Post #3697982
2026-07-08 18:39 UTC
@BenRiceM@mastodon.social @caseyliss@mastodon.social @Gte@mastodon.social Another hypothetical rescaling would be to set 0 at water freezing (like Celsius) and 100 at average body temperature (like Fahrenheit). But air temperatures just below water freezing aren't all that remarkably cold, feel-wise, the way air temperatures above 100 are.
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@BenRiceM@mastodon.social 2026-07-08 18:50
@gruber@mastodon.social @caseyliss@mastodon.social @Gte@mastodon.social I feel like claiming Fahrenheit is a scale from 0–100°F representing human comfort just doesn’t ring true. 0°F seems more equivalent in (dis)comfort to ~115°F So it’s not even very good at the one thing you’re all claiming it’s good at