• thehatfox@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Some older people in the UK still prefer Fahrenheit, Celsius is still the official/default unit however.

    A politician here recently tried to promote returning the UK to Imperial units, it has gone nowhere so far.

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        1 year ago

        It does seem superior for the weather and cooking.

        Having the weather between 50-100 instead of 10-40 kind of makes sense.

        And for the cooking, having the steak temperature at 130-135 or 135-145 is clearer than 54-57 or 57-63.

        Not that I’d think it would make sense to change, but it just seems plain stupid how we like to pretend the imperial system would be inferior and stupid.

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          1 year ago

          Oh yeah that’s why it freezes at a random 32 degrees. I generally live between -30 C and +30 C.