I converted Fahrenheit to Celsius and rounded up to the first decimal place. That's why Celsius is not a perfect seamless range, but hey didn't have to do that and it was more work so it is what it is.
Please reblog for larger sample size. C:
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Been thinking about Americans arguments for using Fahrenheit and was wondering if everyone American agreed with its usage
State your arguments for it because I still can’t understand the loyalty to it!
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Completely Random Poll
Based on a post I remember from a long time ago.
If you have any thoughts, feel free let me know!
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rly wish they taught metric in this backwardass country
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this is actually the most insane december i’ve ever experienced what do you mean it is 9 degrees right now. this is canada.
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"You sure looked like you were enjoying yourself!"
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My piece for the @tosrcountdown ✨
+ chibi
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I haven't seen anyone talking about it on here, but Unstoppable Doom Patrol #6 and the latest Halloween special (DC's Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun) have basically confirmed Dorothy and Kate are still dead.
The former has Dorothy's corpse being dug up by the Brotherhood of Evil as part of a ritual for General Immortus to gain the Candlemaker's powers. In the latter, Cliff is haunted by the ghosts of everyone associated with the Doom Patrol who died, starting with Kate and Dorothy.
It legitimately upsets me that editorial decided to keep these two dead as a plot device to make Cliff sad and for conflict. While the Halloween special is more humanizing than their appearance as ghoulish apparitions in the Knight Terrors event, it's hard to accept it when it came AFTER I tried to get the two back in last year's Pride anthology.
However, the Halloween story is a special kind of aggravating because it goes out of its way to acknowledge Celsius and Negative Woman are both still alive again, Arani with the Doomed and Valentina with the Peoples' Heroes as they were in Doomsday Clock. Cliff even asks how they came back in the first place.
I guess those two weren't important enough to keep dead.
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Americans thinking that Fahrenheit is objectively more intuitive really do not understand the concept of linguistic relativity.
Like yes, *you* think it's more intuitive because Fahrenheit is the language *you* grew up with.
The fact is, that for most of the world using the metric system and Celsius, which relies on set temperatures and conversions and decimals, Celsius is *a lot* more intuitive to them. It's something that's easily replicable in explaining to students how the measurements work: Frozen water is 0°, boiling water is 100°. Considering that humans can't survive without water, and water is integral to human life, I'd think that's pretty intuitive don't you think?
But again, it's linguistic relativity (and a heavy dose of American exceptionalism) that's causing Americans to think that Fahrenheit is just somehow more "natural". Because of course it seems more natural if it's the language you grew up with.
But here's the thing. Temperature measurements are just as subjective as any other social construct, including measurements and numbers.
Measurements are part of language, and while they do serve a purpose, they can't be more "naturally intuitive" because no language is better or worse than the other. That's colonialism speaking for ya.
Language serves a purpose to communicate. There are an almost infinite amount of sounds the human mouth can make, and an infinite amount of signs (object or concept) to choose from. But because it would be too much for a language to include every range of sound possible, and every sign possible, humans choose from all the possible sounds and signs to make their language. This is why one language can have a word for one concept, while another doesn't have a word for it. Or why speakers of one language can make one sound, while speakers of another can't without extensive practice. But no language is inherently better or worse, or more "natural" than another. Every language is inherently good because it serves its purpose of communication for its given speakers and location. And the same is true for measurements, because measurements are a part of language.
So no, Fahrenheit is not more "naturally intuitive" than any other measurement system, and this rhetoric going around is just repackaged American exceptionalism and imperialism.
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As a very dedicated energy drinker (addicted to caffeine) who also enjoys the grunge vibes of monster energy(purely because those ragged little lines match my life) and Bang, Red Bull, etc, can I just say
F those stupid fricking aesthetic looking energy drink cans that are becoming the style now.
Celsius I was fine with.
The hundred others that followed with like fruity designs and matte finish cans… 🤢
You should not be able to drink your tasty little 200mg while matching it to your ‘I have my life together’ fit.
You don’t, and I should be able to recognize the hot mess in a can from at least a distance of 10ft. Vision blurred from sleep deprivation or not.
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