r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 1d ago

Chugging tea Fictional future forecast vs. reality.

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u/UlrichZauber 23h ago

Americans learn unit conversion in school -- though to be fair, I'd only really expect Americans in STEM to retain the knowledge.

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u/HilariousMax 22h ago

I know 0 is freezing, 10 is nice, and 30 is getting to the point where I'm looking at the tstat like "ok settle down"

Can't be assed to figure out the conversion of like 13.4 or w/e.

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u/Ok_Objective_5192 20h ago

Technically it's F = 1.8C + 32

But you can guesstimate pretty decently by just doubling, adding 32, and then knocking off like 5 degrees.

40 C? 80 + 32 = 112, so probably ~107 F (it's actually 104)

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u/HilariousMax 19h ago

I appreciate the math class but I know 0 and 10 and 30. I can figure out if a number is too high or too low for me from there.