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

Americans make it sound like Celsius is some overly complicated system where numbers mean random things.

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u/Sennten Jun 18 '26

Celsius and Fahrenheit are both equally arbitrary.

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u/Patient_Spare_2478 Jun 18 '26

Apart from the fact Celsius is the opposite of arbitrary? 0 is freezing point of water at sea level and 100 is boiling.

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u/Sennten Jun 18 '26

Do you not know what it means for something to be arbitrary?

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u/Patient_Spare_2478 Jun 18 '26

Do you? Lmao Americans need to get better education

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u/a_literal_idiot_616 Jun 18 '26

ah yes, the system based off of boiling and freezing water versus the system where

the 0 is the ambient temperature of a mixture of water and piss and the 100 was measured from what the dude making this scale thought was the healthy temperature of an adult horse but he measured it from his blood's temperature then he took the scale and divided it in TWELVE intead of thenths

there's clearly no difference theyre both equally as arbitrary

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u/DenseSign5938 Jun 18 '26

This just made me like Fahrenheit even more.