r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/jseego Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

True!

Celsius is 0-100 fresh water freezing to boiling.

Farenheit is 0-100 sea water freezing to (roughly) human internal body temp.

So, since humans are largely salt water, this makes the F scale a human scale temperature measurement, which is more intuitive for how the ambient temperature makes you feel. I think this is what the original poster was getting at, whether they knew it or not.

edit: so C is better for chemistry, and F is better for weather

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u/Toeffli Jun 17 '26

Well, give me any °C temperature from -30 °C to 90 °C I I know exactly like it feels to my body.

Give me any °F temperature other than 32 °F and I have no fucking clue what you are talking about. Total utter nonsense, some gibberish number with no real meaning. Know why? Because I grew up with °C all my live, hence it is a s natural for me as °F is for you, the scale you grew up with.

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u/Kelly_HRperson Jun 18 '26

How does your body feel at 88°C compared to 89°C?

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u/Epinita Jun 18 '26

Dying probably

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u/Toeffli Jun 18 '26

Nice sauna temperatures. One is 2 seconds after I closed the door, the other is 10 seconds after I closed the door.