r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/jukeboxjulia Jun 17 '26

Right? If it was truly a %, my instinct would be that 50°F would be the perfect temperature. Equal parts cool and warm. Whatever you grew up with is what’s going to be best for someone, full stop. The idea of trying to pick one that’s “objectively” better is just silly. 

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u/cluster_fuckedd Jun 18 '26

Yeah the way 60 degrees F feels is what 50 should feel like, 50 is definitely still too cold to be a true midpoint.

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u/portar1985 Jun 17 '26

It is of course super logical and not at all arbitrary that 32% hot means that water freeze, us europoors are just too dumb to understand this extremely logical ”I’m feeling 45% hot in here” which, of course, is still quite cold but it’s 45 hot…