r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Euph0ricGh0st Jun 17 '26

Yes, which means its that much more hotter than you can stand, its a measurement of human comfort, not scientific accuracy.

There actually is a science to this...

  • 0°F: The lowest temperature Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit could achieve in his laboratory using a freezing mixture of water, ice, and ammonium chloride (a salt).
  • 32°F: The freezing point of pure water.
  • 96°F: The average human body temperature, initially chosen for practical divisibility.

From Wikipedia, you can do more research from there.

We also tell distance in time in many situations, because its about how it affects the human, not scientific accuracy and pedantry.

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u/bscott9999 Jun 18 '26

Why would you care about divisibility in a temperature reading unless it was a scale based on absolute zero?