Anons argue in comments

  • doingthestuff@lemy.lol
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    5 hours ago

    When people give a temp in C, I convert it to F like anyone capable of reading/writing should be able to do. I’ve lived in Europe but I haven’t internalized the conversion very well. I would think someone might be able to convert it the other way as well. It is okay to just say, “I don’t like the US and I want to be an asshole.” You know, if that’s the case. None of us have any idea, your motives are completely obscured from our discernment.

    • sudneo@lemm.ee
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      4 hours ago

      I disagree with the person you are responding too (I don’t think it’s impolite to use F), but to be fair C to F is “double and add 32” (technically 9/5+32), which is very easy to compute, while the reverse is -32 and then /2, which is generally harder (I think most people find subtractions harder).

      • doingthestuff@lemy.lol
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        1 hour ago

        I know the formula but rather than calculate 9/5 or 5/9 I just do a quick search, for example “-20f to c” and have the answer in three seconds.