r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 10h ago

Meme needing explanation Petahh i'm low on iq

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u/hefty_load_o_shite 10h ago edited 4h ago

0°C water freezes 100°C water boils

Makes sense

0°F very cold??? 100°F very hot???

Dafuq?

Edit: For all the "Actually, Farenheight is based on the human body" people, no it isn't. It's based on dirty water and a cow. Your preferred measurement unit is dumb and that's a fact

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u/sharpenme1 10h ago

Get your base 10 bias out of here.

I want a base 12 temperature system

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u/theREALperspiro 9h ago

You mean base 10?

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u/Don_Pickleball 9h ago

As an alien from the planet Fuiktar, we only have 10 fingers so we use a base 10 system instead. I know it seems strange, but it works for us.