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I'm happy with metric generally speaking - except for Celsius when talking about ambient temperature. I will die on that hill. Freezing/boiling point of water is a ridiculous point of reference for temperature as experienced by humans.
Fahrenheit: 0 = really cold; 100 = really hot
Celsius: -17.778 = really cold; 38.333 = really hot
Not to mention that the Celsius grading is too big requiring use of tenths when discussing weather and setting a thermostat...
Sorry these arguments about the superiority or otherwise of a unit of measurement are just silly.
It is 100% related to what you grew up with and are familiar with.
No one who grew up with Celsius has any issue discussing weather or adjusting thermostats and the only people who struggle would be people who didnt grow up with it.
Well.. Yeah, of course.