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#21 - anon (08/31/2014) [-]
It's literally FREEZING at 0 degrees celcius...
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User avatar #399 to #21 - haseotakaeda (09/01/2014) [-]
Bro 0 celsius is just long-sleeve weather in Canada
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#24 to #21 - anon (08/31/2014) [-]
do you mean that 0 degrees is much colder than fairly or just stating that water freezes at 0? Because although it does freeze water it isn't too cold
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User avatar #27 to #24 - jewishcommunazi (08/31/2014) [-]
0º is pretty cold for me. Although maybe my dressing habits aren't really fit for such temperatures.
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User avatar #69 to #27 - kerfufflemachtwo (08/31/2014) [-]
I'm still in a t-shirt in that weather. With no coat.
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User avatar #79 to #69 - infernis (08/31/2014) [-]
u wot

enjoy your cold brah
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User avatar #334 to #69 - FrozenFire (09/01/2014) [-]
geeeeet ****** , anything below 10 deg celcius and I am in ************* snow gear. Straya cunt
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User avatar #444 to #334 - kerfufflemachtwo (09/02/2014) [-]
That's okay. You can take the heat better than me. Anything above 70 F is too much for me.
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User avatar #325 to #69 - jewishcommunazi (09/01/2014) [-]
Same with me sometimes, but you can feel the cold, especially if you live in a moist area.
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User avatar #443 to #325 - kerfufflemachtwo (09/02/2014) [-]
I'm in Michigan. Surrounded by some of the largest lakes in the world.

Doesn't get very dry here.
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#30 to #27 - winterguy (08/31/2014) [-]
Where I live, there are up to -20°C days in december and january. 0°C is fairly cold but Im still happy to go snowboard at this temperature.
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User avatar #32 to #30 - jewishcommunazi (08/31/2014) [-]
Over here, we're used to a different weather, I guess. On the other hand, we have to deal with not having snow. The last time there was real snow where I am was about 6 / 7 years ago and lasted about two days. And we didn't have that in more than 20 years. Definitely one of the most fun days I had when I was a kid.
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#33 to #32 - winterguy (08/31/2014) [-]
Yeah, snow is great. On the other hand I cant stand anyting over 28°C. I dont come out trough the day in summer.
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User avatar #34 to #33 - jewishcommunazi (08/31/2014) [-]
I don't really mind hot temperatures, but they make me lazy as **** . On the other hand, I have no patience for "sun baths", I think going to the beach is only worth it if it is to get in the water, I don't see the appeal of taking a nap and return with a tan.
Whenever I have to do something productive in the slightest I prefer low temperatures.
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User avatar #105 to #21 - angusss (09/01/2014) [-]
0 degrees Fahrenheit is freezing too, just freezing salt water... and 100 degrees Fahrenheit used to be thought of as the proper temperature of a human body.
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User avatar #62 to #21 - baditch ONLINE (08/31/2014) [-]
Freezing isn't that cold where I live (Central New York State). In the winter that's pretty nice weather as long as the wind isn't too bad.
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User avatar #247 to #62 - phenact (09/01/2014) [-]
I live in NY real close to lake Ontario, last winter sucked. 20 below zero temperatures, along with lake effect constantly ******* us up the ass
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#266 - ztwenyeight (09/01/2014) [-]
**ztwenyeight rolls 66**
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User avatar #267 to #266 - fitemeirlbro (09/01/2014) [-]
ya ok
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#107 - nelfie (09/01/2014) [-]
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User avatar #115 to #107 - kokanum (09/01/2014) [-]
We're stuck with it till our economy is better. If we chance now, all of our "Socialism" is going to want us to replace every instrument of measurement in existence, causing a bigger economic problem. There are flaws, but it doesn't hurt anyone as much as if we would chance it.
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User avatar #124 to #115 - blacklightsun (09/01/2014) [-]
The word you are looking fore is "change"
"Chance" means opportunity.
Just wanted to help, don't kill me
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User avatar #132 to #124 - kokanum (09/01/2014) [-]
Oh yeah, sorry, I mistyped that. Thanks for that
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User avatar #255 to #107 - tantcancer (09/01/2014) [-]
I'm sorry, I'm retarded so can you explain the month, day, and year pyramid at the bottom?
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User avatar #305 to #255 - shorea (09/01/2014) [-]
In America 01/09/2014 would mean January 9th, while in the rest of the world (pretty much) it's September 1st.
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User avatar #426 to #305 - tantcancer (09/01/2014) [-]
thanks!
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#299 to #255 - anon (09/01/2014) [-]
Days are shorter than months are shorter than years
Months are longer than days are shorter than years
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#383 to #107 - zhater (09/01/2014) [-]
HURR HURR **** AMURICA HURR
LOOK AT MY FREE HEALTHCARE THAT I HAVE TO WAIT IN A 29 WEEK LINE FOR


