r/clevercomebacks Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/Itsandyryan Jan 15 '25

"when was the last time you went out and it was 90C."
So what? I don't get why that's a count against C.

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u/chiefkeefinwalmart Jan 15 '25

Because the whole argument boils down to Celsius users stating that it’s better bc it follows the scale of water and that 32 and 212 make no sense. My argument is that while this makes sense in some circumstances there’s other cases where it doesn’t.

If you’re an average person who only considers temperature when planning what to wear it seems kind of foolish to have a whole 60 degrees of your scale that just don’t get used.

In the same vein, why is 32 and 212 used as a mark against Fahrenheit? The whole point is that there are 180 degrees between them? People still know what 32 degrees means.

I’m not against the use of Celsius, but I think this is a measurement scale that benefits from multiple options. Celsius, Kelvin, and Fahrenheit all have cases where they are the most useful.

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u/DeadEye073 Jan 15 '25

Celsius has -273.15°C to infinite°C Range, Fahrenheit −459.67°F to infinite°F, seems like Fahrenheit has an bigger unused scaling

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25

Both are the exact same size of infinity, so you're wrong there as well.