• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    5 months ago

    The objective method is to put one of them in parentheses. But that removed the shock effect that they’re going for with the second sentence. I don’t really use Celsius and have to remind myself what’s what, but I think it’s pretty common to know that 100C is boiling water, and half of that is pretty bad.

    • Pacmanlives@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      You have to remember to talk to people at about a 3rd grade level in a lot of professions. Don’t assume people understand these basic things sadly