We’re taught both metric and US customary units in school. I prefer metric for most things, to the point I have a metric-only tape measure among other things.

However, I’ll die on the hill that Fahrenheit is superior for ambient air temperature. 0 degrees to 100 degrees neatly encompasses the range of average surface temperatures seen throughout the year in the contiguous US.

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      14 days ago

      The obvious question is: Of what?

      Alcohol? Saltwater? Milk?

      Water was chosen as it’s common and repeatable and an arbitrary scale was made. It’s logical but it’s not profound. Any accepted range of a repeatable pair of temperatures could be used.

      I prefer metric as it’s based on logic and I’m familiar with it, but it’s utility is not because it’s based on water.