▲ 829 ▼ Get on my level (thelemmy.club) submitted 6 months ago by GreenDust@lemmings.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 178 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 57 points 6 months ago (14 children) Real units please. permalink fedilink source hideshow 28 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 115 points 6 months ago (2 children) The bf & gf are 1.222x10^35 and 9.842×10^34 planck lengths, respectively. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] probablymissing@lemmy.world 47 points 6 months ago* (2 children) god i hate the metric system. how much is that in hours? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago (1 child) Depends how big the circle is, one hour is 15 degrees, but we can't convert degrees to length without the radius. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 child) Maybe they want light hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago Or in better American heavy hours. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago I can give it to you in c*h if you want... permalink fedilink source parent [–] sundray@lemmus.org 17 points 6 months ago Too real. permalink fedilink source parent [–] geissi@feddit.org 67 points 6 months ago They're both about 0 AU, so I don't really see the problem. permalink fedilink source parent [–] krashmo@lemmy.world 48 points 6 months ago She was as tall as a 7 year old Norwegian pine sapling exposed to ideal soil and water conditions and he was as tall as a female giraffe's asshole. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 36 points 6 months ago About 192cm vs 155cm permalink fedilink source parent [–] danekrae@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago 1/46 and 1/58 of an american football field? permalink fedilink source parent [–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago These are real units. One is 6 minutes, 5 seconds and the other is 5 minutes, 2 seconds. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago She was 8 bananas, he was 10. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 months ago (1 child) He is 19.5 hands tall. She is 15.5 hands tall. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago I'd say he's about 0.0864 of a brontosaurus. permalink fedilink source parent [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 child) He's very tall and she's pretty short, both with regards to average for their gender. Tap for spoiler6'5" is about 1.95m 5'2" is about 1.52m permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child) You know, I have always used feet to measure height, but somehow seeing the difference in meters is significantly more eye opening as to just how insanely different those heights are. Edit: Although I think you might have meant 1.57 for 5'2" 😅 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 point 6 months ago (3 children) Metres A meter measures something, a metre is a unit of measurement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] CtrlAltDelight@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Actually they represent the same distance, the different spellings are just regional. See center vs centre. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Americans use meter but they don't use the unit so we can say it's wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CtrlAltDelight@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago Mmm I like this actually, yes I'm on board permalink fedilink source parent [–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago If you're gonna be a pedant, at least be right about it 😝 While true in some cases, that's entirely region dependent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrChewy@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago Isn't the metremeter the thing that measures stuff? permalink fedilink source parent [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago he was 1/5th taller permalink fedilink source parent [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Okay, he was 6'5" and she was 5'2". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) He was a skater boy, she said see you later boy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago *sk8r boi permalink fedilink source parent [–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago I can't count past ten either. Little help! permalink fedilink source parent [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago (2 children) Use your superior education that you got in your non-US country and do the math. Yeah the units are stupid and Americans are uneducated. But we can at least do the conversions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) I've gone on this tirade plenty of times, but inches aren't stupid. 12 inches to a foot makes a lot of sense for problems we've had to solve for millennia, because it's 3 times a power of two. For things like woodoworking it actually makes more sense than the metric system. "But 10 deciliters in a liter" Using a tape measure, mark out 1/3rd of the thickness of a standard 19mm sheet of plywood. I'll be over here doing the same with 3/4" plywood by marking at 1/4". Maybe we shouldn't be selling Europe any weapons that work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) I honestly wish we used metric in the US. What always cracks me up, are people not from the US who whine about our units, and demand that they be translated into their comfort units, which doesn't make them look smart, it makes them look like they can't do math as well as a teenager in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) I use metric all the time in the US. My 3D printer runs in millimeters and Celsius, I buy Pepsi by the liter, I dose every medicine by the gram, I meter electricity by the kilowatt and my lights are rated in lumens. What I don't do is this weird sense of superiority found in cultivated ignorance the Europeans seem so fond of on the subject. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago Yup that's my issue. We used metric all the time in the US. But you don't ever see us bitching about units in an internet comment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago But we can at least do the conversions. And he usually doesn't need to, since the civilised word is using metric system. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Soulg@ani.social -3 points 6 months ago Google it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 115 points 6 months ago (2 children) The bf & gf are 1.222x10^35 and 9.842×10^34 planck lengths, respectively. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] probablymissing@lemmy.world 47 points 6 months ago* (2 children) god i hate the metric system. how much is that in hours? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago (1 child) Depends how big the circle is, one hour is 15 degrees, but we can't convert degrees to length without the radius. