c/anythingbutmetric · by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1yhow do you slice it?? cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/36696797 140 points · 19 comments · view on lemmy.world
19 Comments
GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
Well don't blame the scientists. They measure in meters. It's the journalists trying to make things relatable to readers at a fifth grade level.
Nougat@fedia.io · 10 pts · 1y
We are talking about Daily Mail readers.
GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
My bad, third grade level.
Nougat@fedia.io · 5 pts · 1y
my Liege
magikmw@piefed.social · 2 pts · 1y
If daily mail readers could read, they'd be very angry.
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
True, but we need to stop dumbing down shit for lazy morons.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 330d
And then there's Trump and RFK Jr and...
BillMurray@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
If only we had units to measure the volume and weight of items.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
I wonder how many cubic Smoots half a giraffe is 🤔
boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 1y
Pretty damn sure there is some animal half as big as one of these long dudes
morphballganon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
A moose
morphballganon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Just say it's the size of a moose
ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com · 6 pts · 1y
What do you mean? An African or European moose?
And009@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 1y
Asian: What's a moose?
Codpiece@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y
Just take a giraffe and roll it into a ball. About that big.
Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Americans keep insisting on using anything but the metric system
GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I think The Daily Mail is British.
MIXEDUNIVERS@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y
Well its pretty obvious. its all messurements of a Giraff that are halfed H x W x L
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
Yeah, obviously. It's just the most common everyday example of size!