like saying “do you know how Yanks switch to metric when they talk about kitten mitten measurements”. Like lmao what

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              11 months ago

              I’m Canadian. Everyone cooks and carpenters in Imperial. The British and Irish i know say the same, countries’ metric but the trades aren’t.

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                11 months ago

                So your examples was about countries that use imperial/mixed system already and not really about metric countries?

                The idea that someone in Finland would switch to Fahrenheit for cooking is just bizarre. Why would anyone do that lol

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                  11 months ago

                  The UK and Ireland don’t either. I dunno where they got that from. Our ovens and everything very obviously use Celsius.

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                  11 months ago

                  Canada is a metric country. Don’t be a dolt. Fahrenheit is more precise, smaller degrees.

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                    11 months ago

                    Canada and the UK have switched from the imperial system to the metric system relatively recently, and as such it is understandable that the imperial system is still entrenched in some areas (such as possibly cooking).

                    Most metric countries have been metric for centuries and use metric for basically everything, and certainly don’t randomly use Fahrenheit of all things.

                    If your idea about Metric countries is Canada or the UK, then you don’t really have an idea.

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                    11 months ago

                    I’m starting to feel you don’t really know what you’re talkint about, sorry to say

                    While Canada has converted to the metric system for many purposes, there is still significant use of non-metric units and standards in many sectors of the Canadian economy and everyday life today. This is mainly due to historical ties with the United Kingdom, the traditional use of the imperial system of measurement in Canada, proximity to the United States, and strong public opposition to metrication during the transition period.

                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Canada

                    Fahrenheit is more precise, smaller degrees.

                    Lmao. Someone needs to learn about decimals. Absolutely nobody here uses Fahrenheit for cooking. You are being silly

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                    11 months ago

                    They absolutely do not. Do you want to see a picture of my oven with its °C units? I’ve worked in multiple kitchens and Fahrenheit has never been used there either. If you say a temperature in Fahrenheit, nobody will have a clue what you’re on about. They’ll look at you like you’re an alien.

                    Go to buy timber and other building materials, it’s sold in mm, cm, or m.

                    But what do I know, I’ve only lived here since the 80s. I’m sure some random American who almost certainly has never been knows better. That’s sarcasm btw, I know you lot struggle to pick it up.

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                11 months ago

                They probably do so because tech for that is either made for the US or made for the US.

                Edit: to be clear, I mean Canada amd maybe other countries neighbouring the US. Makes no sense to make tech primarily for the US in Romania, for instance

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        11 months ago

        Ok but we don’t count by 10’s. There are 9 more integers in between you can use.

        Do you notice a big temperature difference between 68F and 70? That’s one degree of C. Plenty of resolution.

        And instead of saying “in the 50’s”, you can say “in the low 10’s”