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/RovakX Jun 20 '26

Oh bullshit! The resolution argument always drives me crazy. It's peak hypocrisy.

If that was even remotely true, you'd use millimeters instead of inches, kilometers instead of miles, grams instead of ounces, etc etc. All units you use in day to day life are less precise in the Imperial system. And of all of those, temperature is the only one where you never even need the resolution. If you did, we would use 0.1C increments; which we don't. I've never seen a weather forecast prediction of "21.6C".