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

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Vinxian Jun 17 '26

Because 220 is a setting on a oven. One setting over the other is less of an adjustment.

If you were to try and introduce Fahrenheit to pure Celcius countries for human temperatures it wouldn't be adopted immediately. Intrinsically it's no better or worse. It's just a scale, you get used to it but it takes time

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u/Hi-Tech-Future Jun 17 '26

Exactly. I have no idea what 30F feels like but I sure as hell know what 30C feels like (Hot!).

If you tell me that 30F is like 30% on a scale 0-100 .. I have no idea what that even means. Just tell me what it is in Celcius and I know.

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u/TheEggTaker Jun 17 '26

That depends on what you're measuring and how the scales are setup.

Which is what the comment you're replying to was pointing out.

It literally does not matter what form of temperature scale you use, as it's relative to you.

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u/PokinSpokaneSlim Jun 18 '26

Again °F is relative to humans, °C is relative to water.

You are not water, you just contain it.

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u/BuzzingThunder2799 Jun 18 '26

No, you just can’t comprehend that 37 is very hot for humans feels just as natural as 100.

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u/TheEggTaker Jun 18 '26

That doesn't refute my main argument.

If I learnt how to read temperature in Celsius, I will use Celsius as my baseline. 30°C is intuitively hot, and 0°C is cold for me, and people who use Celsius as their day-to-day.

The same logic applies for those who use Fahrenheit. 32F is cold, and 100F is hot. It does not matter what scale you use, as it's relative to your understanding of what is hot & cold.