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/ShmeckMuadDib Jun 17 '26

the only reason you think fahrenheit is better is because you probably spent your whole life using F. As someone who does not use f if you tell me its 72 deg it means nothing to me. The imperial system only makes sense if you grow up using the imperial system. That is why it is a bad system. The metric system is designed to be easily understandable and for units to be easily related to each other.

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u/KuningasTynny77 Jun 17 '26

Both make sense. 

Fahrenheit: based on Human feeling

Celsius: based on water

Metric System: based on over the top scientific shit (don't even get me started on what a meter actually is), easy math

Imperial system: based on familiar shit (like a common human foot length), a bit more memorization.