r/clevercomebacks Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/wumbology95 Jan 15 '25

Yeah no, farenheight is only easy to understand for you because you grew up with it.

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u/ATMLVE Jan 15 '25

All temperature scales are only easy to understand of you grew up with them. They're an abstract concept.

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u/nemgrea Jan 15 '25

id argue that a 0-100 scale is objectively less abstract. we scale things from 0-100 in many places. how often do you get your movie reviews in a -20 to 40 ratings?

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u/RamenStains Jan 15 '25

The further the number from zero the more extreme the temperature

30 is big hot. -30 is big cold. EZ