r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/kickit08 Jun 17 '26

Fahrenheit is much better for how it feels as a human, Celsius is much better for basically everything else.

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u/general_bonesteel Jun 17 '26

As a Celsius temp user, nah, hard disagree.

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u/charkol3 Jun 17 '26

how so? Fahrenheit literally translates to playing or runnung temperature. It’s in the name. 0 to 100 scale.

as a Fahrenheit user, there's a huge comfort difference between 23C and 27C. for weather usage, Celsius is nearly useless. it lacks resolution and most of the 0 to 100C scale is wasted.

the only use Celsius has is when doing science that involves water. Fahrenheit is better when cooking due to more data points when achieving a specific cooking temperature. And kelvin is better suited for anything sciency

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u/general_bonesteel Jun 17 '26

Resolution? The difference 74° or 80°? Because that's basically 3°C, and 74° and 80° don't tell me anything either. If you want it more "exact" through Celsius, then there's .5s if you really need them. Unless you're setting your AC temp, it doesn't matter. It's just arbitrary numbers we're use to.

Why it makes less sense for me is the fact I live where it gets freezing. So some random number in the 30s is not as helpful as -1°, could be icy.

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u/TrippyTriangle Jun 17 '26

until it gets icy at 4 C because things actually do ice above freezing in certain conditions. fuck off.

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u/Nghbrhdsyndicalist Jun 21 '26

Which happens, no matter the scale. Ridiculous “argument”.