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psa for you Europeans: negative Fahrenheit is typically much colder than negative Celsius until -40 where they're the same (hexbear.net)

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if you see an American (me) whining about it being -8 degrees just know that -8C is warm in comparison

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[–] Soot@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This reasoning is bizarre to me. Is it 0 or less? Then it will fundamentally change the weather - it'll be frosty, watch out for ice or snow. I'm not sure why you'd "most importantly" prefer negative meaning that yeah it's like.. colder.

[–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 days ago

because it's convenient to be able to express the difference between just below freezing and abnormally cold. it's the difference between wearing a sweater and a long sleeve shirt and wearing a jacket and scarf. or just not going outside.