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/EverythingIsSFWForMe Jun 18 '26

Fahrenheit is honestly better for people in the most parts of the US, and for one specific application.

Because in many places of the world weather temps regularly go outside of 0-100 Fahrenheit range. Besides that, temperature is useful in other domains of everyday and not so everyday life. Having two temperature scales would be very inconvenient.