SO MUCH BETTUR

yeah, why don't you go ******* deal with ISIS or something with that pathetic military of yours?
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User avatar #166 to #107 - meganinja ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
It's not arbitrary, it's just not centered around having easy conversions. Not saying it's better than Metric, but calling it Arbitrary and retarded to exaggerate the differences is only hurting your own cause by making you look like a pompous ass.

And the date system is easier because that's how you say it. I.E. you would say it's March 17, 2017, and then would write the date the same way.
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User avatar #345 to #166 - Daeiros (09/01/2014) [-]
ar·bi·trar·y
adjective
based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.

On Fahrenheit's original scale the lower defining point was the lowest temperature to which he could reproducibly cool brine (defining 0 degrees)

The precise origin of the yard is not definitely known. Some believe it derived from the length of a stride or pace. One postulate was that the yard was derived from the girth of a person's waist, while another claim held that the measure was invented by Henry I of England as being the distance between the tip of his nose and the end of his thumb.

As for the numbers themselves, base 12 and base 16 do each have their own merits, but what possible logical reason could you have to do your maths in base 10, your weight in base 16, and your length in base 12? Nothing fits together and the only reason not to make it fit is "well that's just the way it's always been"

And people who write the date dd/mm/yy instead of mm/dd/yy do not say March 17th, they say the 17th of March.
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User avatar #342 to #166 - tomtomat (09/01/2014) [-]
At least in Sweden, we say the date first. 1st of September, 2014. In Swedish, putting the month before the date sounds really retarded. Differences in language.
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User avatar #151 to #107 - deathchain (09/01/2014) [-]
YYYY/MM/DD archival masterrace.
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User avatar #175 to #107 - demigodofmadness (09/01/2014) [-]
American English basically attempts to make things roll off the tongue the easiest, "The 23rd of March" takes slightly longer than "March 23rd" so we changed it.

For many places 0 is very cold and 100 is very hot, whereas with Celsius you stay at the beginning half I believe? Not sure for the most part. I'd much rather use Celsius in a lab than in everyday use.

SI units instead of metric is simply because we don't want to change, originally a long time ago someone made inch and foot the standard units and then miles and yards just arbitrarily and we stuck with it.
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User avatar #268 to #175 - scant (09/01/2014) [-]
I say "23rd March" in speech, but I still write D/M/Y.
Dunno why you guys felt you had to change the written format to follow the spoken word format. In speech most people say the month by name not by number so there's no need to clarify.
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User avatar #278 to #175 - spacefield (09/01/2014) [-]
yay for writing in military style
20140323
is the 23rd day in March in the year 2014
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User avatar #184 to #175 - lamarisagoodname (09/01/2014) [-]
^ what he said

the day / month / year format is official where I live but it's far easier to simply say march 23rd instead.

I disagree that it should be used as an official format seeing as the amount of administrative confusion that it brings isn't worth the convenience but that's just my opinion
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#142 to #131 - betars (09/01/2014) [-]
Statistics thread?
Statistics thread.
countries with free healthcare.
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#263 to #142 - mrloki ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
**mrloki rolled image** ehhh, you should remove Brazil from that list, while SUS (sistema unico de saude) the "free health care" - does exist ... it's known more as free deathcare ...

You go in for emergency surgery because you got run over by a truck and it they schedule your "emergency surgery" 48 hours after you've got to the hospital. You go in with a heart attack, you get out dead, because there are no doctors to treat you...

