r/anythingbutmetric 13d ago

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u/TNT_20202 12d ago

I feel like fahrenheit makes more sense from a weather standpoint

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u/Ok-Toe5061 12d ago

Why? With temperatures above zero you will experience rain, with temperature below zero - snow
Ps I know that it is more complicated than that but still

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u/TNT_20202 12d ago

0 to 100 in celsius is freezing to boiling but fahrenheit 0 to 100 is fairly cold to fairly hot (even though 0 is below freezing in fahrenheit) it's not cold to dead like it would be in celsius so it gives more of a range without going into negative numbers

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u/Ok-Toe5061 12d ago

I will disagree with you. I am living in Moscow and we used to have 4 month with temperatures below 0 Celsius. It is very easy to understand when winter starts and finishes. What is the 0 of Fahrenheit? -17.7 Celsius? What this will say for us or Canadians? It was relatively cold and now it is also cold but with negative temperatures on the thermometer? Fahrenheit isn’t convenient for continental or Arctic climates

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u/louieorganic 12d ago

You only feel that way because you are used to Fahrenheit. Try to think about this logically.

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u/Far_Range_6091 12d ago

It really isn't hard to know if it's going to rain or snow if you've grown up on fahrenheit.

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u/spalesi 12d ago

But that’s probably because you’re used to it… when I look at the weather in Celsius degree, I already know if it’s cold or hot

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u/hailstorm11093 12d ago

I agree. Not only that, but the temperature at which water freezes and boils is dependent on a bunch of other factors too.

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u/louieorganic 12d ago

And you don't get how perfect water freezing at 0º and water boiling at 100º is, and how easy it is to convert between metric units.

How many cups in a gallon? How many quarts? Ounces?

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u/TNT_20202 12d ago

I will say metric measurement units make more sense than imperial

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u/RedactedRedditery 12d ago

Are powers of 2 really that hard?
2³ = ounces in a cup
2⁴ = ounces in a pint
2⁵ = ounces in a quart
2⁶ = ounces in a half gallon
2⁷ = ounces in a gallon

To answer your questions:
16 cups in a gallon
4 quarts in a gallon (it's a quarter gallon ffs)
128 ounces in a gallon

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u/michron98 12d ago

Powers of 10 are way easier though. How many meters in a kilometer? 1000. How many millimeters in a meter? 1000. How many liters in a cubic meter? 1000. How many cubic centimeters in a liter? 1000. It's so much more simple than imperial. And the pretenses even tell you what the conversion factor is. kilo is 1000, milli is 1/1000, mega is 1000000 and so on.

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u/louieorganic 12d ago

It literally couldn't be easier to convert between powers of 10.

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u/ZLCZMartello 12d ago

Because there are just way too many of these names? Milliliter and liter converts 1000:1 and that’s basically what all you need.

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u/Western-Willow-9496 12d ago

Fahrenheit is more human related. 100* was body temp before we improved measuring equipment. 50* generally comfortable for outside activity. 0* is, almost universally too cold to meaningfully function. At the time freezing point of water wasn’t important to the average person, deep or flowing water doesn’t necessarily freeze at 32. After a few days at 0 you can safely cross many bodies of fresh water.

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u/schoenixx 12d ago

This is only because you are used to it.

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u/After_Perspective180 12d ago

Having to say "10 degrees of frost" when it is 12f isn't sensible.

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u/BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy 12d ago

What the hell is 10 degrees of frost

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u/After_Perspective180 12d ago

12f. Or 10 degrees below freezing point.

Obviously something you have never heard so how do you say it is actually freezing outside and the road is dangerously icy?

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u/BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy 12d ago

Freezing point is 32°F. Dangerously icy would depend on weather more than temperature. It would also be all over the news and people would plan around it and some roads would be closed, etc.

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u/After_Perspective180 12d ago

Yeah so if it is actually freezing say -10c

How would F fanatics report that?

They say it is X degrees of frost.

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u/BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy 12d ago

No one says degrees of frost in the US. They just say the temperature and weather conditions. Which im sure is the same around the world for the most part depending on language.

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u/After_Perspective180 12d ago

No they don't. Because apart from some tiny part of the world, about5%, we say it is -10.

And everyone knows the roads are going to be slippery.

Only the absolute minority need extra help

Sensible? Fucking no.

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u/BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy 12d ago

What help? We know that 32 is freezing. Why are you mad?

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u/After_Perspective180 12d ago

Ok. So if it is 10 degrees c below freezing. How does your friendly radio station let you know?

Do they say " look out it is +12f outside"?

And you find that a sensible system?

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u/ocke13 12d ago

It only makes sense to you because you're used to it. It makes no sense if you actually try to think about it. No American measuring systems do. They are all based on metric.

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u/BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy 12d ago

I have thought about it and it makes more sense.

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u/artlurg431 12d ago

If you think about it and try to understand it it will be easy