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> but I can see why someone from a place like the American Midwest might think this is true. Ironic since I don't live in the midwest. I've visited there durin
by chungy 3y ago
> but I can see why someone from a place like the American Midwest might think this is true.
Ironic since I don't live in the midwest. I've visited there during summer once. :)
> The difference between -1C and 1C is something you can literally see around you. The difference between -1F and 1F is not. Anything “below zero” is literally frozen and completely inhospitable to normal human life!
I dunno, down to 20°F/-7°C, it's pretty easy to have liquid water still when hit by direct sunlight. It's also not really that extremely cold (I'm still fine with short sleeve shirts in the 20s F). 0°F/-17°C is where I'd say things get extremely cold and even direct sunlight ceases to melt water.
- quicklime 3y agoI’m not claiming you live in the Midwest, just that the Midwest climate matches the Fahrenheit scale. I believe you when you say you feel that way at those temperatures, but I personally wouldn’t wear just a t-shirt when at any temperature under 10C/50F. So Fahrenheit matches the subjective temperature range where you might feel comfortable, but not me. And so you can’t make a general statement that it matches “human living conditions” when others think that Celsius better matches their comfortable range.