If you want to have medical assistance in Brazil, you need a plano de saude - a paid health care - those will try to rob you and won't actually offer you quality service, but you can get emergency help and some normal doctors for when you got a wild rash or something
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User avatar #141 to #131 - scant (09/01/2014) [-]
Science put a man on the moon.
Guess what scales of measurement science uses
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#182 to #141 - Ethshar ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
Whatever measurements the scientists feel like,that's what.
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User avatar #218 to #182 - scant (09/01/2014) [-]
Except it's metric units. Sorry.
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User avatar #369 to #218 - Conquistador (09/01/2014) [-]
I think it's kelvin that's mostly used in science.
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#404 to #369 - anon (09/01/2014) [-]
How hot is it to the moon

How cold is my fuel tank

please m8
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User avatar #436 to #369 - scant (09/01/2014) [-]
Scientists do not only measure temperature.
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User avatar #140 to #131 - rplix (09/01/2014) [-]
This is pretty stupid because I would bet 100% of a rocket's design is based off the metric system.

Astronomy universally(no pun intended) uses the metric system for measurable quantities.
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User avatar #144 to #140 - thesoulseeker ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
You obviously haven't heard of this incident:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter

Although SI units are almost exclusively used in scientific circles.
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User avatar #146 to #144 - rplix (09/01/2014) [-]
Never heard of that, but just shows how the imperial system can **** things up.
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User avatar #147 to #146 - thesoulseeker ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
Nah, it just shows that even super smart scientists make idiotic mistakes due to misunderstandings. My hate towards imperial units has little to do with this one.
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#315 to #131 - franta (09/01/2014) [-]
They did it thanks to German know how. Google name Wernher von Braun. First american ballistic rocket were old V2 rocket with USA flag on it. Apollo also had rocket designed mostly by german scientists.
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User avatar #378 to #284 - tanabata (09/01/2014) [-]
Found the amerifat.
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#59 - spacehawk (08/31/2014) [-]
Why celsius is more logical
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User avatar #158 to #59 - dongers (09/01/2014) [-]
If we are talking logical then i'd choose the one that doesnt use degrees
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#394 to #59 - anon (09/01/2014) [-]
Fahrenheit is based on 0 being the freezing temperature of Salt water and 100 being the ideal human body temperature (i know its 98.6, but the science wasn't exact). So really Fahrenheit is better for humans and centigrade is better for water.
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#406 to #59 - anon (09/01/2014) [-]
Unless you increase or decrease elevation which changes the boiling point of water and oh look your logical scale is no longer correct, dumbass.
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User avatar #171 to #59 - hankhillofthe (09/01/2014) [-]
Convenient, not logical.

Rational, rather.

Logic is about making sense, while rationality is what makes the most sense.

Logic - 4 / 2 = 2
Rationality - If I want to split 4 in half, I should think of 4 / 2, because it is the most simple and easy-to-remember way of doing so.

I'm not tryna make a big deal out of it, so don't comment 'n be a.
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User avatar #60 to #59 - shadowstepone ONLINE (08/31/2014) [-]
why have a water based temperature system though?
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User avatar #61 to #60 - ninjaroo (08/31/2014) [-]
Because it's one of the most common things we interact with?
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User avatar #63 to #61 - APURPLEPYTHON (08/31/2014) [-]
So why don't you measure temperature in dicks?
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User avatar #67 to #63 - ninjaroo (08/31/2014) [-]
I'm not sure I've seen dicks change reliably under temperature... More testing is required, I shall order additional dicks.
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#114 to #67 - anon (09/01/2014) [-]
Measure temperatures in nutsacks, they change reliably under temperature
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User avatar #187 to #67 - unncommon (09/01/2014) [-]
I lend you my dick.
Since its not very big I also stapled a hot dog to a bean bag and mailed it to you.
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User avatar #375 to #187 - ninjaroo (09/01/2014) [-]
Your contributions to science are valued.
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User avatar #275 to #63 - nicoquitemad (09/01/2014) [-]
Because that'd still be around 65% water, making water, once again, the logical choice! I water, I know dicks.
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User avatar #134 to #63 - furiousmarshmellow (09/01/2014) [-]
Because it'd be below 0 degrees for you.
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User avatar #118 to #63 - heartlessrobot (09/01/2014) [-]
You try basing a temperature scale on dicks.
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#66 to #63 - anon (08/31/2014) [-]
actually Fahrenheit was originally intended to be based off the average temperature of the human body being 100 and 0 being water freezing. obviously when it was set they had a little bit of a temperature.
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User avatar #80 to #66 - lyiat ONLINE (08/31/2014) [-]
Except that's completely ******** , because water freezes at 32 degrees you goddamn monkey.
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#97 to #80 - turbontine (09/01/2014) [-]
Yeah, he's wrong. 0 degrees farenheit is actually the freezing point of salt water, the coldest thing he interacted with while making the scale. He didn't like negative numbers, and assumed no one would work with anything colder than frozen salt water.
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User avatar #99 to #97 - lyiat ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
Which is also ******** . Salt water freezes are various temperatures, depending on how much salt is in the water. Water from the ocean freezes at about 28.4 degrees. Water at max saturation, IE no more salt will dissolve into it, freezes at -5.96.
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#101 to #99 - turbontine (09/01/2014) [-]
Yep. It's an outdated system. The only reason Americans cling on to it is because they also cling onto the english system of measurement instead of metric.
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#174 to #101 - anon (09/01/2014) [-]
Or because America uses both, one for everyday life where things are measured in barrels, acres, and Fahrenheit. And one for science where everything is in SI.

