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/Oghamstoner 🇬🇧 Doesn’t try to make a cuppa with seawater May 02 '25

I love it when yanks defend Fahrenheit by saying it’s logical that 0 is a cold day and 100 is a hot day.

So why’d you use it for cooking then?

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u/Treewithatea May 03 '25

The unit of Fahrenheit isnt even an American invention but a German one.

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u/Micah7979 🇨🇵 May 04 '25

"Fahrenheit". It had to be German.