this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2024
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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 1 day ago (7 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 🙃

[–] prettybunnys 18 points 1 day ago (6 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.

[–] labsin 2 points 1 day 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 ^^

[–] neo2478 4 points 22 hours ago

Anything bigger is your mom

[–] prettybunnys 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

unless you yourself make this comparison

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour 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

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