But you know, those ignorant Europeans... Am I right or are you wrong.
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User avatar #103 to #101 - lyiat ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
Basically, the guy passed off some hokey science as a scientific scale.
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#106 to #103 - turbontine (09/01/2014) [-]
That's a funny way of putting it, but it's not too far from the truth. Here's the WIki article talking about the three temperatures it was based off of. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit

Fahrenheit proposed his temperature scale in 1724, basing it on three reference points of temperature.[9] In his initial scale (which is not the final Fahrenheit scale), the zero point is determined by placing the thermometer in brine: he used a mixture of ice, water, and ammonium chloride, a salt, at a 1÷1÷1 ratio. This is a frigorific mixture which stabilizes its temperature automatically: that stable temperature was defined as 0 °F (−17.78 °C). The second point, at 32 degrees, was a mixture of ice and water without the ammonium chloride at a 1÷1 ratio. The third point, 96 degrees, was approximately the human body temperature, then called "blood-heat"
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#173 to #99 - innocentbabies (09/01/2014) [-]
It's the freezing point of brine, specifically. Also, it was used because that was the lowest temperature Fahrenheit could reliably reproduce.
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User avatar #176 to #173 - lyiat ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
Brine - A solution of salt in water. Salt solutions ranging from about 3.5% (a typical concentration of seawater, or the lower end of solutions used for brining foods) up to about 26% (a typical saturated solution, depending on temperature).

If you'll kindly re-read my comment, you'll notice I covered the entire thing. The freezing point of brine varies, it is not 0 degrees.
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#178 to #176 - innocentbabies (09/01/2014) [-]
Fair enough, I don't give enough ***** to argue about this, nor do I even know what I'm arguing about, I concede this one to you, my good man.
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#408 to #61 - jaqenhagar (09/01/2014) [-]
It's something we interact with a lot, yes, we also never truly need to know (in a day-to-day sense) at what temp it boils.

The next time you go to boil some water for noodles I doubt you think "ok it's just about 100 C*, the water will be ready soon". The point of this is most of the Celsius scale goes unused by people day to day. When comparing weather, which is hands down the #1 thing we talk about temp for, celcius only has realistically 0-33 degrees of use. Fahrenheit uses the full spectrum, therefore allowing better accuracy.
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User avatar #423 to #408 - muthsera (09/01/2014) [-]
The full spectrum of what pray tell? So if you're using Fahrenheit and it goes over 100, you're saying it's beyond farenheits full spectrum? And if you think 33 is the realistic upper limit of celcius you need to come to 'Straya cunt. Or any of the tropics. 33 is ******* mild weather in summer here. We commonly reach 40, and that's on the coast. And if you think 0 is the realistic lower limit, you can go freeze your ass off in Siberia, which has commonly recorded temps of -50 and more. Celcius makes more logical sense because it is based on one medium, which is H2O. Not two arbitrary comparisons, neither of which has a fixed 'norm'
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#428 to #423 - jaqenhagar (09/01/2014) [-]
Yes obviously there are extreme locations on the planet that go outside the range I gave. My point is that when you're looking at using a range of numbers to indicate a measurement, a system that has more than half of it's range almost never used for the common use of that measurement (describing the temperature outside at any given time) is less than ideal.

