People might think America is stupid for continuing to use Fahrenheit, but imagine if "Fahrenheit 451" had been named "Celcius 232.77777777777." It doesn't quite sound the same, amirite?

or it could simply be rounded off to Celcius 233. :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It still doesn't sound right.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

3 syllables transitioning to 3 one syllable numbers, 2 repeating. sounds right to me

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Ross, you know what I mean.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

AHHH U MAD??

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Lolnw.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

urite, urite

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Rainboots: yeah he was saying they were the same

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Fahrenheit is more accurate, though

by Anonymous 13 years ago

by what means? celsius is less random. 0 degrees water freezes. 100 it boils. fahrenheit: freezes at 32, boils at 212. i mean they're both measuring the same thing, just a different way. 0 degrees celsius and 32 degrees fahrenheit are the exact same thing, so how can fahrenheit be more accurate?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There is less of a temperature difference between every Fahrenheit degree than between every Celsius (and Kelvin) degree.This has been proven mathematically, and proof can be found in the conversion formulas.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Here's why I like Fahrenheit. 0F = Really cold 100F = Really hot 0C = Average 100C = Dead

by Anonymous 11 years ago

So what if there's less of a temperature difference between 0C and 1C than there is between 0F and 1F? One C degree is less than one F degree in the same way than one centimeter is less than one inch, it doesn't create any problems, it's just a different way of measuring things.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Between freezing a boiling points, Celsius has 100 degrees (0 - 100). Fahrenheit, however, has 180 degrees (32 - 212). Units aside, it is the same range of temperature, but Fahrenheit breaks it up into smaller pieces; smaller units. That's why it's more accurate. Think of it like decimals. When you use decimals, you're being more accurate because the units are smaller and more exact.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

As I said in a different comment thread, if you use decimals the unit sizes don't matter. I know a lot of people don't bother with decimals, but if you care that much about accuracy (it will be .5 degrees off at the most), you really should use decimals.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Oh, I know, but I was just clarifying what was said above. And besides, when we're cooking or checking the weather (the main two reasons we use temperature units) we don't use decimals, so in that sense, it is better to use a more accurate system.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I agree, but in my personal opinion, unless you're OCD about temperature accuracy or you're a scientist that can't afford to be off by any small amount, you're not going to care about that small fraction of a degree that you're off by. Those people that do care are going to be using decimals anyways.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Can we rewind to the part where freezing point is average? I think I missed something there.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Lol no one's blaming how it sounds -- it actually sounds cooler than Celsius in general -- it's just that it's so impractical and random and pointless to use. They should just rename C to F, and change the scale of F to C, and make the practical scale also be the cool-sounding one so everyone wins.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

When I wrote this comment the site didn't have formatting in comments yet wary

I was just using a double hyphen instead of a dash, I didn't mean to cross anything out...

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Stop lying you're Nacklefoodle that's Anonymous. Seriously don't lie.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I think we should just all use the Kelvin scale. Imagine... Kelvin 506.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That would be particularly awkward, considering that it's spelled "Celsius." Wait, no, actually - I kept thinking, "what the fuck does Celcius mean?" I'm pretty dumb I guess.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Fahrenheit 451 is supposed to be the temperature at which the paper in a book combusts but thats not true. It really combusts at Celsius 451 but the producer thought that Fahrenheit would make a better book title

by Anonymous 13 years ago

LIAR :'(

by Anonymous 13 years ago

MY WHOLE LIFE IS A LIE

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Speaking of which, am I the only one who pronounces her name favkes?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Me too

