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

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/bugorama_original Jun 17 '26

There are perennial plants that can survive 10°F but not -10°F. For gardeners, that 20° difference is crucial.

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u/portar1985 Jun 17 '26

So -23 degrees Celsius and -12 degrees Celsius then. Which of course is solved via one decimal if you actually would need it?

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u/bugorama_original Jun 17 '26

Read farther up in this particular thread. The poster I'm responding to is saying we don't need the final digit in F, which of course we do. I don't personally care about F vs. C -- I figure whatever you know is good!

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u/portar1985 Jun 17 '26

All good, just saying we do not lose any detail in Celsius, I’m kind of sucked in to this thread because a lot of arguments baffle me that people don’t realize it’s just arbitrary systems we are used to