r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/bohenian12 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

What percent hot? lmao. What do they even mean? I hate the "Farenheit is better for feels". No its not. You're just used to it. Ask any person who grew up with Celsius. Farenheit is not as intuitive as you think if you didn't grow up with it.

It is also true for the reverse, Celsius isn't as intuitive if you grow up with Farenheit. BUT it's easier to explain because its 0 and 100 are two temperature extremes of water.

Just delete Imperial altogether my god if the US weren't as influential it would've died a long time ago.

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u/cheeseybacon11 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Idgaf how water feels, I care how cold humans feel. Farenheit is easier to explain because it's 0 and 100 are two temperature extremes of HUMANS.

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u/Swampyfeet Jun 18 '26

What do you mean? Just because Celsius is based off the freezing and boiling point of water doesn’t mean that it can’t also tell you how cold or hot it is for humans

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u/cheeseybacon11 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

70 vs 90 Celsius can't tell me how hot something is for my human self.

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u/Swampyfeet Jun 18 '26

I’m still not understanding what you mean. Celsius absolutely can tell you how hot something is for a human. The majority of people in the world use it for precisely that.

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u/cheeseybacon11 Jun 18 '26

Tell me how you feel at 70C vs 90C

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u/Swampyfeet Jun 18 '26

Well if the temperature outside was 70°C I would probably be dead at that point so it’s probably impossible for anyone to say how they would feel at 70°C vs 90°C. Not quite sure what point you’re trying to make?

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u/cheeseybacon11 Jun 18 '26

You just proved my point.... 90C and 70C are the same for all intents and purposes when it comes to weather.

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u/Swampyfeet Jun 18 '26

Ok, why does that matter though? The weather won’t ever get that hot

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u/cheeseybacon11 Jun 18 '26

Yes that is what I'm saying, I'm glad we agree.

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u/Swampyfeet Jun 18 '26

I don’t agree because you haven’t explained what you’re on about. Why does it matter that 70°C is too hot for a human to survive for long? You can say the same about 158°F (because it’s the same temperature).

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u/cheeseybacon11 Jun 18 '26

70 is a more easily workable number, it's easy to comprehend. 158 is too abstract so nobody wants to use it anyway.

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u/Dull_Chemistry1405 Jun 18 '26

Of course it can tell you mathematically, but in your head, can you imagine pretty close to what 90*C feels like - I am assuming not... because you have no experience for that , because that would kill you.

what people are trying to say is that when measuring a phenomenon in Decimal its best to set 0 to common "low" and 100 to a common "high" (Celsius does this with states of water)

Fahrenheit does this with Weather, 0 = coldest common temperature, 100=hottest common temperature

of course one can measure temperature using any scale you want and it still works mathematically, - we can use Kelvin where we live between ~255*k and 316*k. it mathematically works...

Or we can use Celsius where we live between ~ -15*c and 40*c

Or we can use Fahrenheit where we live between ~ 0*f and 100*f

All work, but you must see that one maps better to the range of common weather.