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BingoBangoBongo ,

Terrible unit of measurement. I need to know how many bananas.

Stuka ,

ITT: People with no sense of humor

PowerGloveSoBad ,

So there’s a comet. Big deal. It’ll burn up in our atmosphere and whatever’s left will be no bigger than a chihuahua’s head.

Destraight ,

The capybara puns in this news article are terrible. This article was not worth the read, but since Soo many people in here are complaining about the capybara measurement I shall give you the exact measurement which is 1.2 kilometers wide

ComradeChairmanKGB ,
@ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml avatar

Wake up, new type of measurement system just dropped. Will America finally replace imperial?

clegko ,
@clegko@lemmy.world avatar

Once again, the US is behind the times. The UK switched to Lobsters recently… www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NJloYFS4pY

Kirkkh ,

There’s something very human about being under the immense shadow of asteroid while bitching about metrics.

itsonlygeorge ,

I only accept measurements in washing machines and football fields.

Airazz ,

No London buses?

jpj007 ,

That sounds like some Metric bullshit.

RGB3x3 ,

How many large McDonald’s sodas is it? As an American, I don’t understand any other measurement.

all4one ,

I like to measure in statue of liberties if it going to be really big.

echodot ,

Use measurement units damnit

OrteilGenou ,

I just had a huge breakfast. Easily one third of a capybara

Airazz ,

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.

myusernameblows ,

not any worse

I know this is america but could we maybe, just this once, try to measure things better?

OrangeJoe ,

My friends and I use golden retrievers as a unit of measurement, would that have been better?

rmuk ,

This might help:

theregister.com/…/reg-standards-converter.html

oatscoop ,

Here’s a better article.

The first asteroid, named 349507 (2008 QY), is a colossal mass that is equivalent in size to a bridge.

OccamsTeapot ,

1 bridge = 1000 capybaras, you heard it here first

MeanEYE ,
@MeanEYE@lemmy.world avatar

This one actually gave me a nice laugh. They are clearly taking a piss at unconventional units of measurement.

woobie ,

We really need a bot to translate these oddball units of mass into Volkswagen Beetles like the good Lord intended. Embrace standards, ffs.

Hedup , (edited )

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.

Mango ,

Right? There’s no way 1000 capybaras can fill it if they’re just reaching across the middle.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

The Jerusalem Post keeps posting articles comparing asteroids to random things and I love it.

idiomaddict ,

“2.3 times the size of a dinosaur“

I assume they mean the hummingbird subtype

MossyFeathers ,

“massive asteroid the size of a small island”

Okay. That literally told me nothing about the size of the asteroid, but that’s pretty funny and I bet it gets people to click the link.

I also like how OP’s article also appears to take a dig at fear mongering around asteroids by talking about how the asteroid isn’t coming near earth, it really isn’t a problem, if it hit earth it’d cause untold devastation but you really dont need to be afraid because it’s not gonna hit us ever.

The_Eminent_Bon ,

How big is it in beans pray tell

Tatters ,

Would that be Heinz finest, and are we including the juice?

The_Eminent_Bon ,

Just the beans

hperrin ,

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.

Angry_Maple ,
@Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works avatar

That’s almost 3 football fields!

lntl ,

reminds me of an article where the area of a solar array was measured in units of Olympic swimming pools…

just why?

PetDinosaurs ,

Because humans are notorious for not being able to estimate area and volume. Pretty much anything but length. People can visualize an Olympic swimming pool. They cannot visualize an acre or hectare.

But mostly, it’s because units are about communicating. They need to provide understanding to the user. That’s why feet and inches are so useful as units. They’re real to everyone.

Let me give you an example.

DC fast chargers operate at 250 kW. I can do all kinds of physics with that number. How long it would take to boil a cubic meter of water. How fast can that accelerate a rock. All the things.

That’s not very helpful though. It doesn’t tell me anything real in my life.

Now, I’ll tell you that that number will trip the main breaker of 5 typical houses. That’s better, but I don’t really know how much a house is.

What I do know is how hot an oven is when running on full blast.

250 kW is more than 80 ovens running on full blast.

That’s about as good an intuitive understanding of that number as I can get.

lntl ,

idk, maybe use units of famous mountains for asteroids instead of rodents? an asteroid a quarter the size of mt everest, for example.

yeah, people may not like SI units as much as i do but that doesn’t mean whatever you pick is an improvement.

PetDinosaurs ,

I don’t know how big mount Everest is. How big a mountain is is even ill defined in geography.

They probably should have used house cats, but capybaras are unique, and current journalism is about “viral” attention.

I also hope you don’t think that 1k capybaras are one quarter the size of Everest.

Aside: SI units are amazing. Just only necessary for scientific use (and legal). On a day to day basis, you need to communicate. That’s the purpose.

lntl ,

i only have had outdoor cats so the house cat unit is meaningless to me. there really should be standardized international unit that everyone agrees to measure things in. using a house cat is as good as using King Charles forearm

PetDinosaurs ,

Lol. :)

Anything that gets measured in housecats doesn’t need 12 digits of precision.

Forearms are cubits. That’s also a great unit of measurement if you don’t need precision.

poprocks ,

But how many bananas is that?

A_Random_Idiot ,

Using an average capybara measurement of 4 feet in length, that would be 6.8 bananas, so 1000 capybaras would be roughly 6800 bananas.

Assuming a banana of an average length of 7 inches.

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