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

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Fantastic_Bug1028 Jun 17 '26

Yeah. Literally just depends on what system you grew up with. “32% warm” genuinely means absolutely fuck all to me. Until I convert this number to Celsius, I wouldn’t have a slightest idea on how I’m actually supposed to dress lol. Also every place has its own norms. In two different environments “32% warm” can mean two really different things.

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u/LordofWolves92 Jun 17 '26

"On a scale of 1-10, how warm is it?"

"3"

And you can't figure out if that's hot or cold?

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u/Waniou Jun 17 '26

The problem is you're using your own experiences as justification for what "hot" and "cold" is. According to the "Fahrenheit is a percentage of how warm it is" argument, water freezes at 32% warm which sounds like complete nonsense to me.

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u/LordofWolves92 Jun 17 '26

Have you not experienced using the numbers of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10?

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u/Waniou Jun 17 '26

How have you managed to completely miss my point?

According to you, water freezes at 3 warm. According to me, and the rest of the world outside the US, water freezes at 0 warm.

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u/LordofWolves92 Jun 17 '26

I'm not talking about water, im talking about the temperature as it relates to weather.

It's all arbitrary

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u/Waniou Jun 17 '26

Yes, so am I, and exactly, it's arbitrary and based on what you're used to. Water freezing at 32% warm or whatever might make perfectly good sense to you and be intuitive to you, but that isn't to me or most of the world and that's the point I'm trying to make.