Everybody goes right back to "well water boils at 100 c" which is great, it makes a lot of sense if I ever had to boil water with minimal excess heat. I would be willing to bet nobody on this entire comment section has ever needed that knowledge.
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#450 to #428 - muthsera (09/02/2014) [-]
And yet a simple Google will tell you country after country with average temperatures that can reach (and sometimes exceed) 50 C. Mexico, Somalia, India, Sudan, Iran, Algeria, Iraq, Saudi Arabi, Libya. And those are just countries where the averages can range from the high 30s to the low 50s. Large populations too. Then we have the cold countries, Finland often reaches -20 C, Mongolia goes below even that, bearing in mind that you only need it to be 0 to get frosts, let alone snow. -20 is fricken cold. Then you have Iceland which can go below -40 C, Then Greenland which has an average summer temp of just 7 degrees. Even the USA commonly achieves -30 C, and not just in Alaska. Then you've got Canada, which goes below -40 in some places, in Russia, depending on where you are, there are parts that record average summer temps of -3, plenty cold enough for snow, they also record winter temps of -50. And while there may not be a permanent population in Antarctica, there have still been temps recorded of -89 C. That is a difference of over 130 degrees C. And omg, a simple Google search told me that. Bear in mind now, that's over 18 countries that, except for the united states, use Celcius EVERY ******* DAY And given that Celcius (and farenheit too) can and do go over 100 degrees, I really do not see what you mean by this range thing of yours, unless you mean the 'average temperature range' of any given country, in which case why didn't you specify. So basically, Celcius still makes more sense.
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#271 to #61 - anon (09/01/2014) [-]
That and everyday temperature in our atmosphere (Which farenheit is more suited for). And idk about you, but I interact with the atmosphere of wherever I am a little more often than water
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User avatar #390 to #271 - ninjaroo (09/01/2014) [-]
What do you mean everyday temperature in our atmosphere? Fahrenheit is based off of brine and human core temperature, neither of which are actually reliable. It has nothing to do with the atmosphere.
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#94 to #60 - rickyleipzig (09/01/2014) [-]
Human bodies are 50 to 78% water Babies it can be up to 78%

So good to know when your baby becomes a lollipop x
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#82 - kwax (08/31/2014) [-]
I've been in a 100°C sauna. I'm still alive. Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds.
I've been in a 100°C sauna.
I'm still alive.
Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds.
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#393 to #82 - makeman (09/01/2014) [-]
The most I have been is like 115 °C. It's pretty hot but super nice. Also torilla tavataan.
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#85 to #82 - relicfighter (08/31/2014) [-]
Actually never managed to get them higher then 70 C, I ******* love saunas man
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User avatar #87 to #85 - kwax (09/01/2014) [-]
Same.
Further information: The official starting temperature of the World Sauna Championships is 110°C.
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User avatar #129 to #87 - anaphase (09/01/2014) [-]
I'd have thought the water content in your body would start to boil...why does it not?
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User avatar #220 to #129 - cormy ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
Because exchange rates.
IF your body were 100 degrees it would boil. Being in a 100 degree environment does not instantly change your core temperature.
Skin is an insulator of sorts and it won't boil as easily as your blood or cerebral fluid. The circulation of your blood ensures that everypart of you exchanges heat so that if there is even the smallest amount of cool blood still in you, it'll keep you cool.
Have you ever roasted a hundred pound piece of meat? It takes hours to cook for a reason. Heat doesn't penetrate flesh that easily.
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User avatar #281 to #220 - anaphase (09/01/2014) [-]
Ah ok...so what about general burns? I mean, if I pour 100 degree water over my skin, I'll get a burn, won't I?
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#295 to #281 - anon (09/01/2014) [-]
As explained in this thread. However, it's still slightly dangerous - a finnish and a russian went to a sauna. The russian died. No joke, this happened in the World Sauna Championship 2010, the russian died (death aided by usin local anesthetic grease and painkillers - ill play kills you) and the finnish had 70% of his skin burnt and later kidney failure. He recovered, but was under a medically induced coma for over a month.
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#296 to #295 - anon (09/01/2014) [-]
Oh, and they were in about six minutes. The saunas were different than in previous champions, more "extreme" as Kaukonen (the Finn) put it.
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User avatar #385 to #281 - cormy ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
Oh yes you'll definitely get burned but I mean, your insides won't boil or anything which was basically my only point. Your exterior will take most of the blow and it takes a long time to get through that.
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User avatar #277 to #220 - nicoquitemad (09/01/2014) [-]
This combined with sweating. The vaporization of sweat from your skin also cools you down.
I believe an experiment was conducted several decades ago where two men were observed, free to go and remark on temperatures getting uncomfortable, and they made it past 140 degrees celcius. I can't back that experiment up though, because I don't have time to google it.
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User avatar #168 to #129 - iridium (09/01/2014) [-]
Same reason putting water over a hot stove makes it take 11 minutes to boil.

