It’s the same principle as the numbers on your toaster.
Possibly they mean something, possibly they don’t, but we mere mortals are not allowed to know.

I just think of them as Arbitrary Cooling Units (ACU) and Arbitrary Toasting Units (ATU). I hope this helps.
( Aardvark and so at last, I understood, Thu 26 Jun 2025, 10:49, archived)

On a toaster they're usually a time interval. In minutes.
If you can cope with something as Stephen-Hawkingishly mind-bending as that.
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Thu 26 Jun 2025, 12:53, archived)

Nah, you lost me.

( Aardvark and so at last, I understood, Thu 26 Jun 2025, 13:28, archived)

toasters are time machines i think he's saying

( MiseryCunt you cannot be sirious, Thu 26 Jun 2025, 15:13, archived)