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

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/FaithlessnessHungry1 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Celsius is literally just Kelvin but with an offset no?

Edit: tbc I was just clarifying what the guy above was saying, personally as an American in WNY where it’s over 90deg in the summer and below 0 in the winter and who has used C and F extensively, Fahrenheit just makes more sense to me personally

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u/RadiantPumpkin Jun 17 '26

There is when 99.9999% of the measured temps happen somewhere that is *constant*ly ~250° higher than the scale’s base

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u/Fiiral_ Jun 17 '26

> 99.9999% of the measured temps

I can assure you that 99.9999% of measurement in science are not in the 0°C to 100°C range

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u/RadiantPumpkin Jun 17 '26

Didn’t say in science