Toasts

[[A person looks at their phone. Someone speaks to them from out of panel.]] Other: Hey, what's the temperature outside? Person: (thinks) Should I give it in ºF or ºC? [[Above their head, a bulleted list appears.]] DEGREES CELSIUS •international standard •helps reduce America's weird isolationism •nice how "negative" means below freezing •physics major loyalty •easier to spell •we lost a Mars probe over this crap [[Another list appears above their head.]] DEGREES FAHRENHEIT •0ºF to 100ºF good match for temperature range in which most humans live •rounds more usefully (70's, 90's) •unit-aware computing makes Imperial less annoying •SI prefixes less relevant for temperatures •Fahrenheit likely more clear in this context •valuing unit standardization over being helpful possibly makes me a bad friend [[He's still thinking.]] Person: (thinks)Crap, gotta pick something. Uhh... (says) ...0.173 radians. Other: I'll just go check myself. {{Title text: "Radians Fahrenheit or radians Celsius?" "Uh, sorry, gotta go!"}}

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