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Why America still uses Fahrenheit
Posted 7 years ago by clang51 in category: interesting
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anonymousone - 7 years ago [ Reply ]
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If the rest of world switches to Fahrenheit your problem is solved. You're welcome. Seriously though, like all these Vox videos, they put forth one viewpoint (and they always seem to be from a globalist or left-leaning viewpoint). Very little effort put into counter-arguments. It would be a great service to this site to just not post these one-sided Vox videos.

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HeavyHitter - 7 years ago
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  Okay, and what are the upsides? 
qwqwqwqw - 7 years ago
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  Didn't they say that it was unclear which the less damaging option was? Switching or not switching - that it would be costly? Did you sleep with your ears when they went over that, or were you fuming too much about the "left leaning" (lol) opinions? Or are there any ACTUAL upsides to using completely different sets of measurement for length, weight, volume and so on? Because to me, it's completely ridiculous. In metric, it's so easy. One cubic decimeter = one liter. One cubic meter = 1000 liters. Simple. Fast. How do you convert one cubic feet to gallons? I wouldn't know where to start and would probably have to google it.  
anonymousone - 7 years ago
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  Is Fahrenheit really that difficult to "figure out?" You want an advantage? I'll give you two. There are more gradations on the Fahrenheit scale, so there is less need for clumsy fractions and decimals. And two, there is less need to use negatives in Fahrenheit. She didn't mention these obvious reasons or speak to a meteorologist/scientist, because this is Vox and they are really only interested in pushing their own views (much like the mainstream media now). As a side point... When in Rome... I wouldn't move to France or Japan telling them they really ought switch to Fahrenheit because I'm an American and that's what I'm used to. It's absurd and could be seen as arrogant. 
heftygrain - 7 years ago
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  Well, if it works for you, it works for you. But I do think switching over the whole world versus just one country is a bit more effort, eh? Personally, I like Celsius and one reason for that is that when the temperature hits negative, you know it can be slippery on the road. And I've never been craving for finer gradations, but that's just what you're used to I guess. 

qwqwqwqw - 7 years ago [ Reply ]
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I did google it now. 1 cubic feet = 7,48052 gallons. I have no idea of the formula, and well, yeah you can be sorry your national leaders weren't clever enough to make it mandatory because that much be a total pain in the ass to live with.

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Insanity99 - 7 years ago [ Reply ]
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In the UK we use both; Fahrenheit for hot and centigrade for cold. A nice summer day is 80 degrees whilst a cold winter morning is -1. If you quote less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit or more than 10 degrees centigrade, noone will know what you are talking about.

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kafel - 7 years ago
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  Really? Been living in UK for 2 years and never heard fahrenheit... that's just even more confusing. 
MoreBloodyNonsense (guest) - 7 years ago
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  What a load of nonsense, you're making things up now... either that or you are watching the CNN or Fox weather channel. 

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