It's unhealthy to stay in a regular sauna for a certain amount of time. That amount gets smaller the hotter it gets.
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#391 to #82 - gerfox (09/01/2014) [-]
I'm shocked to see that you're not from Finland.
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#311 - littlenine (09/01/2014) [-]
I always thought celsius is used like this
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User avatar #312 to #311 - dehumanizer (09/01/2014) [-]
at 100 water starts boilin n turns to steam
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User avatar #313 to #311 - krobeles ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
Well, -50 is something I cant even imagine where would be, outside of the upper layers of the Atmosphere. The highest tempeture I've ever experienced was a heat-wave when I was in Bulgaria a few years back which were like 43-47, and by then, the asphalt got all spongy, when we got back to Denmark, we heard that 3 people had died from heat stroke down there.
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User avatar #321 to #313 - tylosaurus ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
Antarctica gets down to around -90 celsius I think.
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User avatar #322 to #321 - krobeles ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
Seriously? I didn't know it got that cold. Thats some pretty cold **** .
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User avatar #376 to #322 - zaiopeperse (09/01/2014) [-]
-273,15 °C is the absolute zero. The Kelvin scale has 0° as -273,15 °C because of this
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User avatar #421 to #376 - krobeles ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
ehm, ok? And your point is?
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User avatar #422 to #421 - zaiopeperse (09/01/2014) [-]
I was just telling you it can get much colder
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User avatar #432 to #422 - krobeles ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
I'm aware. I'm a Physicist. I was just remarking that I wasn't aware it got that cold at Antarctica.
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User avatar #451 to #432 - zaiopeperse (09/02/2014) [-]
Ahh. Sorry for undermining your intelligence, then
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User avatar #452 to #451 - krobeles ONLINE (09/02/2014) [-]
Thats fine. Looking back at it, I can sorta get why you might've thought that, by the way I phrased the "I didn't know it got that cold" thing.
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#279 - samoaspider ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
they teach this to Euro kids in 4th grade, this is the easiest way to explain Celcius and why we love it
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#270 - likeallthecomments (09/01/2014) [-]
MFW when seeing all these comments about 0 celcius, try -50.
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#282 to #270 - anon (09/01/2014) [-]
Bejch, you're obviously used to it

