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[–]NeedMoreCoffee 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (15 children)

I mean you can just look it up it's been between 27°C an 34°C for the past weeks. That is 80-91°F for you silly people from the US. For the record there is pretty much little to no air conditioning in Italy.

[–]thefirststone 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Okay, so not hot. Stranger and stranger.

[–]NeedMoreCoffee 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

34C° in Venice is very hot what are you talking about?

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    [–]NeedMoreCoffee 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    It's very hot for Venice i keep telling you dingdongs that ffs

    Italy is also at the meditarranian sea, very humid with warm winds carrying North African desert winds which makes 34 feel like 48.

    A 40°C in a desert is a lot more pleasant and bearable than 34°C in a warm humid climate.

    [–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    People collapse from heat stroke when it's hotter than usual.

    That's hotter than us usual.

    Parts of Canada broadcast warnings to drink plenty of water and be careful about heatstroke if it's going to get into the low 20s.

    [–]Node 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

    Most of us USians don't work in laboratories, so we use the human scale temperature measurement system known as fahrenheit.

    No one here has air conditioners either, but go inland a few miles and they regularly endure temps of 36°C or higher.

    We have Death Valley in this state, where it sometimes exceeds 120°F. Here on the coast, this is going to be the hottest night of the year so far at 58°F. Normally it's around 53-54°F.

    [–]LarrySwinger2 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    The usual justification for Fahrenheit is its preciseness, but I think that doesn't hold up to scrutiny. With Celsius, water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100, and it has the same scale as Kelvin, which is preferred by scientists. Those properties make it elegant. On top of that, the scale is precise enough for most cases, and using "x and a half degrees" is awkward neither in spoken language, nor in writing, so preciseness isn't an issue at all. Given those things, I don't think there's sufficient justification to differ from the standard that's preferred by most of the world (and scientists worldwide).

    [–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    the standard that's preferred by most of the world

    Although they're falling rapidly, we've had higher standards here in the US. Our human-scale measurement systems and other high standards led the United States to do pretty well for ourselves on the world stage.

    I'm personally fine with other countries hanging on to their dystopic standards. But now that American Exceptionalism has faded as the mud-flood continues, the effects of Fahrenheit are little more than a historical relic at this point.

    Still, giving up Fahrenheit now would be like the UK turning moslem, or France becoming a negroid country.

    [–]LarrySwinger2 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Don't be silly.

    [–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    There's simply no defence for using Celsius outside of a laboratory.

    [–]NeedMoreCoffee 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    What have laboratories have to do with anything? It's quite handy knowing that a 0°C or below water freezes and you have to be careful on the road because ice forms and at 20°C you have ideal room temperature and at 100°C water boils.

    Having a measurement that starts at 0 which is the freezing point of a 50% salt and 50% water mixture is mostly pointless now eventhough 300 years ago it was nice to have some kind of starting point to make thermometers.

    Death Valley is a national park/desert. It would be odd to have airconditioners in the middle of a park compared to a high populated city.

    [–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Laboratories and Celsius are a good fit. For environmental measurement purposes, Fahrenheit is the best fit.

    Luckily (was it really luck?), the US is one of the 'few' who figured out that human-scale measuring systems can be the sure route to success.

    Celsius is oppression. It goes right along with the program of diversity being our strength, tolerating faggotry, and black lives mattering.

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      [–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

      Shadrack?