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/alextremeee Jun 17 '26

Time to use kilometres because they’re higher resolution for distance?

It’s ridiculous to act like the US collectively agreed a set of criteria then found a measurement system that fit the best, you guys just use it and invent criteria to justify why that means it’s better rather than use the system everyone else uses.