• @repungnant_canary
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    2263 months ago

    When you use Celsius from birth 41C does make you say FORTY ONE DEGREES?!!!

    • @[email protected]
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      1433 months ago

      Yeah, but it hits different. Smaller number is smaller.

      That’s why I use Kelvin. THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN DEGREES?!!

      • @deus
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        973 months ago

        Degrees? While using Kelvin?? OP is a phony!

      • @chiliedogg
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        Should use Rankine with that logic. It comes out to 566.

      • zitrone 🍋
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        63 months ago

        Why not Centikelvin?
        THIRTY ONE THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED CENTIKELVIN??!!!

    • @Woht24
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      903 months ago

      100%

      It’s just Americans having American perspectives promoted as world views.

      • @Takumidesh
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        283 months ago

        It’s about crossing into triple digits, a new order of magnitude, it feels heavy.

        • @Buddahriffic
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          223 months ago

          But it’s also underwhelming when your usual reference for over 100 is, “WHAT IT’S HOT ENOUGH TO BOIL WATER OUTSIDE!?”

        • @uienia
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          53 months ago

          It doesn’t really though for people who doesn’t use fahrenheit.

      • KillingTimeItself
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        brother, that’s what a world view is lmao, do you not understand this concept?

        Most of us don’t really go anywhere outside of the US, the entire continental US is the literal equivalent of the collective EU. What do you want me to say? I literally don’t need to leave to US to experience something geographically unique.

          • KillingTimeItself
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            13 months ago

            im pretty sure the world’s view would be that we’re parasites destroying the well balanced nature of the ecology of the earth, but that’s just me.

        • @uienia
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          33 months ago

          geographically unique

          Geographically perhaps. But the cultural and historical unique is something you are going to miss out on by staying inside your own home country for your entire life. You think your US regional differences are the same as the differences between two countries, but anyone who has experienced different countries will tell you in an instant that that is not so.

          • KillingTimeItself
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            -13 months ago

            i mean culturally in terms of outside of the continental US sure. There’s plenty of interesting and unique culture within the US if you just go looking for it. Though a lot of it is going to be somewhat westernized in essence. If you want more eastern culture, obviously you’re going to have to go farther east, but i feel like that’s a given.

    • @[email protected]
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      273 months ago

      On the other hand, if it was 107°C outside, the outrage would be so much more justified.

    • @Delphia
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      53 months ago

      In Australia we go with “Farkin hot”

    • @[email protected]
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      53 months ago

      It’s that extra “one” of incredulity.

      40 degrees, that’s just too hot.

      41? You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.