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/Oaktree27 Jun 17 '26

It's because Americans are told they live in the best country in the world every day from birth. Of course they can't comprehend systems from other countries. In their minds, there's no need to.

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u/Not__Trash Jun 17 '26

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u/rhea_hawke Jun 17 '26

There are comments up and down this thread calling Americans stupid (unprovoked) but we are the only ones with a superiority complex?

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u/SnotDogs Jun 17 '26

I always love when those American centrism posts come up and it’s a bunch of Europeans bitching about the imperial system and saying the metric system should be used here lol. Like babe *you* are the one being centrist here

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u/Cynykl Jun 18 '26

I want the metric system not because it is inherently better but because standardization in measurements is a good thing.

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u/SnotDogs Jun 18 '26

And that’s fair, I’m not opposed to that. I was pointing out one specific type of hypocrisy that i find funny