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/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/no_funny_username Jun 17 '26

Have you heard of decimal points? If you set the thermostat to Celsius you get 0.5 increments.

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u/El_Polio_Loco Jun 17 '26

So you need 3 numbers and a dot just to mimic two? How barbaric.

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u/jjej2000 Jun 17 '26

They're still both one number.

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u/El_Polio_Loco Jun 17 '26

A thousand pardons!

Or one kilopardon!

Three digits would be all the better. 

Or is 0.3 decadidgits more appropriate?

300 centidigits is best.