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They will grow up but it will be a much different world. Back in the 70s, Rachel Carson posited that it was probably already too late to turn back the effects of air pollution and poisoning of our oceans, and she was right. Instead of fixing problems, oil and gas companies are doubling down on fossil fuel extraction. Kids will grow up to have all kinds of respiratory illnesses and also facing a world that is melting around them.
Most years we're in below 20 degree snowy weather. Today it's 50 degrees here, it's Dec 18th and we've only seen snow in our mountains, which is very rare for us in Utah. Not that I'm complaining about the heat -I love warmer weather, and I absolutely detest the sight of snow in any way, shape or form. But it is weird that we're not even going to have snow on the ground this Christmas (we might get some rain this week).
Temperature translation for non-Americans:
70°F ≈ 21.1°C
50°F = 10°C
20°F ≈ -6.7°C
Conversion for the Midwest
70f= nice out 50f= nice out 20f= bring a hoodie. It's nice out.
Lol I was just telling my sister in law "how nice it was out" yesterday. I look at the temp: 22F.
-10f - damn. Snot froze. That's inconvenient. Still, look at those sun dogs. It's nice out.
-40 - my eyes froze shut when I blinked... It's darn cold.
It's currently 50F° in my living room. It's been like this since start of December. Heating is for weaklings.
Mold spores be like
Wouldn't mold like warm and wet air? Not dry and cold?
You don't want your walls to get below the dew point.
I see, that makes sense!
My dogs start to shiver inside at like 55, but will spend all day outside at 30 and love every minute of it. Fuckin weirdos. So we compromise, they get the heat, the fluffy pillows, and wrapped in blankets, and I get to live with them.
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?]
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.
Fine but I'm offering a simplified and exact conversion method that mostly only requires memorizing four numbers
I suppose there are different ways to learn and whatever works! Always good to have options.
End your line with two spaces.
Like
this,
see?
Lol Memmy interprets that as no spaces.
Nice, but should be "temperature translation for 99% of countries"
I don't know... I sort of like "temperature translation for non-murricans" better.