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 child) Maybe they want light hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago Or in better American heavy hours. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago I can give it to you in c*h if you want... permalink fedilink source parent [–] sundray@lemmus.org 17 points 6 months ago Too real. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] probablymissing@lemmy.world 47 points 6 months ago* (2 children) god i hate the metric system. how much is that in hours? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago (1 child) Depends how big the circle is, one hour is 15 degrees, but we can't convert degrees to length without the radius. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 child) Maybe they want light hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago Or in better American heavy hours. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago I can give it to you in c*h if you want... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago (1 child) Depends how big the circle is, one hour is 15 degrees, but we can't convert degrees to length without the radius. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 child) Maybe they want light hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago Or in better American heavy hours. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 child) Maybe they want light hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago Or in better American heavy hours. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago Or in better American heavy hours. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago I can give it to you in c*h if you want... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] geissi@feddit.org 67 points 6 months ago They're both about 0 AU, so I don't really see the problem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 48 points 6 months ago She was as tall as a 7 year old Norwegian pine sapling exposed to ideal soil and water conditions and he was as tall as a female giraffe's asshole. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 36 points 6 months ago About 192cm vs 155cm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago 1/46 and 1/58 of an american football field? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago These are real units. One is 6 minutes, 5 seconds and the other is 5 minutes, 2 seconds. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago She was 8 bananas, he was 10. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 months ago (1 child) He is 19.5 hands tall. She is 15.5 hands tall. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago I'd say he's about 0.0864 of a brontosaurus. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago I'd say he's about 0.0864 of a brontosaurus. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 child) He's very tall and she's pretty short, both with regards to average for their gender. Tap for spoiler6'5" is about 1.95m 5'2" is about 1.52m permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child) You know, I have always used feet to measure height, but somehow seeing the difference in meters is significantly more eye opening as to just how insanely different those heights are. Edit: Although I think you might have meant 1.57 for 5'2" 😅 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 point 6 months ago (3 children) Metres A meter measures something, a metre is a unit of measurement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] CtrlAltDelight@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Actually they represent the same distance, the different spellings are just regional. See center vs centre. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Americans use meter but they don't use the unit so we can say it's wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CtrlAltDelight@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago Mmm I like this actually, yes I'm on board permalink fedilink source parent [–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago If you're gonna be a pedant, at least be right about it 😝 While true in some cases, that's entirely region dependent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrChewy@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago Isn't the metremeter the thing that measures stuff? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child) You know, I have always used feet to measure height, but somehow seeing the difference in meters is significantly more eye opening as to just how insanely different those heights are. Edit: Although I think you might have meant 1.57 for 5'2" 😅 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 point 6 months ago (3 children) Metres A meter measures something, a metre is a unit of measurement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] CtrlAltDelight@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Actually they represent the same distance, the different spellings are just regional. See center vs centre. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Americans use meter but they don't use the unit so we can say it's wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CtrlAltDelight@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago Mmm I like this actually, yes I'm on board permalink fedilink source parent [–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago If you're gonna be a pedant, at least be right about it 😝 While true in some cases, that's entirely region dependent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrChewy@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago Isn't the metremeter the thing that measures stuff? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 point 6 months ago (3 children) Metres A meter measures something, a metre is a unit of measurement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] CtrlAltDelight@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Actually they represent the same distance, the different spellings are just regional. See center vs centre. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Americans use meter but they don't use the unit so we can say it's wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CtrlAltDelight@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago Mmm I like this actually, yes I'm on board permalink fedilink source parent [–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago If you're gonna be a pedant, at least be right about it 😝 While true in some cases, that's entirely region dependent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrChewy@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago Isn't the metremeter the thing that measures stuff? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CtrlAltDelight@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Actually they represent the same distance, the different spellings are just regional. See center vs centre. