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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Anything But Metric@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 22 days ago

how do you slice it??

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how do you slice it??

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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Anything But Metric@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 22 days ago
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  • GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world
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    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
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      We are talking about Daily Mail readers.

      • GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world
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        My bad, third grade level.

        • Nougat@fedia.io
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          my Liege

        • magikmw@piefed.social
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          If daily mail readers could read, they’d be very angry.

    • UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world
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      True, but we need to stop dumbing down shit for lazy morons.

  • BillMurray@lemmy.world
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    If only we had units to measure the volume and weight of items.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      I wonder how many cubic Smoots half a giraffe is 🤔

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    Just say it’s the size of a moose

  • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
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    Pretty damn sure there is some animal half as big as one of these long dudes

    • morphballganon@lemmy.world
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      A moose

  • Codpiece@feddit.uk
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    Just take a giraffe and roll it into a ball. About that big.

  • Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world
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    Americans keep insisting on using anything but the metric system

    • GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world
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      I think The Daily Mail is British.

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    Well its pretty obvious. its all messurements of a Giraff that are halfed H x W x L

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      Yeah, obviously. It’s just the most common everyday example of size!

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