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[–] Damaskox@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Which countries/cultures even use Farenheit?

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[–] joenforcer@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The United States. We basically pretend that Celsius doesn't exist in all applications of temperature. Weather, cooking... it's all in Fahrenheit.

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[–] Damaskox@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Hah.
Forces me to think about metrics versus...imperial?

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[–] jadero@mander.xyz 1 point 2 years ago

And Canada, but we're really messed up. Most people I know across multiple generations use Fahrenheit for indoor temperature, cooking, and water you might swim in. Celsius is for outdoor air temperature, mostly, I think, because that's how weather is reported. There is a fair amount of variation, but I don't think I've heard anyone using Celsius for cooking.

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