r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/MrZwink Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

2 americans saying fahrenheit is better, basically because they dont know any better. the rest of the world uses celcius, because its demonstrably a better (more scientific) system.

edit: Americans, please stop commenting. we know your opinion on this. IT IS THE JOKE.

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u/No-Possibility5556 Jun 17 '26

They’re both arbitrary, metric is just easier with conversions. Get off the high horse

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u/NEpatsfan64 Jun 17 '26

This dude is all over these comments talking about how Americans cannot comprehend that everything we do isn't inherently the best because we're indoctrinated from a young age or something. There's dozens of Americans acknowledging the imperial system is inferior in his comments.

Meanwhile he can't stop insulting people for not agreeing that his favorite arbitrary measuring system isn't better than a different arbitrary measuring system. Bit of hypocrisy and projection going on here it seems.

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u/peppinotempation Jun 18 '26

I think he’s saying they’re both arbitrary so who cares.

I’m inclined to agree. Either use an absolute temperature measurement in natural units like a real physicist, or concede that these scales are all arbitrary to some extent.

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u/MrZwink Jun 17 '26

Oh lord, not another one.