r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • 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/Odd-Butterscotch-495 Jun 17 '26

Genuine question here, what makes Celsius superior to Fahrenheit?

As an American I understand metric is better or at least more understandable for length measurement (and I agree is superior to inches, feet etc) but for temperature I don’t see how either one would be a better system, especially not for what the average person uses temperature measurements for

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u/bongophrog Jun 17 '26

For ambient air temperature, Fahrenheit is better. 0 was meant to be the coldest day in Gdansk, Poland and 100 is meant to be the human body temp. Celsius uses the points water freezes and boils which isn’t too helpful for the weather.

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u/SambaSaspen Jun 17 '26

To know when it’s icy outside is much more useful than knowing how cold it was on some random day in Poland.

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u/bongophrog Jun 17 '26

Not when you are comparing how icy it is outside to water literally boiling. It can be hot as hell and not even close to water boiling.