But try -25 in the winter and 40 in the summer, that **** ***** you up
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User avatar #318 to #282 - garaichu (09/01/2014) [-]
We know, the weather was ******* ridonkulous here this summer, one of our warmest in decades.
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#293 to #282 - spikeymike (09/01/2014) [-]
try -50 in the winter and 40 in the summer....
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#197 - slantedvanity (09/01/2014) [-]
As a Canadian I sweat when it's -5C
As a Canadian I sweat when it's -5C
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User avatar #222 to #197 - richardastley ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
Because of your giant ass coat.
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User avatar #224 to #222 - slantedvanity (09/01/2014) [-]
I don't wear a giant ass coat when it's -5c, I wear shorts and a shirt when it's that nice out.
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User avatar #230 to #197 - peruru (09/01/2014) [-]
This picture? Best sketch on Key & Peele. Hands down
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#257 to #197 - bluefummer (09/01/2014) [-]
go to new zealand....they have a bar called -5 because its built in a freezer and kept at -5....
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#249 - tkfourtwoone ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
I'm sorry, I don't really mean to offend any one (this time) but... measuring stuff in decimals just seems so much more logical!
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User avatar #343 to #249 - emiyashirou (09/01/2014) [-]
The water one is kind of a stupid point though. Why should water's freezing point have to be the basis of the temperature scale? (I'm not supporting the 'muricans, just saying that specific argument is silly)
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User avatar #353 to #343 - tkfourtwoone ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
Because it's the transitioning point between the 3 natural states of a substance? (solid, liquid, gas)
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User avatar #354 to #353 - emiyashirou (09/01/2014) [-]
"a substance", yes, one substance out of literally millions of them.
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User avatar #357 to #354 - tkfourtwoone ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
I hope you're aware that water is the ONLY substance found in all three states naturally, in nature. That's what makes water so special.
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User avatar #283 to #249 - ruinsage (09/01/2014) [-]
The only reason why the US hasn't changed to the metric system is ethnocentrism. The mars satellite that crashed alone cost more than what it would to convert.
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#256 to #249 - bluefummer (09/01/2014) [-]
ill thumb you up because your right and hoping that when sheep see your comment, they bandwagon you UP instead of down
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User avatar #170 - slat (09/01/2014) [-]
Celsius just makes sense to me not only because i live in canada but because the boiling point for water is 100C instead of 212F and the freezing point for water is 0C instead of 32F... so 122 is the mid point meaning that 122F is 50C which you almost never go up to in every day use regarding weather realistically you would go up to about 40C which is 104 Fahrenheit.. but why? and if you live in a colder country you would go realistically as low as -40C which is actually the exact same as -40F...

it would seem to me that Fahrenheit grows and shrinks exponentially making it more confusing that anything.

-4C is 23F but -40C is -40F.. you only dropped 36 degrees in Celsius but you dropped in Fahrenheit you dropped 63... i dont understand why.
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User avatar #212 to #170 - cormy ONLINE (09/01/2014) [-]
It's not exponential, it's just a factor of.
Every degree in celcius is equal to several degrees in fahrenheit, along with a shift from the midpoint.
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#223 to #170 - silenttortoise (09/01/2014) [-]
Here is the equation. It isn't necessarily exponential, but..
(°C × 9/5) + 32 = °F

If you want it as a function: y=x(9/5)+32
y=Celsius
x=Fahrenheit

They are both linear equations (derive Celsius from the above if you want), so Fahrenheit does not grow exponentially. What you are observing is the relationship between the two equations, when derived (i.e. the relationship between the y=xblah/blah and x=blahy+blah).
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User avatar #246 to #170 - dudeyouisnasty (09/01/2014) [-]
The two I think it is countries that use the imperial system in this world are slowly changing over, cars have kph on the spedo, thermometers have F* and C*, and schools teach metric and SAE measurements. However it will take many generations before they are finally converted. However, many who use Fahrenheit believe that it is easier to specify small temperature differences than Celsius. some say they like it at 71*F and that 72*F is getting too hot. However if they were naturalised with Centigrade would say that 21.6*C is good but 22.2*C is too hot.

It just has to do with what they were raised with.
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User avatar #1 - tomiesz (08/31/2014) [-]
But also in Celsius -50* super cold
+50* super hot
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#298 - Tazdingo (09/01/2014) [-]
>imperial system

I sure hope you guys don't do this.
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User avatar #367 to #298 - usarmyexplain (09/01/2014) [-]
"...metric system is like being raised with a harness on your brain."

The American response is because in order to know that you need to know what temperature the room is, what is the current barometric pressure in the room is, and what if any solids are diluted in the water. Technically, you could cause it to boil by just lowing the atmospheric pressure.
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User avatar #319 to #298 - alicorn (09/01/2014) [-]
Too bad merica flipped a **** when we were converting to metric
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User avatar #441 to #440 - alicorn (09/02/2014) [-]
Oh **** I forgot to not say that
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#380 - WhatIsGwaning (09/01/2014) [-]
A lot of people seem to get butthurt in arguments on here but like the easiest way to look at the differences is that Fahrenheit is human based.
100F is roughly human core temperature. (Before an accurate Celsius conversion was invented, as human core temp is 35C which converts to about 98F but you get the idea)
Celsius is liquid based, revolving around the simplest and most abundant liquid: water. whereby 0C is its freezing point and 100C is its boiling point, and so boiling and freezing can be applied to all liquids
Kelvin is atom based. kelvin is converted as x amount Celsius +273.15. 0 Kelvin (therefore -273.15C) is the temperature at which atoms are completely inactive, and stationary, it is absolute zero and not even atoms can move anymore.

