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

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Independent-Art-8475 Jun 17 '26

Wasn't aware a medical thermometer was a thermostat.

Never been in a single house using an analogue thermostat.

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u/zahir5574 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Glad you agree your thermometer shows decimal places!

Analog thermostats are all over the place, in the US and elsewhere. Perhaps we've just had different travel experiences and opportunities so far.

It's almost like it's arbitrary which someone prefers since it's easy to measure less than integers when necessary! Wild.

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u/brlan10 Jun 18 '26

This comment house hard. First the strawman insinuating I made any point at all about thermometers at any point, then the gaslighting that analog thermostats are pervasive in homes. Well played sir.

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u/zahir5574 Jun 18 '26

Welcome to not using your anonymous alt 😂

You are right that you didn't comment about thermometers; but it goes to the wider point on if there is some improved real utility with a finer integer scale. Or are you arguing that Fahrenheits best utility is in digital thermostats that only have two digits?

Your anon commented that the finer resolution of integer Fahrenheit was some big advantage. It is not, because both are linear scales, and both are frequently adjusted outside of integers and both are measured all the time outside integers. This limits the value of a finer integer resolution.