FatGiant

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I just wonder why you mention the Brits to me.

I've never even set foot there.

So?

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Nah, Celsius is quite logical and easy to understand in common situations of everyday life. Fahrenheit is the weird one to understand since it doesn't follow as logical scale as Celsius does. Everyone here understands what kind of temperatures to expect when you tell them that it's 25º and be ready for them when you go out, for example.
If someone tells me it's 25, I'm not going out. Way too cold. If they're using C they're way too far away to be even asking, or just weird.
 

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I mean, of course it's your right to use illogical measurements if you want just as it is our right as non-US citizens to chuckle at your expense. :p

Also in that specific example most people would just round it to be 38º in Celsius, since it's close enough that you won't notice difference between 37.7778 and 38. :D
As he said, it takes place in the US. Nobody would be giving the outside temperature in Celsius.
 

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I just wonder why you mention the Brits to me.

I've never even set foot there.

So?

Peace :)
Because they're my only frame of reference for people who use census that I'm actually close friends with. I'm not mentioning it to you per say, just in general airing my thoughts on the topic. Nothing personal at all.
 
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Because they're my only frame of reference for people who use census that I'm actually close friends with. I'm not mentioning it to you per say, just in general airing my thoughts on the topic. Nothing personal at all.
Ok. Now you have Portugal as another reference... LOL

Peace :D
 

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I mean, of course it's your right to use illogical measurements if you want just as it is our right as non-US citizens to chuckle at your expense. :p

Also in that specific example most people would just round it to be 38º in Celsius, since it's close enough that you won't notice difference between 37.7778 and 38. :D
The tail end of my paramedic career they started making input body temperatures in Celsius but gave us only thermometers that measured in Fahrenheit and the computer program we entered it into could not convert it like it could pounds to kilograms. I was constantly using my phone to make the calculations. The week I retired they finally updated the computer program to convert it for us. Fuck I hated that last year I worked.
 

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The tail end of my paramedic career they started making input body temperatures in Celsius but gave us only thermometers that measured in Fahrenheit and the computer program we entered it into could not convert it like it could pounds to kilograms. I was constantly using my phone to make the calculations. The week I retired they finally updated the computer program to convert it for us. Fuck I hated that last year I worked.
I feel for you. That sounds like SUCH a pain in the ass!
 
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Please never mention that the Brits invented something, because we all know they think they invented everything! Yet another running joke Cenc and I have. :p
Well it is kind of true. Few years back that group of Japanese scientists counted, and by their count about half of everything invented ever was Britain. A tiny island inventing as much as the rest of the world put together ain't bad.
 

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Zoey Raven: "The majority of people from the states think of one name when they hear the word Portugal. What do you think that name is?"

For me, it's not Cristiano Ronaldo.

Let's kick this up a notch! Are you feeling the love!? 1715295800532.png
 
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Well it is kind of true. Few years back that group of Japanese scientists counted, and by their count about half of everything invented ever was Britain. A tiny island inventing as much as the rest of the world put together ain't bad.
Never said they didn't, I said don't tell them! :p
 

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The majority of people from the states think of one name when they hear the word Portugal. What do you think that name is?
Ronaldo? Nelly Furtado? Katy Perry? Tom Hanks? Colombo? Brazil? Port Wine? Peri-Peri? Magellan?

I dunno... we made so many things...

Pre-Paid Sim Cards? Pastel de Nata?

I give up...
 
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Ronaldo? Nelly Furtado? Katy Perry? Tom Hanks? Colombo? Brazil? Port Wine? Peri-Peri? Magellan?

I dunno... we made so many things...

Pre-Paid Sim Cards? Pastel de Nata?

I give up...
It's Ronaldo and there's not even really a close second. Not saying great things don't come from your country, that's just the first thing people will think of off the top of their head, in the states anyway. Men think of him because he's your most known world class athlete to us, and women, well I'll let you guess that.
 

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Look, he may be famous for you guys, we don't know who the fuck he is... at least I don't... Never seen that face before.
TV Chef mostly famous for saying "Bam"! while he throw Cyanne pepper all over his food thinking it makes it taste better.
 
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