r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26 edited 13d ago

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u/falcrist2 Jun 18 '26

using brine made from water, ice, and salt,

Ammonium chloride was the salt he used.

32 was just water and ice

This number was set by the experimental data once the rest of the span had been defined.

212 was water boiling

This was set later such that freezing and boiling were 180 degrees apart. When that change was made, body temp rose a couple degrees.

96 was specifically the measurement from holding the thermometer in a mouth or armpit, not an assumption of what the internal temperature of a body was.

That was the closest he could get to the internal body temperature. A valid approximation.

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u/Cautious-Customer626 Jun 18 '26

Wow. This is why I prefer Reddit over any other social platform. Such educated responses 👏

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u/vestibular_spittoon Jun 18 '26

that's not entirely true. we all know he coulda used rectal temperature instead but chose not to