• Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    I never round 10 degrees, that’s crazy. Definitely to a nearby whole number though.

    “What’s the temperature going to be today?”

    “I think low 60s in the morning and 75 or 78 for the high.”

    So, maybe a 5 degree range max.

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      8 months ago

      Dude you just did it, “low 60s”.

      I see it even on weather forecasts “We’re going to get into the high 70s” which I think is what you didn’t want to say, so you now specified 78.

      And it’s still a completely floating, arbitrary scale.

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        8 months ago

        Dude you just did it, “low 60s”.

        ???

        You do know that low 60s is not a 10 degree span, right? Right??

        I’m beginning to see why some of you can’t handle Fahrenheit units of measure…

        ETA: Sure, I might say something like “upper 70s for the high” if I don’t have any better Idea but, again that is not a 10 degree span of temperature units. Please, for the love of all that is holy, tell me you understand that basic premise of communication?!

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          8 months ago

          That’s what I call round to the nearest 10 degrees. High/low of tens unit if you realllllly want to be pedantic. But at this point I think you’re trying to be really pedantic to win fahrenheit.

          Because the point is: I find it funny when people say Fahrenheit is so much more accurate when they round to the nearest high/low of the tens unit, but then think Celsius has to be given in decimal lol.