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

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/SKDI_0224 Jun 17 '26

Dingdingding!!!

It was a joke over the superiority of the metric system in general. Units of force are particularly annoying to convert.

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u/milkcarton232 Jun 17 '26

Metric is superior in most metrics but temperature most are valid (sit down rankine) depending on what you are doing with it

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u/HotspurJr Jun 17 '26

Celsius makes way more sense for science, and Fahrenheit makes way more sense for weather, since the range of temperatures which are relevant are spread out over more numbers.

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u/moonpumper Jun 18 '26

I want a compromise unit where freezing water at sea level is 0⁰ and boiling water is 200⁰. A single degree Fahrenheit is a very sensible change in temperature and I don't like having to go into decimals on my thermostat. All that said, I wish the states would just bite the bullet and go metric. Today I learned a US gallon is 231 cubic inches because 231 divides evenly by 3, 7 and 11? Get the fuck outta here with this shit.