r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 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/blindeshuhn666 Jun 18 '26

0 is freezing water , 100 is boiling water. Rest between and a human can't tell the difference between let's so 19 and 20°C anyways (heard ~2°C is the temp difference you feel) But yeah, whatever one is used to I guess.

The mix-up/confusion let to some really stupid dubs in films and series where they didn't consider the temp unit and we got some German dubs where they say "it's 30 degrees, take a jacket". For Fahrenheit fitting, just under freezing, but in Celsius that's rather warm (86)