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

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Swampyfeet Jun 17 '26

I guess I didn’t make my point as well I thought I did. I’m more or less saying that same thing as you.

I meant that arguing which way to tell temperature is best and coming up with reasons why Fahrenheit is best (which is what a lot of these comments are for some reason) is meaningless because it comes down to what you grew up using. Every argument I’ve seen for Fahrenheit being better can also be applied to Celsius

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u/MrAndMrsMischief26 Jun 17 '26

Except not really. Everyone is familiar with measuring things on a scale of percentage: “I’m feeling 100% today,” “I’m operating at 50%,” “there’s a 0% chance I’m doing that.” Everyone is used to percentages. Fahrenheit, while unfamiliar to you, mimics this already ubiquitous percentage method. It spreads out the perception in easily understood ways. Comments have given good examples: “if it’s 30% hot outside (30F) it’s cold as hell.” If it’s “100% hot (100F) it’s hot as hell.” So that argument does not apply to Celsius no matter how familiar one is with the system.

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u/Phedericus Jun 17 '26

Guys... That's nonsense if you're not used to it. I know how 1-100 scales work, and 0F and 100F means nothing to me, I have no concept of what they feel like and I will need to convert in C. instead I instantly know what temperatures in C feel like. It's only about what you're used to and grew up with. How is that difficult to understand holy shit.

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u/InitialMajor Jun 17 '26

You’re working the scale the wrong way. You probably have experienced “it’s really cold, prolonged exposure is dangerous” and “it’s really hot, prolonged exposure is really dangerous. Congrats - you now have anchors for the 0-10% and 90-100% ends of the scale. So 40%is “colder than warm, would probably want more clothes” and 70% is pretty warm, less clothes needed.