• ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    The fahrenheit scale was created as a base for human temperature. The guy fucked up his math though because 100°f was supposed to be average body temp.

    Celsius is temperature based on water.

    Kelvin is based on universal scale.

    Fahrenheit is based on the human body.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t see how intent is relevant, to someone using Celsius, 40 degrees is hot because they’re used to that, that’s the only thing that matters. Besides, when it comes to body temperature, Celsius is a lot closer than Fahrenheit. Not to mention “it’s freezing outside” in Celsius is actually sub zero, and not a number close to your body temperature as it is in Fahrenheit.