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Turn up the heat (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[+] [email protected] -43 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I generally agree with metric superiority, but 38° is such a random temperature. Whereas if you're over 100 you're too hot. Fahrenheit is the superior temperature unit. Fight me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Celsius isnt too bad imo, you know the reference points by the time you are in elem school.

36-37 normal, 37-38 elevated, 38-39 fever, 39-40 high fever, 40-41 very high fever, 41-42 okay, stop, really, 42+ shouldve listened

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I agree when it comes to weather as well. 100 is too hot to be outside and 0 is way too cold to be outside. You don't have to have decimal places on thermostats

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Fahrenheit measures how people feel, Celsius measures how water feels.
Kelvin measures how atoms feel.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

No, it's not. I'm people and I don't feel like Fahrenheit. Lower than 10°C is cold, lower than 0°C is freezing (quite literally) and warmer than 30°C is too hot. See? Easy to remember numbers. Almost as if people feel numbers they're used to.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why do people "feel" 80, though

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Because they are accustomed to Fahrenheit. I have no idea how hot/cold 80F is, apart from knowing it's colder than human body temperature, and hotter than inside temperature, but that's just from knowing those numbers in Fahrenheit, via the internet. I have no relation to them, it's like a foreign currency, know what I mean?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

80F is 26.66667C

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh, I know what you mean. I'm sick to death of this debate, haha.

I do think the things people say are funny, though.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

0C for freezing is better than 32F though. Then you can count by 5s and 10s in celcius for weather till you hit 30. Above that is hot. Having a range of 30 points on the thermometer for weather is easier to gauge than something that goes across almost double the number of points.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

When I'm talking about weather, I don't necessarily care about the freezing point of water though, I care about the temperatures at which I feel uncomfortable or are in potential danger.

At the end of the day though, I think it really just comes down to what you grew up with using. I'm comfortable with Fahrenheit because that's what I grew up with, people who grew up using Celsius are comfortable with that, and there's nothing wrong with that. It just means there might be a translation step when talking to people of different backgrounds, which is okay.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You mean potential danger like ice forming on the streets? Well, too bad we don't have an easy to remember number for that... /s

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, for me it's 32, been that way since I was a kid lmao

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

For sure, I agree it all comes down to what you're used to. To answer your point about the freezing point of water, it is pretty important especially if you're monitoring for ice on the road or preparing your house (pipes, etc.) for it. That's basically my reference to decide I'm not leaving today and prepping my house instead.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

20 is the end of cool. Any more than that is in hot range for me.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What's the normal fahrenheit temperature?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

At least 12

[+] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So, what you're saying is that body temperature in Fahrenheit is also a completely random number?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That is as random 😭 why not a 100° flat?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Because everyone has a different core temperature. So it really can't be set value like 100°F.

Generally speaking, a fever of 100°F is "fine", albeit completely exhausting and not at all fun, but it's good for helping the body to fight infections.

Fevers higher than 102°F are when you need to start working on bringing that fever down. If it climbs higher than that, you risk brain injury. The proteins in your body will also start to denature (lose their ability to function) as your temperature climbs, including proteins that work within your brain and your nervous system.

If it continues to climb or won't go down even after taking medicine, you need to call your doctor or go to the hospital.