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[–] [email protected] 224 points 1 week ago (6 children)

When you use Celsius from birth 41C does make you say FORTY ONE DEGREES?!!!

[–] [email protected] 138 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah, but it hits different. Smaller number is smaller.

That's why I use Kelvin. THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN DEGREES?!!

[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Degrees? While using Kelvin?? OP is a phony!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

I'd excuse it as part of the joke

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Should use Rankine with that logic. It comes out to 566.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why not Centikelvin?
THIRTY ONE THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED CENTIKELVIN??!!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Who is kelvin and why the fuck are his numbers so large

[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 week ago (2 children)

100%

It's just Americans having American perspectives promoted as world views.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It's about crossing into triple digits, a new order of magnitude, it feels heavy.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

But it's also underwhelming when your usual reference for over 100 is, "WHAT IT'S HOT ENOUGH TO BOIL WATER OUTSIDE!?"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

American: IT'S A HUNDRED AND SEVEN DEGREES OUTSIDE

Civilized people: no it fucking ain't, you overdramatic princess

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

It doesn't really though for people who doesn't use fahrenheit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

brother, that's what a world view is lmao, do you not understand this concept?

Most of us don't really go anywhere outside of the US, the entire continental US is the literal equivalent of the collective EU. What do you want me to say? I literally don't need to leave to US to experience something geographically unique.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think they've meant world's view, not worldview

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

im pretty sure the world's view would be that we're parasites destroying the well balanced nature of the ecology of the earth, but that's just me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

geographically unique

Geographically perhaps. But the cultural and historical unique is something you are going to miss out on by staying inside your own home country for your entire life. You think your US regional differences are the same as the differences between two countries, but anyone who has experienced different countries will tell you in an instant that that is not so.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

i mean culturally in terms of outside of the continental US sure. There's plenty of interesting and unique culture within the US if you just go looking for it. Though a lot of it is going to be somewhat westernized in essence. If you want more eastern culture, obviously you're going to have to go farther east, but i feel like that's a given.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

On the other hand, if it was 107°C outside, the outrage would be so much more justified.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago

But much less vocal.

You know, because we'd all be dead.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

No, he's right. The "one hundred" part really does add certain powers, Austin Powers

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

It's that extra "one" of incredulity.

40 degrees, that's just too hot.

41? You've got to be fucking kidding me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

In Australia we go with "Farkin hot"