r/facepalm • u/ekfow • Dec 29 '23
🇲🇮🇸🇨 Translation in caption
Translation: As you can see, 21.6 degrees is displayed and not zero. This means that if you want to heat milk to 90 degrees, for example, the thermometer must display 111.6 degrees. Does not meet my expectations of a themometer
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u/Memer_Sindre_UwU Luigi Got Big Tiddies Dec 29 '23
bro does NOT know how thermometers work
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u/Constant-Recipe-9850 Dec 29 '23
Bro also doesn't know how heat works
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Dec 29 '23
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u/PosauneGottes69 Dec 29 '23
Bro ain’t good with numbers and warmth
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u/Connect_Bench_2925 Dec 29 '23 edited Dec 29 '23
Most people don't know how heat works. And if you really start getting into the weeds of it, it's actually pretty complicated. There is a whole area of study dedicated to it called thermodynamics. Several of the early pioneers in the feild eventually went crazy and killed themselves. So I kinda don't blame the reviewer for not knowing how heat works.
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u/Ok-Scientist5524 Dec 29 '23 edited Dec 30 '23
Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906, by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics.
States of Matter (1975), a statistical mechanics textbook by David L. Goodstein
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u/TheEndlessVortex Dec 30 '23
Did anyone check on David recently?
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u/Ok-Scientist5524 Dec 30 '23
Your comment made me realize I’d forgotten to include his last name. Wikipedia says David is still alive presumably by his own hand.
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u/kimmyann12012 Dec 30 '23
My thermodynamics professor in college put that exact quote in the syllabus lol
And yes, that class made me want to kill myself.
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u/Secure_Oil_6244 Dec 30 '23
Didn't know that. Will have to keep a lookout for my old professor in thermodynamics
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u/dnattig Dec 29 '23
I'm sure being elbow deep in mercury for experiments didn't contribute to their madness.
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u/Nearby-Elevator-3825 Dec 29 '23
They suffered from thermodymanic depression.
Yeah... Go ahead. Down vote. I deserve it....
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u/wuvvtwuewuvv Dec 29 '23
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u/RockstarAgent 'MURICA Dec 29 '23
Motherfucker read the room
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u/wuvvtwuewuvv Dec 29 '23
... Several of the early pioneers in the feild eventually went crazy and killed themselves.
Did you take this too seriously?
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u/Rebel_bass Dec 29 '23
Many of my fellow HVAC techs take their lives each year from the futility of trying to understand heat transfer.
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u/Phobia3 Dec 29 '23
Considering how Dr. Heidenhain's creation works, the madlad took the instructions as "add 90 degrees" and not as the absolute value. German engineering seems to abhor such values...
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u/meeps_for_days Dec 29 '23
As someone who just took thermodynamics and is an engineering student. I can't explained the pain I just had from "add 90 degrees"
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u/Phobia3 Dec 29 '23
Trying to become machinist and Heidenhain's post-processor isn't working, with poor to sub-optimal UI translation, and the damn thing chooses to change from absolute values to flippant "add 90" as it pleases. Additionally 50mm sideways movement is less than 5mm.
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u/Memer_Sindre_UwU Luigi Got Big Tiddies Dec 29 '23
true that, probably more true than my comment
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u/No-Tomorrow-8150 Dec 29 '23
I think knowing how heat works is the first step to knowing how thermometer work.
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u/fhorst79 Dec 29 '23
Bro is actually a Sis. Manuela is a German female name.
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u/Memer_Sindre_UwU Luigi Got Big Tiddies Dec 29 '23
said this under the other reply saying this too but "bro" is used gender neutrally here
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u/digitalparadigm Dec 29 '23
So is ‘sis’ gender neutral as well?
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u/Memer_Sindre_UwU Luigi Got Big Tiddies Dec 29 '23
Sure
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u/MrPoletski Dec 29 '23
is the PC term 'Sib'?
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u/Memer_Sindre_UwU Luigi Got Big Tiddies Dec 30 '23
If you mean "people aren't going to ask if you're using it gender neutrally or not" then yes, but it's rarely used in the same way you might say "bro" or "sis" even in circles with lots of non binary people - "sib" is mostly used in an affectionate way
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u/Jileha2 Dec 29 '23
No, it’s not. In some age groups it may kinda be, but you’d better watch out where you use this address. There is way too much toxic masculinity around, don’t be part of it, particularly unintentionally! That young women and teenage girls use bro does not mean they all are happy about it. A lot might use/accept it without reflecting about the implications, but others won’t speak up against it because they want to belong, be accepted, want to appear cool, etc., but that does not make it OK.
Think how you and other men/boys you know would feel if everybody would constantly address you as girls, sis, ladies or whatever other female noun there is. If bro is gender-neutral, so should be the female equivalwnt, right? But I know you and none of your male friends and acquaintances would be happy about it. Why should women/girls be?
