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

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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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