Re:Why is Venus hell and Earth an Eden?
by palmotea on Monday September 22, 2025 @12:35PM
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> Maybe there is a reverse psychological angle to make the current US administration go metric. Fahrenheit->Polish->European->Communist/Woke. Can't have that!
1. That nonsensical, because the same logic would apply to Celsius temperatures.
2. Americans don't keep using Fahrenheit because of some aversion to Europe. Though I do have some fondness for it as resistance to the machine-people who are always going on about efficiency and trying to hurry everyone up.
1. That nonsensical, because the same logic would apply to Celsius temperatures.
2. Americans don't keep using Fahrenheit because of some aversion to Europe. Though I do have some fondness for it as resistance to the machine-people who are always going on about efficiency and trying to hurry everyone up.