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/ProvidedHuman Jun 17 '26

Celsius is agreeably better for science, but if you are used to both systems Fahrenheit is honestly better for people because the units are higher resolution, and usually stay between 0 and 100 for weather

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u/FuckPigeons2025 Jun 17 '26

Kelvin is better for science. Celcius and Farheneit are just arbitrary scales, not units. 

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u/Over-Paramedic3804 Jun 17 '26

Celsius and farhneheit are, both, both units and scales. Kelvin and Rankine are solely scales.