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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I need a banana for size comparison.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Banana is metric, Americans use raccoon penis.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Of course, I totally forgot about the new RFK Jr. measurement system. I think that is about 4 inches give or take.

[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 20 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I love how this is simultaneously a great and horrible photoshop. Like the splice is obvious in the foreground but I can't see it in the background at all. Like I have no idea how this was done.

[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If you split it this way you end up with more than half of the weight, you need to split it down the middle through front and rear bumpers.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

naa. your mom is still on the pass side.

[–] bridgeburner@lemmy.world 24 points 14 hours ago

r/AnythingButMetric

or whatever the Lemmy Syntax would be

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 15 hours ago

Watch out, It's the trickle down economics ^tm^

[–] Econode@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 hours ago

The Atari 800XL was far superior to the C64.

[–] richardwallass@sh.itjust.works -1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Starlink got no plan about when and where their half pickup trucks are gonna fall.

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 1 points 2 hours ago

Because they burn up before they hit the ground - why do you think they should care?

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 34 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (4 children)

How awesome would it be for Donald Trump, Joe Rogan, Dana White, and Elon Musk himself to get smashed by a Musk satellite during a photo op in the octagon at the White House UFC fight.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago

As awesome as RFK Jr dying of measles.

[–] Tiral@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

As an atheist that would legitimately make me turn Christian.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

I don't think you're doing atheist correctly.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

I mean, if we're going to go with retribution-by-improbable events, I have to stick with the classics. There's nothing quite like an evil leader being smote by lightning bolt. It just has that "wrath of an angry God" effect like nothing else.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

If that happened, you could not convince me that we aren’t all extras in Idiocracy 2.

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago (20 children)

falling from the the sky and burning is a good thing, bigger concern is them staying up there for too long

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[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 150 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (28 children)

What the fuck is "half a pickup truck" for a measure

[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

American or European pickup trucks?

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 8 hours ago

This is SpaceX so I assume they meant cybertruck

[–] PixeIOrange@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

About 0.000000281 Saarländer

[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 160 points 1 day ago (27 children)

Americans will use anything other than the metric system.

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