I hope this helps people!
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#152 - immclovinit (09/01/2014) [-]
rankine's face when en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankine_scale
rankine's face when

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankine_scale
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User avatar #409 to #348 - plumpbooty (09/01/2014) [-]
Oh god, it's 2010 again.
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User avatar #363 to #348 - usarmyexplain (09/01/2014) [-]
We dont want a system of measurement based off of counting on gingers and toes.

You arent even converting your units, you are just saying them in a different language.
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#365 to #364 - usarmyexplain (09/01/2014) [-]
That's the only appropriated response.
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User avatar #71 - veettrees (08/31/2014) [-]
It's dumb to imply any of the systems are actually logical. Even Kelvin, with zero set at absolute zero (which makes sense) has increments of 1/100th the difference between boiling and freezing of a random compound at sea level on our particular planet. They are all arbitrary it would simply be easier if everyone used one of them.
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#366 to #71 - anon (09/01/2014) [-]
Water - "random compound" - urm no. Don't be retarded, it's logical to use water as it's ******* everywhere, everyone needs it, and it freezes and boils at temperatures that can be achieved at home. It wasn't a "random" choice. The most logical system is the one that best fits the purpose. Imperial is a hangover from inferior measuring tools.
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#143 - findaway (09/01/2014) [-]
Have you ever been in a sauna? 100 C is great
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User avatar #167 to #143 - AlexPaincakes (09/01/2014) [-]
Yeah 100°C is 212°F
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#157 to #143 - anon (09/01/2014) [-]
Idiot!! 100 Celsius is the boiling point of water. Your skin would slough off and you would be barbeque.
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#424 to #157 - findaway (09/01/2014) [-]
0 Deg is the freezing point of water HUR DURRR

Go in 0 deg whether and you'd ******* freeze your blood DURRR

No, I've been in a 100 Deg Sauna and it's great.
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User avatar #355 to #157 - gotohemp (09/01/2014) [-]
except the water is at 100C , you feel less heat because there are less particles per volume in gas than water, making much less heat transferrable
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User avatar #83 - diroccodoodleedoo (08/31/2014) [-]
While it might be an unpopular opinion, I think Fahrenheit is a bit more logical for everyday use. Of ******* course Celsius is better for sciences and is overall much more logical, but going about your business everyday you don't need to know what temp water freezes and boils at, nor do you need to use temp in equations. Fahrenheit just seems to work better from an intuitive standpoint if you look at it as a scale from 0-100. 0 degrees is ******* cold, and in many places some of the coldest it's going to get inb4 canadafags and success-o-fags tell me about their frigid-ass **** , we know 20-30 is still cold, but getting better, 50 degrees is around midway, still kinda chilly, but not too bad, 80-90 are really hot, and 100 is ball-stickingly unbearable. But with celsius, 0 is freezing, and by the time you hit 30, you're already pretty damn hot. Not to say that Celsius sucks for everyday use, use whatever the hell you were raised using; I just think that if you look at each objectively, Fahrenheit eeks out a small victory, since most cultures tend to think of things in scales of 0-10 or 0-100.
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User avatar #112 to #83 - tealcanaan (09/01/2014) [-]
Ya, we get all them there increments and **** .
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User avatar #240 to #83 - notquiteoriginal (09/01/2014) [-]
100 ain't **** , living in Arizona 100 was like a nice cool day, now 117 was starting to get hot.
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#320 - anon (09/01/2014) [-]
Fahrenheit makes more sense to Americans because that's what they know

Celsius makes more sense to everyone else because that's what the rest of the world teaches now.

We can preach all day about which is better, it's a relative opinion so there's really no point
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User avatar #351 to #320 - sirkanesixtytwo (09/01/2014) [-]
Finally some ************ agrees with me.
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User avatar #352 to #320 - gotohemp (09/01/2014) [-]
though things would be much more systematic if we had one universal system
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