# Fahrenheit Scale

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-scale/146104>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 1, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-scale/146104 "2003-01-01T22:46:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![punkkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@punkkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punkkid)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-scale/146104/1 "2003-01-01T22:46:14Z")

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What the hell’s the deal with the freezing and boiling points being 32 and 212? I can understand 0 and 100, that’s obvious, but…

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-scale/146104/2 "2003-01-01T22:50:19Z")

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[The Boss on temperature scales.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a891215.html)

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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-scale/146104/3 "2003-01-02T00:19:54Z")

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What’s the hell with Celcius??? Makes no sense to me. 75 degrees and sunny sounds a whole lot better to me than 10, 12, or 15 degreees. That metric stuff is for sissies, real men use measurements that make perfect common sense.

Walk a kilometer in my shoes.  
The Daytona 804.  
14,515 kilograms, what do get;  
Another day older and deeper in debt…

I rest my case.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-scale/146104/4 "2003-01-02T00:22:41Z")

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> \*Originally posted by racer72 \*  
> What’s the hell with Celcius??? Makes no sense to me. 75 degrees and sunny sounds a whole lot better to me than 10, 12, or 15 degreees. That metric stuff is for sissies, real men use measurements that make perfect common sense.

😕 Could you explain this? I’ve heard people claim that Fahrenheit is more intuitive, but I can’t for the life of me figure out how.

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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-scale/146104/5 "2003-01-02T00:23:38Z")

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We had a similar discussion a few weeks ago [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=150168).