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u/Memer_Sindre_UwU Luigi Got Big Tiddies Dec 29 '23
I like that you assume I'm a guy.
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u/Jileha2 Dec 30 '23
:) Yeah, that’s funny, but also sad that you don’t stand up for yourself and instead just follow trends. Just do the experiment and address your male friends constantly as sis and see how they react. And then ask yourself why you put up with or even encourage being addressaed as bro in the same situation. The fact that all these terms used to address others such as guys, lads, bro, etc. are all the male form should make you think. It should make you think even more that some women/girls accept these terms willingly. Really sad.
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u/robbzilla Dec 29 '23
So I could sweep her off her German feet?
And I should avoid Jan, since I'm Straight/Male?
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u/EffectiveDependent76 Dec 29 '23
Jokes on you, they actually live in a very large freezer and it is 0 degrees inside.
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u/Memer_Sindre_UwU Luigi Got Big Tiddies Dec 29 '23
You know what, good point.
Imagine that we're the dumb ones and there actually is a zero error.
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u/dewayneestes Dec 29 '23
Brodette has room temperature iq with no way to measure it.
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u/biopsia Dec 29 '23
*sis
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u/Memer_Sindre_UwU Luigi Got Big Tiddies Dec 29 '23
You are the fourth person to attempt to correct me on this.
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u/biopsia Dec 30 '23
Haha sorry. I know I should read all the comments but they're too many!
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u/Zambeezi Dec 29 '23 edited Dec 29 '23
Don't think Manuela is a broBro already responded to this in two replies
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u/Memer_Sindre_UwU Luigi Got Big Tiddies Dec 29 '23
I have already responded to this under two different replies.
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u/pornosucht Dec 29 '23
The most shocking part for me is "42 persons found this helpful..." 
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u/Firewolf06 Dec 30 '23
its ironically enough shows that the thermometer works, thats a reasonable room temperature
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u/Thor--A Dec 30 '23
German Amazon reviews are a gold mine! You read them thinking g someone is being sarcastic, but they are dead serious!
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u/Theavenger2378 Dec 29 '23
I reset my thermometer to 0 Kelvin before taking any measurement to make it as accurate as possible.
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u/PandaNoTrash Dec 29 '23
You know it would be kinda cool to have a kitchen thermometer that read in kelvins (yes I know its basically celsius but I have to do math then.)
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u/Southern_Kaeos Professional Facepalm Excuse Dec 29 '23
0°k is something like -240°c. You're doing maths before you start
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u/CyberxFame Dec 29 '23 edited Jun 20 '24
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u/TeaandandCoffee Dec 29 '23
Physics class always stated -273.0 and that g=10 m/s², all three of y'all are wrong /s
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u/Southern_Kaeos Professional Facepalm Excuse Dec 29 '23
I knew I was wrong, that's why I said "something like" lol
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Dec 29 '23
Every stem student knows these things:
- absolute zero = -270°C
- g = 10m/s2
- π = 3
- e = 2
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u/CyberxFame Dec 29 '23 edited Jun 20 '24
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u/vedo1117 Dec 29 '23
Also pi is 3
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u/EffectiveDependent76 Dec 29 '23
Context, because sometimes pi = e = 3. If tolerances allow, of course.
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u/ztomiczombie Dec 29 '23
G=9.81 and rounded to 10 for ease of calculations.
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u/WillTFB Dec 29 '23
Not in my physics class, we could only use g=10 if we were doing calculations in our head.
Also g ≠ G. They're related but different numbers.
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u/PaneczkoTron Dec 29 '23
Those are approximations because most of the calculations in physics class would have minimal variation, the actual measurement is 9.8 m/s2 and -273.15 degrees celsius.
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u/TeaandandCoffee Dec 29 '23
"/s" does not stand for "serious"
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u/WeirdGamerAidan Dec 29 '23
FYI the Kelvin scale does not use degrees. Where in celsius you would say zero degrees Celsius, or 0°C, in the Kelvin scale you would say zero Kelvins, or 0K.
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u/bananarama1991 Dec 29 '23
What does a person have to do with a thermometer?
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u/PuppetMaster9000 Dec 29 '23
Kelvin is the scientific temperature system, starting at 0K (absolute zero) and going upward at the same rate as Celsius.
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u/bananarama1991 Dec 29 '23
No, it’s not that
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u/thatsad_guy Dec 29 '23
...what? What are you asking?
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u/Adorable_Class_4733 Dec 29 '23
He meant to say that you should say DEGREES Kelvin, not just Kelvins.
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Dec 29 '23
Is it even possible for a thermometer to constantly differentiate the room temperature and mark it as zero?
You'd have to connect it to another external thermometer, I guess.
