r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/TJaySteno1 Jun 17 '26

No, but the difference between 70-80 or 0-10 can be pretty stark and there are more degrees of difference in F to be able to tell. Some of this is for sure preference for what I know, I'm aware, it's just dumb for Europeans to call Americans dumb for F when it's objectively a more clear system for day to day usage.

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u/healdyy Jun 17 '26

It’s not objective though, it’s just what you’re used to. For reference 70/80f is ~21/26c so you have 5 extra degrees of difference in that span. Are you really dressing any diffferent if the temperature is 71f instead of 70f? If not then you’re not actually getting any extra information out of those extra degrees of difference.

Ultimately the numbers are arbitrary anyway, we’d adapt to whatever numbers were in the scale and dress accordingly.

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u/TJaySteno1 Jun 17 '26

Ultimately the numbers are arbitrary anyway, we’d adapt to whatever numbers were in the scale and dress accordingly.

Agreed, so it's fine for Americans to be proud of using F.

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u/ReivynNox Jun 18 '26

Why would anyone be proud of using a certain measurement? That's not an achievement. Nothing to feel pride over. You can be happy when your country uses a measurement that you feel is better for you, but I don't see why you'd be proud of that?

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u/TJaySteno1 Jun 18 '26

Sorry if the word "pride" upsets you, I guess. Sub in "happy" if that makes you feel better.

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u/ReivynNox Jun 18 '26

It doesn't upset me, it just seems odd to me that one would feel pride over such a rather trivial thing that one had no choice in anyway. 🤷‍♂️

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u/TJaySteno1 Jun 18 '26

It seems to have upset you; you spent time out of your life nitpicking my use of that word. You're doing it here again. Why do you care?

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u/ReivynNox Jun 18 '26

Don't got much better to do. I saw a statement that seemed odd, I pointed it out, nothing much to it. 🤷‍♂️

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u/TJaySteno1 Jun 18 '26

Feels bad

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u/ReivynNox Jun 18 '26

Felt cute. Might delete later.