[timschmidt]

My problem isn't remembering the scale, it's that Fahrenheit offers me double the effective resolution and descriptive accuracy without awkward decimal points in the numbers used.

I like my room at 73F, not 72F or 74F, and I can feel the difference. That's 22.77C. :-/

[ttepasse]

My main observation in temperature scale and imperial lengths discussions om the Internet is that Americans seem to have a strange aversion against fractional parts of numbers, as if those were irrational.

(On the other hand a lot of Americans consume fava beans.)

[timschmidt]

Au contraire base 12 measurement is _all about the fractions_. 12 can be divided evenly by 2, 3, 4, and 6. Metric gets 5 and 2. By that measure it's y'all that are afraid of the small numbers.

US units are pinned to Metric standards anyway. We're just using the most creative ratios. :)

[3eb7988a1663]

American, I think we use fractions all the time: 7/8 inch hardware tools, 3/4 measuring cup in cooking, etc. Especially awkward when you have human distances, because you have to mix feet + inches: 3 feet 4 and 1/4 inches.

It was a dream once I got a metric tape measurer and realized that using centimeters eliminates the need to do annoying conversions.

[briHass]

I found this take from 'Torque Test Channel' (tests battery tools) humorous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QUum9NymZY

[timschmidt]

Brilliant and hilarious.

[bgnn]

Most temperature sensors are accurate to 0.1C. Most weather forecast is 0.5C resolution. So yeah only explanation to Americans behavior is an aversion against fractional numbers as you said.

[lunarlull]

> I like my room at 73F, not 72F or 74F, and I can feel the difference.

I suspect you wouldn't notice if it changed by a degree.

[timschmidt]

You'd be wrong. Happens.

[lunarlull]

I might be, but I don't think so. It certainly happens less often than something like people making ridiculous easily disprovable claims.

[timeon]

I like my room exactly at 21C. Any F number is Greek to me.

Remembering is more about what you are used to here.