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Who even uses Celsius (programming.dev)
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[–] original_ish_name@latte.isnot.coffee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there are 2 countries in the world that use Fahrenheit I know off the top of my head.

  • USA
  • Liberia (Used to be USA colony. Slaves were sent there after they were freed after the civil war)

More than 1 country in the world is retarded

[–] thehatfox@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some older people in the UK still prefer Fahrenheit, Celsius is still the official/default unit however.

A politician here recently tried to promote returning the UK to Imperial units, it has gone nowhere so far.

[–] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, because the suggestion made everyone laugh hysterically, even here in Australia lol.

[–] MuskX@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you serious? That's pretty funny!

[–] unsophisticated@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It does seem superior for the weather and cooking.

Having the weather between 50-100 instead of 10-40 kind of makes sense.

And for the cooking, having the steak temperature at 130-135 or 135-145 is clearer than 54-57 or 57-63.

Not that I’d think it would make sense to change, but it just seems plain stupid how we like to pretend the imperial system would be inferior and stupid.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah that's why it freezes at a random 32 degrees. I generally live between -30 C and +30 C.

[–] verysoft@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The whole world swapped to metric for a reason.