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Units of measurement (mander.xyz)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 52 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Americans will do anything to avoid using the metric system smh my head

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Omg my god.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Omg my god.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I love when they compare size to so many of something that it's no longer understandable. "The same size 20 Olympic swimming pools!" Ok, I have no idea how much that is now.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's still easy to imagine, compared to the volume of 6000 gummy bears.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To be honest with you I'm not really sure how big a single Olympic size swimming pool is either. 😅

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I just fell into a rabbit hole the size of an Olympic Swimming Pool.

Before your comment, i didn't know this was a thing.

TL/DR

  • Length: 50 m (164 ft 1 in)

  • Width: 25 m (82 ft 0 in)

That's the size.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Unfortunately, they come in various depths depending on if there is a diving pit or not. Also some of the larger natatoriums will combine up to three of them side by side so they have more lanes. The standard size is 8 lanes IIRC.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Today I learned. Thank you, stranger!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

You are welcome, not a stranger anymore, fellow lemming. ⊂(￣▽￣)⊃

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Petition to make Danny DeVito a unit of international standard of measurement.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I'm on the fence, but about a microdevito from agreeing

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Magnum dong for scale.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Then where is the skull's huge horn?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How much is that in smoots?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

How many Danny DeVito's long is a Boeing 747?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Somewhere in the ballpark of 50 DeVito's

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Around tree fitty

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So how many DeVitos wide is the wingspan of quetzalcoatlus?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Well I don't know what that is but my educated guess is 3.5

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Its closer to 8, Devito is 1.47 m and the wingspan is 11-12 m

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

please recommend me your favorite Danny Devito comedy movies and shows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

This page has a good list.