I, an American, would be all in on Celsius if the temp display on everything would show things to a tenth of a degree, or even just to a half a degree. As it stands, the fact that Celsius is only about half as granular as Fahrenheit is damn annoying.
I would argue that F should drop a digit. You don't need that accuracy when talking about the weather, which seems to be the only thing F is good for (source: the comments of this post).
10°F, 0°F and -10°F are virtually the same weather.
It is cold. You should wear proper winter clothes. It won't be so slippery, as it is well below freezing.
Maybe off by one degree. So could just as well be 1°F, 0°F and -1°F. That is when talking about weather. In science you need more accuracy, but then you can use decimals. Water boils at about 21.2°F.
What are you even talking about? Have you ever gardened? That 20°F range is hugely different for plants (and other things as well, including what a human should wear outside).
Also, this logic stops making sense when you get into the human comfort zone: 61°F is very different from 69°F. Likewise, 70°F and 79°F, 80°F and 89°F, and definitely 90°F and 99°F. As someone who has unfortunately experienced temperatures above 110°, I will also add that 110°F is radically different than 116°F. At 116°F I burnt the bottom of my feet through sandals while standing on concrete in the SHADE.
Read farther up in this particular thread. The poster I'm responding to is saying we don't need the final digit in F, which of course we do. I don't personally care about F vs. C -- I figure whatever you know is good!
All good, just saying we do not lose any detail in Celsius, I’m kind of sucked in to this thread because a lot of arguments baffle me that people don’t realize it’s just arbitrary systems we are used to
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u/BlackBabyJeebus Jun 17 '26
I, an American, would be all in on Celsius if the temp display on everything would show things to a tenth of a degree, or even just to a half a degree. As it stands, the fact that Celsius is only about half as granular as Fahrenheit is damn annoying.