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[-] Zorque@kbin.social 45 points 2 years ago

"I grew up with a completely different scale, so this scale makes no sense to me!"

Well no fucking shit.

[-] Khrux@ttrpg.network 17 points 2 years ago

I was trying to be polite as to not trigger Americans which generally happens when you critique Imperial measurements. The post makes no sense to me as it assumes that Farenheit is correct for humans to communicate temperature. The post should read.

Celcius is basically asking water and most humans how hot they feel, Kelvin is basically asking atoms how hot they feel and Farenheit is basically asking me how hot it feels because I didn't learn the others.

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Everybody learned the others.

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