Which units are best doesn’t matter: the point is, nobody else uses standard units anymore, apart from a couple oddball countries, and only one of them - North Korea - isn’t trying to extricate itself from it.
Everybody else tries to be a part of the world’s technical and scientific communities by speaking the same language, but of course America has to be different. Because of course it does… And it’s tiring if you ask me.
Norms may be dumb but they make everybody’s lives easier when everybody follows them.
As for temperature specifically, there’s nothing inherently better in Celsius or Fahrenheit. It’s just a choice. The only unit that is superior to all of them is the Kelvin because it has a true zero, but it’s not commonly used in everyday settings.
But there is something inherently better in Fahrenheit! 0 is fucking cold. 100 is goddamn hot. It’s a measure that makes sense to the perception of us, human beings.
0 in Celsius is a little cooler than brisk, and 100 means you’ve been dead for a while. It’s a dumb system for humans to use.
Sure if we are cooking, doing chemistry or anything else that directly involves liquids and doesn’t need extremely specific values that Celsius isn’t equip to handle.
The only real difference between f and c is how fine the scale is. That’s it. Literally the ONLY functional difference.
If you dont need a finer scale then F has no benefits over C and they are entirely equal.
And realistically if your getting into precision just use fucking kelvin.
Both F and C objectively suck ass equally. Honestly the only time in my life I’ve found F or C to better is when I need to set the temp on a thermostat. F on cheap thermostats is more reliable as it has less leeway before it kicks on/off. Resulting in a more consistent air temperature.
C tends to drift more above and below the set point. But nicer thermostats tend to not have that issue anyways. So it’s a moot point most of the time.
Which units are best doesn’t matter: the point is, nobody else uses standard units anymore, apart from a couple oddball countries, and only one of them - North Korea - isn’t trying to extricate itself from it.
Everybody else tries to be a part of the world’s technical and scientific communities by speaking the same language, but of course America has to be different. Because of course it does… And it’s tiring if you ask me.
America does speaks metric, especially the technical and scientific communities. They just also speak standard.
Don’t other countries get on Americans for not speaking more than one language? Why is that now a detriment?
Because people enjoy hating America. It’s one of lemmys favorite pass times.
Don’t forget another area where metric is somehow thriving; the inner cities in the US.
Edit: ya’ll need to lighten up.
Well they shouldn’t. It’s harmful.
US scientists also use metric.
I dunno - I had to buy a mattress bed and sheets in feet in Thailand. We don’t even do that in America.
And the steel tube was sold in inches, meters and millimeters ¯_(ツ)_/¯
And I agree with you, fully, except for temperature. “If everyone was jumping off a bridge”, right?
The scale is stupid and I don’t give a fuck if it’s the “norm”. The norm is dumb.
Norms may be dumb but they make everybody’s lives easier when everybody follows them.
As for temperature specifically, there’s nothing inherently better in Celsius or Fahrenheit. It’s just a choice. The only unit that is superior to all of them is the Kelvin because it has a true zero, but it’s not commonly used in everyday settings.
But there is something inherently better in Fahrenheit! 0 is fucking cold. 100 is goddamn hot. It’s a measure that makes sense to the perception of us, human beings.
0 in Celsius is a little cooler than brisk, and 100 means you’ve been dead for a while. It’s a dumb system for humans to use.
Yet somehow Celsius seems to speak to everybody outside the United States just fine.
0 means water freezing, 100 means water boiling. This is actually quite helpful to know instinctively.
Sure if we are cooking, doing chemistry or anything else that directly involves liquids and doesn’t need extremely specific values that Celsius isn’t equip to handle.
The only real difference between f and c is how fine the scale is. That’s it. Literally the ONLY functional difference.
If you dont need a finer scale then F has no benefits over C and they are entirely equal.
And realistically if your getting into precision just use fucking kelvin.
Both F and C objectively suck ass equally. Honestly the only time in my life I’ve found F or C to better is when I need to set the temp on a thermostat. F on cheap thermostats is more reliable as it has less leeway before it kicks on/off. Resulting in a more consistent air temperature.
C tends to drift more above and below the set point. But nicer thermostats tend to not have that issue anyways. So it’s a moot point most of the time.
This is such a bike shed issue. You’re being ridiculous.