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Burning Up

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By that metric, kelvin would be even better though.
- by that metric
  Americans cannot understand any metric
  
  2 liter bottle.
  Checkmate, athiests.
  
  Also we have electric, water and gas meters smh
  
  This is why I say 'metre' for the measure and 'meter' for the measurement device
  
  And Demeter for the harvest
  
  9mm
  
  28 grams to an ounce
  
  In point of fact Americans have gotten impressive results out of far more complicated metrics than metric. It's not a matter of understanding, it's a matter of pride. And of not having to buy all new tools.
- You miss out on screaming that it's negative anything though.
  
  -40F = -40C
  
  Kelvin doesn't have a negative.
  
  The best system would have 0 at a mild, comfortable temperature, and go up or down by 100 degrees per one degrees Fahrenheit.
  
  But mild and comfortable is different for different people who are acclimated to different weather.
  We need a defined 'mild' temperature. i vote for 70F/21C.
  It's a bit chilly for the warm weathered folks and a bit warm for the cold weathered folks. Seems reasonable but I'm open to suggestions.
  
  As a cold weathered folk, I can confirm that 70 is my upper limit for nice temperature
  
  I'd adjust it to 68/20 just so it lines up with whole numbers in both systems. And on second thought, make it 90 per degree Fahrenheit so any whole F or C value can convert to a whole number.
  
  it needs to be a range, you can't really just have a single point, something like 50f to 70f would be good. Some people like a little below, some people like a little above, the 60s are generally pretty comfy all around though.
  We also need to consider clothing as well. Which i do in this case.
  
  0 for freezing because water falls from the fucking sky.
  
  You can absolutely yell about that. And when Fahrenheit flips to negative, you're ready to express some big feelings about how fucking cold it is.
- And Rankine would be even better than Kelvin in terms of "big number go brrr." Water boils at 671 R.
  Of course, Rankine is the most obnoxious unit I've ever had to deal with, but those numbers sure are big!
- You mean it's THREE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN FUCKING DEGREES OUTSIDE?!
- OK, but with Rankine, if it's 101 out, you can go Five Hundred and SIXTY degrees??!
- Please raise this temperature by 1.4x10^-23 Joules - statements of the utterly deranged
  
  Joules are energy. You need thermal capacity to turn them into temperature.
- “Kelvin” sounds a lot like “communism” you pinko

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