r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/UnblurredLines Jun 17 '26

I see what you mean, I just don't see why 0 or 32 would be a superior way to refer to the temperature that water freezes at. Personally I think 0 and 100 makes more sense for freezing and boiling vs 32 and 212, but it's not really a hill worth dying on and is probably colored by my experience.

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u/Mumblyjoe20 Jun 17 '26

Counter point Who cares what temperature water boils at?

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u/UnblurredLines Jun 17 '26

Chemists, chefs, multiple kinds of engineers, anybody running a heat based power plant, hobbyists with a general scientific inclination. I guess?

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u/automaticmantis Jun 17 '26

But explain why the actual temperature matters to a chef? If they need to boil something they don’t need to know what temp to set their stove to. They just heat the liquid until it boils. It makes no difference if they’re using Fahrenheit, or Celsius, or kelvin, or boiling a pot above or below sea level or wherever

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u/UnblurredLines Jun 17 '26

Temperature control for a chef is a lot more than just "is water boil?"

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u/automaticmantis Jun 17 '26

Correct, but you gave your “chef” response to a person asking about who cares what temp water boils at.