# Why can't I figure this out? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 13, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-figure-this-out/118808 "2002-07-13T18:57:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-figure-this-out/118808/1 "2002-07-13T18:57:38Z")
**If it’s 0 degrees outside today, and it’s supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be tomorrow?** GGAAAHHHHHHH!! HOW COLD WILL IT BE? I mean, if you double 0, well it’s still going to be 0. But that would make the temperature remain the same. Which it obviously isn’t, if it is supposed to be twice as cold. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-figure-this-out/118808/2 "2002-07-13T19:01:19Z")
I remember my first beer. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-figure-this-out/118808/3 "2002-07-13T19:01:26Z")
The statement makes no sense, which is why you can’t figure it out. The only time I can imagine it even making a little sense is in the context of, “It dropped from 5 to 0 last night, and it’s going to drop twice as much tonight.” But that isn’t what you said, either. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-figure-this-out/118808/4 "2002-07-13T19:09:15Z")
It makes sense! I just can’t figure it out. I remember my first beer, too. Freshman year, my buddy Casey pulls 4 or 5 beers out of his coat and hands one to me and one to each of my friends. It was funny, you had to be there. ---
**Author:** ![Taran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Taran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taran)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-figure-this-out/118808/5 "2002-07-13T19:15:18Z")
Convert to Kelvins, and then divide by two? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-figure-this-out/118808/6 "2002-07-13T19:32:46Z")
Damn, **Taran**. If it’s going to be _that_ cold out, I don’t want to be here. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-figure-this-out/118808/7 "2002-07-13T19:38:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Taran \* > \*\*Convert to Kelvins, and then divide by two? \*\* Excellent! Taran wins! ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-figure-this-out/118808/8 "2002-07-13T19:57:00Z")
Celsius would also work, if it’s 0 degrees Farenheit, or vice versa. Of course, either way you’d get a different result. CJ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-figure-this-out/118808/9 "2002-07-13T20:03:40Z")
Well, yeah if he’s using C or F, convert to K and back. We don’t want to confuse the guy what with the beer and all. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-figure-this-out/118808/10 "2002-07-14T02:36:37Z")
Dammit.