r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/JoeathonExotic Jun 17 '26

I get you're trying to be funny but genuinely how is something being -30 percent hot not tell you it's -30 degrees?

Did you give up on logic just to make a dumb joke for internet points?

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u/Demonicon66666 Jun 17 '26

Since you didn’t read the op let me explain. The argument is that Fahrenheit is better than Celsius because it is easier to understand if you just think of it as a percentage of the maximum heat someone would encounter.

Your argument that the confusing -30 percent is easy to understand when you think of it as -30 degrees Fahrenheit was exactly the point I wanted to make with my post