We’re taught both metric and US customary units in school. I prefer metric for most things, to the point I have a metric-only tape measure among other things.

However, I’ll die on the hill that Fahrenheit is superior for ambient air temperature. 0 degrees to 100 degrees neatly encompasses the range of average surface temperatures seen throughout the year in the contiguous US.

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Sure, for science, it’s brilliant. In the real world nobody really cares about anything beyond halfway to boiling.

    Under 40, bundle up

    40s wear a coat.

    50s jacket

    60s hoodie

    70s indoor clothes

    80s as little as possible

    90s naked

    Vs.

    4-10 wear a coat

    10-15 jacket

    15.6-20.5 hoodie

    21.1 -26.1 indoor clothes

    26.6-32.2 as little as possible

    Over 32.2 naked

    I didn’t have to add decimals to any of the F values. There is no noticeable difference at half a degree fahrenheit.