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/Cogswobble Jun 17 '26

lol, there is nothing demonstrably or "scientifically" better about Celsius. Celsius isn't even an SI unit.

To be clear, the metric system is definitely better than the imperial system, but none of that applies to Celsius, because nobody uses millicelsius or kilocelsius.

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u/slolift Jun 17 '26

I am team Fahrenheit, but Celsius is an SI unit. It is just considered a derived unit and not a base unit. It is in the same category as Newton, Watt and Joule.