• Shurimal@kbin.social
    57·
    vor 1 Jahr

    With Celsius it’s all nice and round numbers unlike the mess called fahrenheit:

    0°C—black ice, snow, be careful on the road and you probably want to wear gloves and a hat
    0…10°C—a bit chilly, but you can leave your hat home
    10…20°C—pleasant, but not quite tee-and-shorts yet
    20…30°C—nice summer weather
    30…40°C—holy crap it’s hot!
    40…50°C—are you fucking kidding me?
    50+°C—my proteins are starting to denature…
    100°C—good sauna
    110°C—finns think it’s a good sauna
    120+°C—finns think it’s getting a bit too hot in the sauna. Italians tend to vaporize in sauna (speaking from experience)
    …
    0…-10°C—a pleasant winter weather
    -10…-20°C—getting a bit frosty
    -20…-30°C—finns think it’s a pleasant winter weather
    -40°C—vodka freezes. Russians and finns agree it’s getting a bit frosty
    -50°C—getting a little hard to start your Uazik in the morning in Siberia due to engine oil solidifying
    -60°C—researchers in Antarctica all agree it’s getting a bit frosty and someone should close the window

    • T4V0@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      vor 1 Jahr

      To be honest, a 10°C range is way too much variation for me to consider it as the same ‘category’ (at least in the 0°C ~ 40°C range). I say that as a Brazilian.

        • T4V0@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          vor 1 Jahr

          For sure! At one point in winter I had to wear a second pair of pants to get through the day, and it was only in the 10°C range…

      • Railing5132@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        vor 1 Jahr

        See that’s my issue with degrees C. It’s not as fine a measurement as degrees F. A difference of 5F is not terribly much, but it is noticeable. A difference of 5C is substantial (to me) and would make me very uncomfortable. So with F, I can know with more precision how uncomfortable I should expect to be :)