In my new scale, °X, 0 is Earths’ record lowest surface temperature, 50 is the global average, and 100 is the record highest, with a linear scale between each point and adjustment every year as needed.

https://explainxkcd.com/3001/

  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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    18 hours ago

    The fahrenheit scale makes sense for the human experience of weather

    Wat. Yanks keep saying this but… wat

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      48 minutes ago

      50 is about the average temperature for spring and fall. Summer gets closer to 100 to imply hot and winter it drops down closer to 0.

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        40 minutes ago

        That’s both very dependent on the location and not at all more natural or intuitive to me than Celsius for my area

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          24 minutes ago

          Yeah well obviously wasn’t planned for a global scale and you can thank European mindset 300 years ago for that so it is definitely scaled for arable land in higher latitudes.

          It wasn’t very technical cause I mean they just weren’t back then. Heck ask a baker what a pinch is.

          But for trying to come up with a scale to give people a way to talk about the temperature in Poland was the point and it’s just stuck for people that are using it same as those using other methods. It wasn’t and isn’t about you.

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      8 hours ago

      It’s only fair to give credit when credit is due. Doesn’t mean I like that unit, but I can see where they’re coming from.