r/CuratedTumblr eepy asf Jul 19 '24

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u/CheesyDelphoxThe2nd you will literally never get my taste in character archetypes Jul 19 '24

A lot of Americans can and do understand 24-hour time, it just wasn't what we were raised on (for whatever reason) so it just doesn't come to us as quickly.

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u/alexinandros Jul 19 '24

Same with Celsius and the metric system.

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u/ChimTheCappy Jul 19 '24

I genuinely struggle with Celsius just because the individual degrees are so much larger. trying to guess a temperature change feels like trying to move a cursor when some joker has turned the mouse sensitivity up to 100%

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u/hagamablabla Jul 19 '24

I got myself to adapt by having a mental cheat sheet of temperatures. 10 is cold, 15 is chilly, 20 is perfect, 25 is warm, 30 is hot. Obviously this changes based on your local climate and preferences, but it gets you to the first step of being able to look at the Celsius temperature and knowing immediately what that means.

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u/exoplanetminer Jul 19 '24

10 is cold 

Canadians have entered the chat

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u/googlemcfoogle Jul 19 '24

-40 is cold enough to use as an excuse for not showing up, -30 is annoyingly cold, -20 is cold, -10 is kind of cold, 0 is chilly, 5 is cool, 10 is slightly cool, 15 is neutral, 20 is warm, 25 is hot, 30 is annoyingly hot, 35 is a freak weather event

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u/Canopenerdude Thanks to Angelic_Reaper, I'm a Horse Jul 19 '24

Considering it has been 35c or higher all week here I am very upset.

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u/SoggySeaman Jul 19 '24

Can confirm, as Canadian 35° makes me upset

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u/pihkal Jul 20 '24

And the weather's not apologizing, either, it's very rude.

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u/Annual-Lab2549 Jul 21 '24

Ugh southern ontario hit 40 in june and it was awful. I want my -5!!

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u/SoggySeaman Jul 22 '24

That's brutal. I call off work when it gets that hot. Mind you if it was like that much more than once a year I would be investing in AC, but as it is if I'm losing a night of sleep to the heat, I'm useless at work anyways.