Every South Korean turns a year younger

Re:Every South Korean turns a year younger by quicklime on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @08:48AM (#36505625)

> What's a more convenient scale for human living conditions? 0–100 °F or -20–40 °C? I am aware people live in even colder and hotter environments, but the majority of people in the world don't need to worry about values outside of this range. I also think "0 is very cold" and "100 is very hot" just makes more sense than "-20 is very cold" and "40 is very hot".

The idea that 0-100F is somehow the range of “human living conditions” is completely bizarre to me, but I can see why someone from a place like the American Midwest might think this is true.

To me 0C is so much more meaningful than 0F, especially when talking about weather. The difference between -1C and 1C is something you can literally see around you. The difference between -1F and 1F is not.

Anything “below zero” is literally frozen and completely inhospitable to normal human life!

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Re:Every South Korean turns a year younger by chungy on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @01:11PM (#36509414)

> but I can see why someone from a place like the American Midwest might think this is true.

Ironic since I don't live in the midwest. I've visited there during summer once. :)

> The difference between -1C and 1C is something you can literally see around you. The difference between -1F and 1F is not. Anything “below zero” is literally frozen and completely inhospitable to normal human life!

I dunno, down to 20°F/-7°C, it's pretty easy to have liquid water still when hit by direct sunlight. It's also not really that extremely cold (I'm still fine with short sleeve shirts in the 20s F). 0°F/-17°C is where I'd say things get extremely cold and even direct sunlight ceases to melt water.

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Re:Every South Korean turns a year younger by quicklime on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:30AM (#36517096)

I’m not claiming you live in the Midwest, just that the Midwest climate matches the Fahrenheit scale.

I believe you when you say you feel that way at those temperatures, but I personally wouldn’t wear just a t-shirt when at any temperature under 10C/50F.

So Fahrenheit matches the subjective temperature range where you might feel comfortable, but not me. And so you can’t make a general statement that it matches “human living conditions” when others think that Celsius better matches their comfortable range.

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