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Fahrenheit makes no sense. Why do people still use it?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It makes perfect sense if you've used it your whole life. And like Lissy said, it's more accurate.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's easier to comprehend.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The same reason people don't use metric. It's just another system of measurement, and it makes as much sense as anything else does.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I disagree. Fahrenheit is easier to comprehend because of this. 0 degrees Fahrenheit = Really cold 100 degrees Fahrenheit = Really hot 0 degrees Celsius = Average 100 degrees Celsius = Dead While with the metric system everything is divided by ten. With the imperial measurement system everything is a clusterfuck. So in an ideal world, we'd use Fahrenheit for temperature and the metric system for measurements.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Fahrenheit isn't any more accurate than Celsius. People in the US (and some other places, but mostly the US) like myself are more used to it, but making the transition from F to C isn't hard at all, it's certainly easier than making the transition from C to F.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Both systems make sense in different ways. Water freezes at 0 C and boils at 100 C. We are 70% water (so 0 C is pretty cold, by the way) and live on a planet covered in water, with water regularly pouring down on us (easy way to tell if it's going to rain or snow). It really depends on what you're used to.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

@Cpt_McMuffin In two degrees, which is what weather stations use, Farenheit is closer to whatever the actual temperature is due to the fact that the distance between its units is smaller. By definition, that's more accurate.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If you use decimals, the distant between units doesn't matter, they're both equally accurate.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

@Cpt_McMuffin The transition is exactly the same but reversed. In fact, I would say that the latter transition is easier because you're dividing by 5 rather than 9. C = (F - 32) * 5 / 9 F = C * 9 / 5 + 32 Either way, that's no way to judge a system of measurement.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

http://ctrlv.in/101176 Farenheit is more accurate the way it is commonly used than Celsius is the way it is commonly used. No one uses decimals when saying what the temperature is so that doesn't matter.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Sorry, I'll clarify what I meant. By transition, I meant a person more familiar with one system switching and getting used to the other. Celsius is designed so the important temperatures (boiling, freezing, etc) are at numbers that seem more logical (100, 0, etc). Fahrenheit a seems lot more random (32, I can't even remember the boiling point). Because of this, I think it would be a lot easier for someone used to F to learn C than for a person used to C to learn F.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I've only experienced the latter, but I found it pretty easy. Also, the boiling point of water is 212 F (100 * 9 / 5 = 180, 180 + 32 = 212).

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I am aware than weather stations don't, but in my opinion you if you really care that much about the accuracy (as it's going to be .5 degrees off at the most), you really should use decimals.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I really wouldn't know because I've never experienced either, I'm just saying what I think is logical. I don't do a lot of cooking, and 212 seems like a really weird number to me, so I will probably forget that pretty fast. Thanks, though.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Oh yeah, I agree. It's just I was right and wanted you and everyone else who reads this thread to know that.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

how can fahrenheit make no sense?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

because it's stupid.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Look at http://gregorious.hubpages.com/...mperial_system ;-) So..... you are wrong :-D

by Anonymous 12 years ago

404. That page doesn't exist.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Did you mean this? http://gregorious.hubpages.com/hub/metric_system_vs_imperial_system No, I didn't actually go to the website and make multiple attempts to find an article with the same URL ending as yours, as well as the same author. Don't be ridiculous wary

That would be lame.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It doesn't matter how it sounds. The title is meant to be read. When you read, you don't have to pronounce every single digit of a number. Your brain just registers it as a number and moves on. See: http://puns.icanhascheezburger.com/2011/10/05/funny-puns-euro-fahrenheit-451/ it looks totally fine

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That title hurt my face.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Umm isn't that a pretty old book? So we could have changed it after the book was made and not look stupid, but we do..

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I don't think it's stupid, continuing to use it is less complicated than trying to switch everything. My mum still uses Fahrenheit because she was brought up using it, whereas I like Celsius because that's what I was always taught. Although I suppose it would be easier if every country used the same thing, but when does that ever happen.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That's probably the most amazing novella I've ever read. Ever.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I know a lot of people that really like it. I liked it okay for something I was forced to read in school (which generally makes me dislike books), but I really fucking hated the ending.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

You just used the word "novella" wary

http://ctrlv.in/101187

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yes. School talk. But that's what it IS.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

--You should put a cat on his face and make it say "Watch out, we got a badcat over here."-- I don't think that picture really applies in this situation...

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I really cannot imagine doing physics in imperial. It would be extremly easy to make stupid mistakes in all the conversions you'd have to do.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Screw science and their stupid measurements.

by Anonymous 11 years ago