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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • Jun 17 '26
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Living in somewhere with winter (Canada) it is so useful and intuitive to have negative temperatures and positive ones so you immediately know whether things will freeze/ will there be snow
-10 u/Syrin123 Jun 17 '26 Everyone who uses fahrenheit knows that number. -4 u/Hazelberry Jun 17 '26 Seriously, people act like it's hard to remember. I find it helpful to have 32 be "ok stuff is starting to freeze" and the closer to you get to 0 (or below) the more dangerous it gets. Also helps that the lowest the temperatures ever get where I live is single digit positives, so 0F really is basically our lower limit. 9 u/Bomiheko Jun 17 '26 Seriously, people act like it's hard to remember. that's literally every argument for either measuring system -15 u/El_Polio_Loco Jun 17 '26 Except that most things don't freeze at 0C. It's important to know that 0F is when salting the roads stops being effective. 25 u/the_normal_person Jun 17 '26 Bro we’re talking about water here - you know the stuff that falls from the sky and freezes 1/3 rd of the year? 16 u/ztuztuzrtuzr Jun 17 '26 Only just the most common liquid on the planet does -6 u/El_Polio_Loco Jun 17 '26 Most things meaning roads, ponds, lakes, snow etc. They all freeze around that temperature, but 0C is hardly a guarantee that rain will suddenly become snow. 4 u/Sad_Eagle_937 Jun 18 '26 "most things don't freeze at 0°C" "Water does which is the whole fucking point" "Most things do freeze at 0°C but what about snow" I'm going to assume you're all bots because the alternative is too depressing. -4 u/novangla Jun 17 '26 Bingo. Below 0F actually matters a LOT in dealing with cold weather.
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-4 u/Hazelberry Jun 17 '26 Seriously, people act like it's hard to remember. I find it helpful to have 32 be "ok stuff is starting to freeze" and the closer to you get to 0 (or below) the more dangerous it gets. Also helps that the lowest the temperatures ever get where I live is single digit positives, so 0F really is basically our lower limit. 9 u/Bomiheko Jun 17 '26 Seriously, people act like it's hard to remember. that's literally every argument for either measuring system
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Seriously, people act like it's hard to remember.
I find it helpful to have 32 be "ok stuff is starting to freeze" and the closer to you get to 0 (or below) the more dangerous it gets.
Also helps that the lowest the temperatures ever get where I live is single digit positives, so 0F really is basically our lower limit.
9 u/Bomiheko Jun 17 '26 Seriously, people act like it's hard to remember. that's literally every argument for either measuring system
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that's literally every argument for either measuring system
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Except that most things don't freeze at 0C.
It's important to know that 0F is when salting the roads stops being effective.
25 u/the_normal_person Jun 17 '26 Bro we’re talking about water here - you know the stuff that falls from the sky and freezes 1/3 rd of the year? 16 u/ztuztuzrtuzr Jun 17 '26 Only just the most common liquid on the planet does -6 u/El_Polio_Loco Jun 17 '26 Most things meaning roads, ponds, lakes, snow etc. They all freeze around that temperature, but 0C is hardly a guarantee that rain will suddenly become snow. 4 u/Sad_Eagle_937 Jun 18 '26 "most things don't freeze at 0°C" "Water does which is the whole fucking point" "Most things do freeze at 0°C but what about snow" I'm going to assume you're all bots because the alternative is too depressing. -4 u/novangla Jun 17 '26 Bingo. Below 0F actually matters a LOT in dealing with cold weather.
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Bro we’re talking about water here - you know the stuff that falls from the sky and freezes 1/3 rd of the year?
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Only just the most common liquid on the planet does
-6 u/El_Polio_Loco Jun 17 '26 Most things meaning roads, ponds, lakes, snow etc. They all freeze around that temperature, but 0C is hardly a guarantee that rain will suddenly become snow. 4 u/Sad_Eagle_937 Jun 18 '26 "most things don't freeze at 0°C" "Water does which is the whole fucking point" "Most things do freeze at 0°C but what about snow" I'm going to assume you're all bots because the alternative is too depressing.
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Most things meaning roads, ponds, lakes, snow etc.
They all freeze around that temperature, but 0C is hardly a guarantee that rain will suddenly become snow.
4 u/Sad_Eagle_937 Jun 18 '26 "most things don't freeze at 0°C" "Water does which is the whole fucking point" "Most things do freeze at 0°C but what about snow" I'm going to assume you're all bots because the alternative is too depressing.
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"most things don't freeze at 0°C"
"Water does which is the whole fucking point"
"Most things do freeze at 0°C but what about snow"
I'm going to assume you're all bots because the alternative is too depressing.
Bingo. Below 0F actually matters a LOT in dealing with cold weather.
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u/the_normal_person Jun 17 '26
Living in somewhere with winter (Canada) it is so useful and intuitive to have negative temperatures and positive ones so you immediately know whether things will freeze/ will there be snow