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What the fuck is a Fahrenheit? (feddit.org)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It just boils down down to which you've grown up with. You're so used to using F it just seems obvious, but at least to me, the numbers seem a bit random and arbitrary.

But I know that 0C is literally freezing out and that the roads and pavements could be icy. And I also know that 30C is a very hot day (to me) just through experience and not knowing any other scale and being exposed to C all the time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

0°F is literally freezing outside too

32°C is 90°F

90°F is a very hot day. Extremely hot is 100°F (38°C).

50°F is where you'd slowly die being naked.

75°F is room temperature

25°F water is definitely frozen

Hot tubs are 100°F

Saunas are 200°F

-20°C to 40°C

Or

0°F to 100°F

10°C is about 50°F

20°C is about 75°F

-20,(-10), 0, 10, 20, (30), 40

Or

0, (14), 25, 50, 75, (86), 100

They are both easy once you know the scale

-40° is where they both line up.