Saw this recently on a WAN Show (19:12). How true is this? It sounds wild.
this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2023
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Itβs only true if you are over 55-60.
Iβm 50, and almost never use Imperial. Especially temperature - like, who TF uses Fahrenheit? It makes absolutely no sense in almost every context.
I mean the chart says it's only used for cooking and pools, which is pretty accurate imo. Most recipes are in Fahrenheit and I've never heard anyone taking about pool temperatures in Celsius.
I'm 53, and I think we started being taught metric in grades 3 and 4. For me, the chart is very accurate.
Whatβs the dial on your stove say? Because I have never used let alone seen a stove in Canada that had C on it. Been that way since I can recall.
I think most food packages also list temps in F (or add C as well but never omit F).
When I turn my oven on, the screen to set the temperature prompts me in β.
Because of its scale, Fahrenheit works better for describing the temperature as it relates to people and how comfortable or dangerous it is. Celsius obviously works better for science and engineering. Both systems are arbitrary and either will work once your used to them obviously. Fahrenheit is anthrocentric. Celsius is centered around the phase changes of water at a standard (arbitrary) pressure. The only temperature scale that approaches universality and attempts to not be arbitrary is the Kelvin.
Fahrenheit is my preferred scale when dealing with weather and heating/cooling my home because with Fahrenheit, you can describe almost the entire range of normal human experience from freezing to death to burning to death with (almost always) only two digits and no sign change. If you see an extra digit or a negative sign on the Fahrenheit scale you know shit just got real. And as for the numbers in between 0-100, you can conceptualize them as a simple decimal range like we do for lots of other statistical things like movie ratings, school/exam grading brackets, political polls on TV, percentages, etc.
...Are you saying that the rest of the world have not a single idea, which temperature is burning hot and which temperature is freezing cold?
All of that is just a matter of habits/familiarity. If you are used to Celcius, you know 0β is freezing cold, like literally. Anything beyond 40β is "shit just got real" territory.
If you want to call out "but 40 is not an intuitive number!!" then I would briefly mention that 212β is not an intuitive number for the boiling point of water either.
@ LonelyWendigo
What? That's a rationalization for your preferred system.
Depts of Winter -35C
Spring/Fall 0C
Heights of Summer +35C
In Fahrenheit that would be:
Winter -31F
Spring/Fall +32F
Summer +95F
Which is completely arbitrary.
Yes, I thought I was very clear that I was explaining my rationalization for why Fahrenheit is my preferred arbitrary system for a specific use case. Fahrenheit is arbitrary and centered around human existence. Celsius is also arbitrary and centered around the phase changes of water. I made no mention of season because again, that is totally arbitrary, not universal, and depends wholly on geography. The only temperature scale that even gets close to trying to not be arbitrary is Kelvin, but I don't see you bullying for it's everyday use.