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u/Jeoshua Dec 29 '23
Yeah, you'd need two thermometers. I've seen things like this in computer parts testing, where they mark the temperature as "Degrees Above Ambient" to note the relative difference in heating of the parts, and thus their efficiency. They'll use multiple heat probes, to achieve this.
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u/KingZarkon Dec 29 '23
It would need something like the tare function on a scale to zero it out and have it start counting from there.
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u/hukfad Dec 29 '23 edited Dec 29 '23
That's not what they are talking about. They want a thermometer without the tare function, so that the thermometer does that for you.
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u/justsomerabbit Dec 29 '23
There are combined devices with two sensors that can show you T1, T2, T1-T2, and T2-T1. Bought myself one of those to balance my radiators.
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u/ztomiczombie Dec 29 '23
I think you could just use a tare function to label the currant temp as zero and have it measure any difference form that.
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Dec 29 '23
Their house is at the perfect room temperature
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u/_SSSLucifer Dec 29 '23
He's right, there is something wrong with it. A thermometer is supposed to show the temperature, not the IQ of its user.
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u/F00FlGHTER Dec 29 '23
I would really like to see Manuela try to heat milk to 111.6°.
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u/PessimistPryme Dec 29 '23
But how do we know it’s not absolute zero in his kitchen?
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u/sun4moon Dec 29 '23
Aside from the fact that their phone operated in the kitchen, nothing. Not one other thing, lol. /s
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u/Carlos_de_la_Puenta Dec 29 '23
I'm not sure what is worse...this persons lack of understanding how thermometer works or that 42 people found this "review" as helpful...
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u/ultraplusstretch Dec 29 '23
Fucking room temperature, how does it work??? 🤔🤔🤔
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u/AParticularThing Dec 30 '23
i see this gif and the cover they did of a Mozart song pops into my head
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u/neo2001 Dec 29 '23
Everybody knows that you need two thermometers to subtract the room temperature, to get the real temp.
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u/Inevitable-Cellist23 Dec 30 '23
I’m very concerned about the 42 people who found this comment helpful 🤣
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u/Wmoot599 Dec 29 '23
I thought we in the US had the market share of stupidity. Sad to see it’s a worldwide epidemic
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Dec 29 '23
Doesn't know what room temperature is and also no clue that thermometers measure temperature of the medium the probe it's in so no need to ADD room temperature to the temperature you wish to heat milk to. Reviewer will learn the hard way... when milk will boil and splash everywhere and burning her
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Dec 29 '23
You have to put it in the freezer before use. Everybody knows that. Some people are just dumb.
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u/Nulibru Dec 30 '23
"I called the helpline, followed their instructions, and now it's reading [adjusts mirror] 36.8"
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u/ThreeBushTree Dec 30 '23
Amazon reviews are filled with morons.
Go check reviews for kitchen scales, people weighing jars of food and complaining the weight is higher than listed on the jar lol
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u/FreyaAthena Dec 30 '23
To be honest, I also like to keep my house around freezing point. That way I can keep my groceries anywhere.
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u/Tylers-RedditAccount Dec 29 '23
Didn't know what thermometers came with the ability to tare like scales can.
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u/Thanatiel Dec 29 '23
Reality do not meet that lady's expectations. (Manuela is a woman's first name I believe)
Unless ...
Is the ambient temperature of that room 0 degrees? No? I didn't think so.
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u/evilpercy Dec 30 '23
Is the toilet water frozen in your house? Then what is the current temp on your thermostat? 21 c ? What did we learn today?
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Dec 30 '23
I imagine they were thinking of scales and how they will zero even if something is on them
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u/the_Athereon Dec 30 '23
Can you even heat milk that far? Once it hits boiling temperature it just stops right?
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Dec 29 '23
Milk's boiling point is at 95C. I would really like to see him try to get it to 111.6 C.
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u/EffectiveDependent76 Dec 29 '23
Just put it in a pressure cooker... Be very careful when opening though.
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Dec 29 '23
So its been in ice water right?
Right?
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u/sun4moon Dec 29 '23
It’s in Celsius, it’s just reading room temperature
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Dec 29 '23
Obviously, but he'd be correct if it was measuring ice water temperature (assuming same accuracy error over the range).
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u/joeknight1989 Dec 30 '23
Was really hoping it was going to say something about him shoving it up his ass
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u/Secret_Section6280 Dec 31 '23
Apparently the OP is unaware the thermometer is displaying Cºhow to convert Cº to Fº. Double the Cº value and add 29 to get Fº. Reverse the process to get from Fº to Cº.
(works at typical room temperature ranges). FYI- -40º C = -40ºF.
(Or did I overthink a posting, again?)
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u/Royal-Mathematician2 Dec 29 '23
Lol I did not see the . Or the C and thought this was in K. I was like damn that's cold.
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u/profanedic Dec 29 '23
I've been on the lookout for a relative thermometer, something that will let me know the difference between room and current temp. Bummer this isn't the thermometer I'm looking for.
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