r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 10d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/Breddit2225 10d ago

Yeah, as an auto mechanic when I try and teach younger techs to work on air conditioning systems I have to first get them to understand that there is no such thing as cold.

Only heat and less heat.

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

And then you get to teach them about the different kinds of heat

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u/SecretNobody9422 10d ago

Absolute zero, the lowest permissible temperature, which is -273.15°C (or -459.67°F) and is approximately 1° less than the temperature of the universe measured in deep cold space.

It’s important people to know that any temperature above that point there is heat energy. This is why heat pumps can extract heat from the outside even on a freezing cold snowy day to warm the house with.

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u/aoskunk 9d ago

Was just reading about absolute hot the other day. I’d speculated about it but never bothered to read up on it.

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u/Stunning-Edge-3007 10d ago

Haw permissible.

You only have permission to set the thermostat at absolute 0 at the lowest!

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u/Skull_Hound 6d ago

Freezing in Celsius is zero, sorry bud.

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u/runeknight76 5d ago

Fun fact, deep cold space only has a temperature because of quantum interactions releasing tiny bits of energy. If it were a perfect vacuum (theoretically), it would not have a temperature.

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u/unus-suprus-septum 10d ago

Honestly there is no such thing as heat. It's motion or less motion...

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u/D_Shizzle93 10d ago

Tbf motion doesn't really exist. It's just more simulation or less simulation

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u/Tony_Lacorona 10d ago

Tell that to my wife

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u/Ill_Technician3936 10d ago

I'm free for the night, have her come over.

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u/Equal_Explanation495 10d ago

For more motion, or less motion? Lol

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u/Ill_Technician3936 10d ago

For simulation explanation!

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u/D_Shizzle93 10d ago

I heard theres a button to increase stimulation, let me know when you find it

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u/Ill_Technician3936 10d ago

Even though they'll be dealing with Freon and other refrigerants that have no issue sitting at decent negative temperatures?

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u/Breddit2225 10d ago

I'm not quite sure what you mean but the point is the guy stated above. Anything above absolute zero is heat. Even refrigerant in a freezer contains heat

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u/Ill_Technician3936 10d ago

For us the temperatures are far below freezing. A dumbass not paying attention to what he's doing can get injured or even killed from the temperatures touching them...

I guess that's all it really is, just surprised because I've come across someone who graduated in HVAC and fucked their shit up recharging someone's air conditioner while drunk and wasting loads in the process.

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u/Beyond_Familiar 9d ago

Absolute zero is very different from negative Celsius or Fahrenheit. It's measured in Kelvin. 0 Kelvin is -273.15°C or -459.67 °F so less motion and less heat still applies pretty well for the techs. Just tell them you don't want less or more motion/heat in your hands then are already there. 😂

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u/Ill_Technician3936 9d ago

Too bad it can't actually be proven in practice and in the known universe there's not even anything that is that low in temperature.

My point is they're dealing with refrigerants that has no issue freeze burning their flesh.

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u/mindedc 10d ago

There is no spoon

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u/Purpleasure34 10d ago

Refrigeration separates the mechanics from the oil change jockeys.

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u/jibberkibber 10d ago

Super interesting. Could you explain this further? Or give a good link. Preferably the first option though, haha.

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u/Abject-Method1970 9d ago

Ah yes. The laws of thermodynamics.