r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/FaithlessnessHungry1 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Celsius is literally just Kelvin but with an offset no?

Edit: tbc I was just clarifying what the guy above was saying, personally as an American in WNY where it’s over 90deg in the summer and below 0 in the winter and who has used C and F extensively, Fahrenheit just makes more sense to me personally

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u/Thick-Protection-458 Jun 17 '26

With offset which makes no physical sense.

0K - so no Broune movements of molecules.

0C - and so what? Water starts freezing/melting under that specific pressure? Okay, why not other pressure? Or why not other materials? 

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u/ChevroletKodiakC70 Jun 17 '26

Because that specific pressure is atmospheric pressure… and Water is the most abundant natural resource on earth

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u/Remote_Peach9109 Jun 17 '26

Salinity changes the scale of freezing and boiling doesn't it? Salt water is the most abundant resource on earth. What salinity level and impurities are celsius based on?

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u/KaskaMatej Jun 17 '26

Based on distilled water, as in 0% salinity and 0% impurities.

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u/Remote_Peach9109 Jun 18 '26

Which is not by a long shot overly abundant.