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Americans use meter but they don't use the unit so we can say it's wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CtrlAltDelight@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago Mmm I like this actually, yes I'm on board permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Americans use meter but they don't use the unit so we can say it's wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CtrlAltDelight@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago Mmm I like this actually, yes I'm on board permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CtrlAltDelight@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago Mmm I like this actually, yes I'm on board permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago If you're gonna be a pedant, at least be right about it 😝 While true in some cases, that's entirely region dependent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrChewy@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago Isn't the metremeter the thing that measures stuff? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Okay, he was 6'5" and she was 5'2". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) He was a skater boy, she said see you later boy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago *sk8r boi permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) He was a skater boy, she said see you later boy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago *sk8r boi permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago *sk8r boi permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago I can't count past ten either. Little help! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago (2 children) Use your superior education that you got in your non-US country and do the math. Yeah the units are stupid and Americans are uneducated. But we can at least do the conversions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) I've gone on this tirade plenty of times, but inches aren't stupid. 12 inches to a foot makes a lot of sense for problems we've had to solve for millennia, because it's 3 times a power of two. For things like woodoworking it actually makes more sense than the metric system. "But 10 deciliters in a liter" Using a tape measure, mark out 1/3rd of the thickness of a standard 19mm sheet of plywood. I'll be over here doing the same with 3/4" plywood by marking at 1/4". Maybe we shouldn't be selling Europe any weapons that work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) I honestly wish we used metric in the US. What always cracks me up, are people not from the US who whine about our units, and demand that they be translated into their comfort units, which doesn't make them look smart, it makes them look like they can't do math as well as a teenager in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) I use metric all the time in the US. My 3D printer runs in millimeters and Celsius, I buy Pepsi by the liter, I dose every medicine by the gram, I meter electricity by the kilowatt and my lights are rated in lumens. What I don't do is this weird sense of superiority found in cultivated ignorance the Europeans seem so fond of on the subject. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago Yup that's my issue. We used metric all the time in the US. But you don't ever see us bitching about units in an internet comment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago But we can at least do the conversions. And he usually doesn't need to, since the civilised word is using metric system. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) I've gone on this tirade plenty of times, but inches aren't stupid. 12 inches to a foot makes a lot of sense for problems we've had to solve for millennia, because it's 3 times a power of two. For things like woodoworking it actually makes more sense than the metric system. "But 10 deciliters in a liter" Using a tape measure, mark out 1/3rd of the thickness of a standard 19mm sheet of plywood. I'll be over here doing the same with 3/4" plywood by marking at 1/4". Maybe we shouldn't be selling Europe any weapons that work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) I honestly wish we used metric in the US. What always cracks me up, are people not from the US who whine about our units, and demand that they be translated into their comfort units, which doesn't make them look smart, it makes them look like they can't do math as well as a teenager in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) I use metric all the time in the US. My 3D printer runs in millimeters and Celsius, I buy Pepsi by the liter, I dose every medicine by the gram, I meter electricity by the kilowatt and my lights are rated in lumens. What I don't do is this weird sense of superiority found in cultivated ignorance the Europeans seem so fond of on the subject. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago Yup that's my issue. We used metric all the time in the US. But you don't ever see us bitching about units in an internet comment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) I honestly wish we used metric in the US. What always cracks me up, are people not from the US who whine about our units, and demand that they be translated into their comfort units, which doesn't make them look smart, it makes them look like they can't do math as well as a teenager in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) I use metric all the time in the US. My 3D printer runs in millimeters and Celsius, I buy Pepsi by the liter, I dose every medicine by the gram, I meter electricity by the kilowatt and my lights are rated in lumens. What I don't do is this weird sense of superiority found in cultivated ignorance the Europeans seem so fond of on the subject. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago Yup that's my issue. We used metric all the time in the US. But you don't ever see us bitching about units in an internet comment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) I use metric all the time in the US. My 3D printer runs in millimeters and Celsius, I buy Pepsi by the liter, I dose every medicine by the gram, I meter electricity by the kilowatt and my lights are rated in lumens. What I don't do is this weird sense of superiority found in cultivated ignorance the Europeans seem so fond of on the subject. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago Yup that's my issue. We used metric all the time in the US. But you don't ever see us bitching about units in an internet comment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago Yup that's my issue. We used metric all the time in the US. But you don't ever see us bitching about units in an internet comment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago But we can at least do the conversions. And he usually doesn't need to, since the civilised word is using metric system. permalink fedilink source parent