I don't see anyone defending Farenheit. I think that normal day-to-day temperatures are better represented in it, but that's another discussion.
After putting a little thought into it, I think the perfect temperature scale would be one that set zero at absolute zero, and had degree sizes such that the following temperatures were all nice round numbers:
1. Water freezes.
2. "Room Temperature." That's a discussion for another day, but there's lots of slosh allowed on this one.
3. Normal human body temperature.
4. Water boils.
It should be possible.
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