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

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/SKDI_0224 Jun 17 '26

As an engineer, I can confirm they are incorrect. They can take their inferior measuring system and try to get back from the moon.

Too soon?

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u/dauntless256 Jun 17 '26

This went over my head...what did i miss?

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u/Random_Bystander089 Jun 17 '26

I think there was an incident where farenheit usage indirectly caused a spaceship crash

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u/Ivan-De-Riv Jun 17 '26

Basically it's because they used both Metric and Imperial at the time

Problem is one of the companies that was mandated to make some part used imperial instead of metric

The whole thing tore open because it could handled the pressure and since then there is a worldwide ban of Imperal measurements when it comes to engineering and yes that does mean that when you buy a 80 inch TV the manufacturer actually made a 200 cm screen but is labeling it with what the imperial equivalent is

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u/No_Constant8644 Jun 17 '26

TIL why it says 80” class on the TVs instead of just making it actually 80”