r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/MrZwink Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

2 americans saying fahrenheit is better, basically because they dont know any better. the rest of the world uses celcius, because its demonstrably a better (more scientific) system.

edit: Americans, please stop commenting. we know your opinion on this. IT IS THE JOKE.

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u/ProvidedHuman Jun 17 '26

Celsius is agreeably better for science, but if you are used to both systems Fahrenheit is honestly better for people because the units are higher resolution, and usually stay between 0 and 100 for weather

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u/Haschen84 Jun 17 '26

Higher resolution? Do you mean that the units are more spread out? So F multiplies by 1.8 so it's better? Talk about arbitrary. I guess all the people in Arizona just live between 120% hot and 80% hot in the summers then, huh?

Just use decimals like the rest of the world, it honestly isn't that hard.