How hard is it to add c or f to the end of a tempreture

How the hell are people supposed to know if you are using celsius or fahrenheit

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        37 months ago

        Your example just proved my point. The context for the second one is that the first one is clearly Celsius. Why would you ever change units?

        I suppose if this were a conversation about imperial vs metric you’d give me the example of wanting a 50cm board that’s 2 thick and wondering how the reader was supposed to know you you didn’t mean 2 inches

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          37 months ago

          I gave you the example, an American would accidentally switch when talking about the weather back home last week as it would be Fahrenheit in a Celsius county. How does that prove YOUR point lmfao.

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              They use Fahrenheit 99% of the time, the only time they would ever use Celsius would be for current local weather when traveling.

              Very few people would remember to make the change, and you’re only lying to yourself if you don’t think the vast majority of people would make the mistake. Like it happens all the time when conversing online or IRL already and you want to claim people are smarter than that? Sure buddy…. Why do you think this post exists…? Because it happens lmfao.

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                17 months ago

                I think you’re the one lying to yourself if you think the vast majority of people would just forget to specify. That wasn’t a realistic example of a common conversation about weather in my experience

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                  The vast majority of people will since they know to when conversing, but the vast majority of people aren’t American….

                  Americans specifically, who we are talking about, don’t since they aren’t use to it. Americans don’t make up the vast majority of people, so you’re not wrong, but that’s not what was being discussed in this specific case.

                  Americans was the key word, and again, this literally already happens… hence the is post and discussion. Burying your head in the sand and pretending this already doesn’t happen is quite frankly asinine.

                  And yes, I know I’ve upset Americans and are being downvoted solely for pointing out the mistake they all make without realizing it.

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                    17 months ago

                    Americans would just…give both temperatures in fahrenheit. Unless phones have started changing measurement units based on location.

                    This conversation is different than OP’s because you’re saying it’s common for people to switch units mid-speech