Idk 0 for freezing and 100 for boiling makes sense to me
2025-09-24 26727, 2025
Jade[m]
32 for freezing and 212 for boiling does not
2025-09-24 26744, 2025
tux0r
it's not 0 nor 100, not by definition, see ITS-90
2025-09-24 26707, 2025
tux0r
and even if you round it, you do NOT live at 1018 hpa
2025-09-24 26738, 2025
Jade[m]
Generally it is what we call "close enough"
2025-09-24 26751, 2025
Jade[m]
If it is -5 outside, I know there is ice
2025-09-24 26753, 2025
tux0r
and honestly, *i* am not freezing at 0 and boiling at 100. i am cold or warm on a scale from 0% ("cold") to 100% ("hot") and that's °F :P
2025-09-24 26706, 2025
Jade[m]
If it is 100 outside, I know I am dead
2025-09-24 26738, 2025
tux0r
if it's 100 outside, it's t-shirt weather. if it's 50 outside, it's hoodie weather.
2025-09-24 26703, 2025
tux0r
why do you think a can of water is the most relevant temperature thing?
2025-09-24 26742, 2025
Jade[m]
I think the actual temperature is pretty irrelevant to how hot I feel compared to, for example, humidity
2025-09-24 26702, 2025
Jade[m]
And knowing when stuff is gonna freeze is a more useful reference point
2025-09-24 26734, 2025
tux0r
stuff is gonne freeze "somewhere around 3°C"
2025-09-24 26739, 2025
tux0r
in europe, at least
2025-09-24 26754, 2025
tux0r
so much more useful than "32°F"!
2025-09-24 26718, 2025
Jade[m]
tux0r: Well, usually a bit lower than that because sunlight
2025-09-24 26734, 2025
Jade[m]
tux0r: See 32f tells me nothing lol
2025-09-24 26712, 2025
tux0r
"0c" doesn't tell you anything either, because exactly nothing happens at 0c where you live, wherever that is
2025-09-24 26733, 2025
tux0r
i don't plan to convert you though, so please enjoy your weird scale, thinking it was more useful than my weird scale ^^
2025-09-24 26752, 2025
Jade[m]
tux0r: I don't think it particularly matters that nothing happens at *exactly* 0c because of all the other things that affect conditions, pressure is just the first in a long like of things that make temperature by itself not that useful
2025-09-24 26734, 2025
tux0r
true, yet you are clinging to one of the several not-that-useful scales, just because i said i use a different not-too-useful scale. why is that?
2025-09-24 26731, 2025
Jade[m]
Mostly because it's the one I'm used to, and because it approximates something useful
