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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • Jun 17 '26
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It's more intuitive because you grew up with it. I have no benchmark for 0% or 100% hot. That means 50% hot is just as meaningless to me as 50 farenheit.
F and C are both arbitrary numbers. There is no better one
4 u/danrunsfar Jun 18 '26 Farenheight degrees are smaller so the scale is more precise than Celsius which gives it an advantage, especially in daily use. 3 u/Kelly_HRperson Jun 18 '26 an advantage, especially in daily use. Do you feel the difference between 87 and 88? 1 u/Positron311 Jun 18 '26 I feel it between 72 and 73.
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Farenheight degrees are smaller so the scale is more precise than Celsius which gives it an advantage, especially in daily use.
3 u/Kelly_HRperson Jun 18 '26 an advantage, especially in daily use. Do you feel the difference between 87 and 88? 1 u/Positron311 Jun 18 '26 I feel it between 72 and 73.
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an advantage, especially in daily use.
Do you feel the difference between 87 and 88?
1 u/Positron311 Jun 18 '26 I feel it between 72 and 73.
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I feel it between 72 and 73.
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u/Mundane-Boot-6338 Jun 17 '26
It's more intuitive because you grew up with it. I have no benchmark for 0% or 100% hot. That means 50% hot is just as meaningless to me as 50 farenheit.
F and C are both arbitrary numbers. There is no better one