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Anything But Metric

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Americans will use anything but metric

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

I didn't even know blue whales contain that much electronics. 🤯

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

Well they are filter feeders.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do newspapers in non-US countries do this stuff? How are these comparisons helpful 😂 Nope, I have no experience with a pound/kg/stone but now whales, yes, that really helps 🙃

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

People understand units of measure.

A kilogram or a pound have no real tangible comparison to real world things unless you yourself make the comparison.

It’s fun to equate two things, here they’ve taken things people understand as “huge” and compare them using actual measurements to draw that comparison.

It’s fun.

I hope this helps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

On the other hand, I can pretty much estimate by hand that something weighs around 1kg from experience, but I've never actually seen a blue wale in real life or have a real understanding of its weight.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

A kilogram or a pound have no real tangible comparison to real world things unless you yourself make the comparison

A kilogram is a 1l bottle of water. A ton a 1m3 cube of water or a car. 10 ton a truck.

Anything bigger is just unimaginable ^^

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Anything bigger is your mom

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

unless you yourself make this comparison

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

everyone makes this comparison, in the mind of a normal person 1kg is a 1l bottle, they're the same concept in the brain

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I only understand Rhode Island’s.

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

We talking standard Rhode Islands, or Olympic-size swimming pool Rhode Islands?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

International Competition Standards Rhode Island is the preferred measure