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I propose a new ASME standard, the Scaling Banana™.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Need more information.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

More information: Your size is fine

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But what size is the metal one?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Banana sized. Or, 1.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Left banana is 1.4 standard bananas, right banana is 0.7 standard bananas.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Without a banana for scale, it's hard to tell.

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

...those are some tiny potatoes or ginormous bananas in either case...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

The bananas on the left are just closer to the camera. Everyone knows bananas are all the same size.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago

This is due to the Mercator map correction!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

You need a standardized banana, not some random banana.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Ah, I see the confusion. What you have there are troy bananas and avoirdupois (AVDP) bananas. Not to be confused with fluid bananas.