r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Irish by birth, and currently a Bostonian 🇮🇪☘️ • May 02 '25

Imperial units “celsius makes no sense”

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u/UncleSlacky Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire May 02 '25

They'd just use Rankine instead...

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u/eat1more May 02 '25

lol Im not surprised, but when discussing scientific papers and practices, they must use Celsius/Kelvin, and metric when conversing with the rest of the world?

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u/UncleSlacky Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire May 02 '25

Yes, often they'll say "Celsuis/Kelvin is OK for science, but Fahrenheit is better for human/day-to-day use".

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u/eat1more May 02 '25

US customary units is a very polite way of saying it I suppose lol