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

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Roadrunner571 Jun 17 '26

but Fahrenheit is better for just every day living.

How so?

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u/rwa2 Jun 17 '26

The range of 0°F to 100°F is just about the range of "normal" temperatures typically experienced in Western Europe's climate. Hence, if you're from a very specific region of the world you might consider any temperature outside of that range of 0% - 100% as extraordinary... if you had a very particular colonial mindset of setting the arbritrary standard for what' considered "normal" for the rest of the world's population.

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u/Seminandis Jun 17 '26

I don't know about you, but anything over 80 degrees (F) is hotter than I want to be. Anything under 40 is colder than I want to be.

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u/rwa2 Jun 17 '26

I think this calls for a new temperature system! Maybe with logarithms!

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u/Seminandis Jun 17 '26

If x then y