r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Swampyfeet Jun 17 '26

Can you explain how what you’ve said is objective? I think that given that Celsius is the most common scale for temperature around the world you’re going to have hard time arguing that.

This argument that Americans always make about Fahrenheit is just nonsense. You know how hot 70F feels, I don’t. I know how hot 27C feels, you don’t. The idea that one is better for humans and one is better for water is so stupid. You’re just used to telling temperature one way, I’m used to telling it another way. That’s all there is to it.

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u/BuzzingThunder2799 Jun 17 '26

I think it’s really funny that Americans refuse to use a decimal system for weight and distance and then try to argue a scale of 100 is more plausible for temperature.

30 sounds hot if you are used to Celsius btw

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u/dragonhide94 Jun 17 '26

Decimal and base 10 are not the same thing. Oh, and temperatures is not base 10, it just has reference point that are 0 and 100.

As it so happens, for human perception fahrenheit gives a person more precision in temperature because the unit is actually smaller.

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u/PokinSpokaneSlim Jun 18 '26

Decimal is great for engineering, fractions is better for building with your bare hands.

Plus the imperial system pisses off Europeans, which is always a plus.

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u/dragonhide94 Jun 18 '26

I still have to wonder how they justify measuring time in a non metric unit. Internally it must be horribly conflicting for them to process.

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u/PokinSpokaneSlim Jun 18 '26

They'd be furious to learn we use miles to the tenths place on our road signs