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When Americans say it's 30 degrees outside

This is a 2-panel comparison meme joking about the difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature units. The top panel shows what non-Americans assume Americans mean when they say it is 30 degrees outside: a shocked cartoon character stepping out of a door into a burning, fiery landscape, referencing that 30 degrees Celsius is very hot weather. The bottom panel shows what Americans actually mean: the character Jack Torrance from the film *The Shining* frozen and buried in snow, referencing that 30 degrees Fahrenheit is freezing cold, just below the freezing point of water.
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Overview

This is a 2-panel comparison meme joking about the difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature units. The top panel shows what non-Americans assume Americans mean when they say it is 30 degrees outside: a shocked cartoon character stepping out of a door into a burning, fiery landscape, referencing that 30 degrees Celsius is very hot weather. The bottom panel shows what Americans actually mean: the character Jack Torrance from the film The Shining frozen and buried in snow, referencing that 30 degrees Fahrenheit is freezing cold, just below the freezing point of water.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, as noted in the provided source information. It combines two widely used existing meme templates: the shocked character walking out into a fiery scene, and the frozen Jack Torrance still from The Shining, to create a relatable joke about the US using Fahrenheit while most other countries use Celsius for temperature measurements.

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