American really will use any measurement except metric
this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2023
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If you regularly use metric in the US, you're either an aerospace engineer or a drug dealer. lol
Edit: Thank you everyone who ackshually'd my obvious joke. I'm aware metric is more widely used that that.
Or the military, they use it a ton
Or the military, they use it ~~a ton~~ 907kg.
The ton is a metric unit too isn't it?
A metric ton is 1000 kg. Source: Aerospace Military Industrial Complex drug dealer.
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The fastest way to find out is to ask how many grams are in an ounce.
28.8? Engineer
28? Dealer
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I'd switch, but I've been on the Capy system my whole life, and it's just much more intuitive for me. Everyone knows how long a Capybara is. How fucking long a meter is? Beats the fuck out of me, maybe a half cap?
It really was a disservice to my generation and after (late 30s) that they gave up on it.
And we'll misapply it as well. The asteroid isn't the size of 1000 capybaras, it's as wide as 1000 capybaras lined up. Assuming it's roughly spherical, it's actually closer to the size of 524,000,000 capybaras.
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Is 1,000 capybaras equal to 10,000 guinea pigs or is it 99,729.372456 guinea pigs? I'm bad at conversions.
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If it were an American measurement it would be made in Hamberders
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Use measurement units damnit
This is a measurement unit. A bit unconventional, but it's not any worse than using three grains of barley, dry and round, placed end to end lengthwise, or the length of King Henry I's foot.
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This one actually gave me a nice laugh. They are clearly taking a piss at unconventional units of measurement.
My friends and I use golden retrievers as a unit of measurement, would that have been better?
The first asteroid, named 349507 (2008 QY), is a colossal mass that is equivalent in size to a bridge.
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Yup. first time I have seen capybaras used as a unit of measurement.
My ex had titties the size of capybaras but it was mostly because she had the physique of a manatee.
she was truly the sea cow of the land
Who the fuck measures anything in capybaras? I hope the goddamn shit hits us at this point. We're living in Idiocracy.
That's the point, they're making fun of all the news sources that can't be arsed to give actual measures.
"The forest fire is as big as one million football fields!" means fuck all, but saying "Equivalent to a square 75km by 75km." that's a measure that actually means something.
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Well you're no fun at all
Me, a normal human being: ah yes, one thousand capybaras large, I know exactly its size now.
Y’all are weird not knowing this measurement system. Makes as much sense as miles and inches.
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Anyone downvoting this is boring and doesn’t understand the fun of capybara math 🤣
‘Americans will literally use any other form of measurement other than metric’
I don't think they know how volume calculations work. When I read 1000 Capybaras, I though "huh, that's not actually that big", until they say it's actually the diameter or that much capybaras.
EDIT: I did some pocket calculations and it seems like 1000 capybaras can fit into an around 13 capybara diameter sphere.
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1.2 km long, for anyone wondering.
Which is why it’s silly to represent the size of the asteroid in capybara lengths. We should be representing it in capybara volumes or masses. Probably be something more like 1 billion capybaras.
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Would you rather see 1 astroid size capybara or 1000 capybara sized astroids?
That's easy, the capybara sized asteroids. The only ones who have to care are in space.
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One capybara weighs on average 108lbs or about 16.5 AR-15s fully loaded.
So the asteroid weighs roughly as much as 422,559 AR-15s with a loaded 20 rd magazine. (Warning my math is bad as I'm American.)
It looks like they are using the length of a capybara, which is just over a meter not the weight. So it's 1,446 ar15s in diameter.
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Wake up, new type of measurement system just dropped. Will America finally replace imperial?
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The Jerusalem Post keeps posting articles comparing asteroids to random things and I love it.
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We really need a bot to translate these oddball units of mass into Volkswagen Beetles like the good Lord intended. Embrace standards, ffs.
How many bananas or Toyota Corollas is that?
i love this measurement. it belies the articles importance
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