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[–] FishFace@piefed.social 18 points 1 week ago (11 children)

They live in Sweden so Celsius

[–] foo@feddit.uk 16 points 1 week ago (8 children)

It's still an odd way to compare temperatures:

  • Double of 1 degree is 2 degrees, so not very different.
  • Double of 30 degrees is 60 degrees, so wildly different.
  • Double of -20 degrees is -40 degrees, so a lot colder instead of warmer.
[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean thats completely valid criticism but it had a lot of shock value still.

[–] foo@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

Yes, the difference in temperature is interesting, I don't want to seem dismissive of that. Just the choice of wording was also interesting.

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