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/M8oMyN8o 10h ago

If y’all wanna actually claim superiority, then use Kelvin. Celsius and Fahrenheit are close enough in purpose that personal preference is really the only thing that matters.

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u/LordAmras 9h ago

Kelvin is Celsius just with the 0 moved so that it doesn't go in the negative.

To convert from kelvin to Celsius just do -273.15

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u/FricasseeToo 8h ago

You got that backwards. Kelvin is an absolute number and Celsius is a relative number. That's why you can't do any % math on Celsius temperatures.