I like in a Celsius country but have switched all my digital thermometers to F for exactly this reason. It’s just more intuitive, and I happen to like it at 70F, so below that convenient number is cool, and above it is warm.

I wash dishes while waiting for the water to boil, or sandwich to cook in the panini press, or food to microwave, etc. Better than just standing there.

You didn’t even break that rule, because an abbreviation is when you shortened a word to its first few letters, like ‘Inc.’ for ‘Incorporated’.

NYT is an initialism. NASA is an acronym. Neither are abbreviations.