Seriously, I'm American but I still know how long a meter is. Why not just say 'an 830 meter wide asteroid'? Now I keep imagining a meteor in the shape of a giant whale.
Terrible headline due to scaling factors. Is it a "killer asteroid" since we're measuring in "killer whales"? Do we expect it to break in half and sink into the atmosphere Titanic-ally? Does someone have an orcastick, which is like a yardstick but measures orca lengths instead of yards?
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BioMando@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 3y
Americans will use anything as a measurement unit except the SI, it seems
coralof@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Seriously, I'm American but I still know how long a meter is. Why not just say 'an 830 meter wide asteroid'? Now I keep imagining a meteor in the shape of a giant whale.
tok0@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y
Orca is a bit obscure way to measure something. What would this be strawberries so we're all on the same page?
EntropicalVacation@midwest.social · 3 pts · 3y
How many strawberries in a banana?
LovelyCupcake@feddit.de · 1 pts · 3y
4 metric or 5 short strawberries
medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Terrible headline due to scaling factors. Is it a "killer asteroid" since we're measuring in "killer whales"? Do we expect it to break in half and sink into the atmosphere Titanic-ally? Does someone have an orcastick, which is like a yardstick but measures orca lengths instead of yards?
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I mean, I know Orcas are big, but I wouldn't call 84 of them mooshed together "titanic"
iie@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
hell yeah we should measure every object by how many orcas it is
Arcanus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
But how many washing machines is it?