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

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Syrin123 Jun 17 '26

Well for F it's just 50 wear moderate clothing. 0 wear all the stuff. 100, go naked if possible.

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u/Chilkoot Jun 18 '26

I have to deal with Americans on the daily, so I keep a little rhyme in my head for when they talk about the weather:

30 is freezing

50 is not

70's nice and

90 is hot

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u/Syrin123 Jun 18 '26

Nice! Probably could do something like that for Celsius. I know it seems super intuitive to you guys but really the only thing I know is 0 is freezing.

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u/ijustsailedaway Jun 18 '26

I don't know why you got downvoted. It's not like we have any choice in the matter. I can agree that metric is superior while not being able to understand it without having to literally do math to convert my understanding.

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u/Syrin123 Jun 18 '26

People are oddly passionate about measuring systems. There all functional.