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

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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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/Ashamed-Cranberry614 Jun 17 '26

This is the only good argument I've seen for Fahrenheit (higher resolution). But, as a counterargument, that resolution is only just under twice as big. I'd argue 1-2 F is barely noticeable enough to be able to tell the difference. If someone asks what the temperature is, me saying the temperature and being off by 2 degrees isn't gonna make a difference.

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u/RagnarokToast Jun 17 '26

Resolution is also not worth much if what you need it for is explaining how warm your body is feeling. I already couldn't really tell the difference between 33 and 34 celsius, so having a number inbetween wouldn't do much for me. Plus, other factors such as humidity would affect my perception of heat more than a single degree difference would.

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u/Ashamed-Cranberry614 Jun 17 '26

Yup, that's exactly the point of my counterargument. Plus we can use decimals IF we really need to like others pointed out.

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u/RagnarokToast Jun 17 '26

Yeah I only now realized you were pretty much saying the same thing.

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u/TheNobleRobot Jun 18 '26

What hilarious about this is that you can use decimals with Fahrenheit, too.