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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 86 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If those Americans could read they'd be very upset.

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd take offense if I could; but you're right... I think... idk, I can't think. I'm not upset, you're upset!

What's an up set?

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[–] Cyberwitch_7493@lemmy.dbzer0.com 83 points 1 year ago (19 children)

I just use

30Β°C is hot, 20Β°C is nice 10Β°C is cold, 0Β°C is ice.

Obviously that won't apply everywhere, but in milder climates it works pretty good.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

And 40Β°C is the melting point of the human brain.

Which goes some way towards explaining some of the decisions happening in Florida, Texas and Arizona during their ridiculously hot summers..

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[–] AsterixTheGoth@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

and 30CΒ° is a typo

[–] linux2647@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] RyeBread@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

It's the best way to think about it because if you're always doing the calculation in your head you still always think in Fahrenheit first. Just get the feeling for Celcius instead of trying to shoehorn a worse system in (as a user of said worse system myself).

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

For the other Americans that came into the thread hoping to see a conversion:

  • 10c = 50f
  • 30c = 86f

Edit: I'd like to note that 10c is a very reasonable temperature for shorts. I'm a Minnesotan (basically Canada lite (please annex us)), people start raising eyebrows at around 0C

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

F = C * 1.8 + 32

Just want to leave this here

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago

Oh come on. Now you expect us to learn math too??

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[–] STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

its true, legs are immune to cold. shorts and a jacket is a reasonable outfit

[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

0C? Fellow Minnesotan here and I've definitely seen plent of people wearing shorts at temps below -5C. But I'm also in a college town so that may change things.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I once amusedly watched girls sunbathe in bikinis at St. Lawrence University with patches of snow nearby in, I think March.

Conversely, I personally wore shorts and a tee one fine vacation in Florida around Christmas. It was 60f, and everybody was running around in jackets looking like they were in Chicago in January.

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[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Paraphrasing an old meme:

Fahrenheit - how hot humans feel
Celsius - how hot water feels
Kelvin - how hot atoms feel

[–] ultimitchow@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] linux2647@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 year ago

Pretentious freedom-loving atoms

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[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Jokes on you. I'm an american who works with scientific equipment so I mainly work in Celsius. Also live in Minnesota so we get the best of both worlds. Last winter hit almost -30C at times meanwhile tomorrow has a high of 39C with almost 70% humidity.

I was going to make the joke that Minnesotan kids definitely know what -40Β°C is.

I moved up here from Florida to get out of this kind of heat and humidity. Thanks Minnesota. This is miserable.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Minnesota is just lower Manitoba, you get the same insane 80c temperature variance

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[–] SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Most kids don't get degrees.

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[–] StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I certainly know what degrees Celsius are, but I have no idea what Celsius degrees are supposed to be.

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[–] MoonMoon@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

CΒ° or Β°C bud?

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 7 points 1 year ago

bursts into flames

[–] scurry@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I don’t know if they stopped, but American kids at least used to be taught both Celsius and Fahrenheit. At least in some parts anyway. I was taught both as a kid, with my school largely banning the use of Fahrenheit by staff on campus even, for instance.

[–] regalia@literature.cafe 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why does the US live rent free in so many European's heads all the time?

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Because each time we look for some English content, they use some dumb fantasy metrics based on the size fo the feet of a king for some reason, and we need to look up a converter to change it to a metric used in 195 different countries.

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[–] RoquetteQueen@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago

I didn't know Canada and Australia were in Europe

[–] sentore@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love that the meme is about Canada, Australia, and the US(ish), yet it's the Europeans that get called out by this guy. Who's living rent free in whose head? ;)

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[–] Tedrick02@lemmy.today 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shorts in 10C is standard practice for me. Really not that cold for us in the NorthWest. Now if we're talking Southern Californians 10C is heavy winter jacket weather.

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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Fuck it, it's 8 o'clock and 28Β°C with 60% already. We are not used to this shit here.

https://www.meteoblue.com/en/blog/article/show/40238_Heat+wave+in+Europe

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[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

American here. Always knew C temps.

10 c cool 20 c perfect 30 c ok I need shade and a body of water 40 c wtf 50 c I’m dead

-5C your pee freezes when it hits the ground -25C you pee freezes internally -35C you pack the floofier sleeping bag for camping

[–] glennglog22@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago
[–] ilex@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Double Celsius and add 30. It'll get you close enough for environment temps.

10*2 is 20, plus 30 = 50.

(10Β°C Γ— 9/5) + 32 = 50Β°F

30 doubled is 60, plus 30 is 90.

(30Β°C Γ— 9/5) + 32 = 86Β°F

10Β°C is mild af. Who tf doesn't wear shorts when it's 50F?

If you want to sound more metal, tell people how cold it is in celsius. Was it kinda cold or was it in the negatives?

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[–] moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

10Β° C is warm lmao, where I live winter can get as cold as -34Β°C

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

I don't understand the meme and I use C...

Shit use of the meme bro

[–] Archlinuxforever@lemmy.3cm.us 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Let's ignore the fact that celsius is taught in American schools because "hAha AMeRiCa bAd beCauSe nO MeTric."

[–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It’s taught but not really for weather. So while I know the boiling and freezing points of various substances in Celsius, I don’t have instant recognition when I hear a Celsius temperature, I have to convert it in my head.

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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Then why don't you USE IT?

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 1 year ago

Me, an American, laughs in PC temperatures always being in C

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I can understand canadians wearing shorts on a 10Β° day, Aussies sometimes do the same. But what Australian wears a jacket on a 30Β°C day???

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[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Hey cool, we're like the Fire Nation

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