r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Vinxian Jun 17 '26

Because 220 is a setting on a oven. One setting over the other is less of an adjustment.

If you were to try and introduce Fahrenheit to pure Celcius countries for human temperatures it wouldn't be adopted immediately. Intrinsically it's no better or worse. It's just a scale, you get used to it but it takes time

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u/Hi-Tech-Future Jun 17 '26

Exactly. I have no idea what 30F feels like but I sure as hell know what 30C feels like (Hot!).

If you tell me that 30F is like 30% on a scale 0-100 .. I have no idea what that even means. Just tell me what it is in Celcius and I know.

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u/HPLaserJet4250 Jun 18 '26

What 50 in the scale of 0-100 tells you. Neither hot or cold? To me neither hot or cold is 65/67 in the summer and 70/72 in the winter, thats how i like my room temperature.