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[-] buzziepeen@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 11 months ago

I haven't listed any scales. That was someone else. I just chipped in to point out that arguing about scales or which one is better is pointless. You like what you're used to, which as I said I'd fine, it's just dumb to be passionate about something that's arbitrary. The only reason other people are trying to convince you that Celsius is fine it's because it's pointless for humanity as a whole to have different measurement units in different countries.

At some point the people living in the middle of the North American continent will have to switch, it might be 1000 years from now but the standardisation will come eventually. There will be loads of people like you complaining, but then once the switch happens it'll be absolutely fine and nothing of value will be lost. All the arguing that will happen between then and now about which system is better will have been pointless.

[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Seconding this.

The reason we even care is that maintaining two systems is heavily impractical and adds to confusion all around the world - simply because 4% of world's population can't bother to make a change.

We wouldn't care what you use - perfect barbecue temperature scale, length unit of football field, weights in blue whales - if it wouldn't affect the rest 96% of the world who have to decipher your blubber.

Everyone uses Celsius and metric, make a damn switch, it's not that hard and you won't lose anything. You only use it because you've used to it, there is literally nothing else to it. Everyone switched, everyone's happy with it. Do it already.

P.S. Also, Fahrenheit is currently officially defined through Celsius, as a scale that is at 32 degrees on melting point of water (0°C), and 212 degrees on its boiling point (100°C).

Let it sink in.

Fahrenheit is modernly defined through Celsius.

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