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Mine has to be some dude that insisted that advertising is a "30,000 year old technology"

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago

Homeopathy... Oh boy, my mom believes in it. As well as crystals with special powers.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

"Fahrenheit describes the level of comfort for a human. From coldest to warmest that you may experience outside."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

As an American I used to use a variation of this phrase.

Then I decided to experimentally switch to using Celsius. Took a few weeks/months to really internalize it and stop having to do on-the-fly conversions, but honestly I love it.

It’s remarkable how useful having 0 be freezing is for weather. It makes understanding sub-freezing temperatures much easier. Which also helps reinforce what a degree Celsius means.

I wish other Americans would try it. I haven’t gone back, all my devices are still on Celsius over five years later.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

Combined with the trite "Fahrenheit is for humans, celsius is for water".

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (3 children)

Europeans shaking and crying at the realization that the difference between 70° and 75° is more obvious and meaningful than 21.11° and 23.88°

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 hours ago

Americans shaking that 20-25C is more obvious than 68-77

Above 30 you just complain 25-30 you wear shorts 20-25 you wear whatever 15-20 you wear a t shirt and jeans 10-15 you consider a light jacket or a long sleeve 5-10 you firmly wear the light jacket or long sleeve 0-5 you bring a heavier coat Below 0 you complain

Beautiful 5 degree increments that perfectly describe what to wear in C Where with Fahrenheit you end up with weird numbers like 86 degrees

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

I don't understand why the difference between 70 ad 75 is more obvious than 21 and 24. Can you explain it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

*Europeans, Asians, Africans, southamericans, australiaandoceanians and 23/24 of northamericans

*21.11°

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 hours ago

I once got accused of having a corporate shill account after explaining how coupons work.

Man was whingeing about paying full price for Domino's and got pissed at me when I pointed out they didn't use the 2 for 7 deal that takes up half their homepage.

Some people just can't admit they fucked up XD

[–] [email protected] 31 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

Someone called me a rapist for saying that I've choked women during sex. Consenting, adult women.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 minutes ago

Please don't choke people during sex even consenting people. If you need the sensation just put your hands on their collarbone and don't actually cut off their windpipe.

After reading some kink books that give detailed instructions about how to suspend people, to give people piecing, fake cutting people as well as convince your sub that you have a loaded gun in their mouth with the disclaimer about how dangerous choking is really puts in perspective. There are tools to safely cut off air supply don't choke someone

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