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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

They are from an illustration of how big wikipedia would be if it were printed in books like volumes of a typical encyclopedia. Unfortunately, it is misrepresented here, because they only show the equivalent of 4 bookshelves in this meme, when the original illustration was 17 shelves (about 4x what is pictured here). So basically, wikipedia would comfortably line the walls of an average-sized study. Source: WIKIPEDIA - Size in Volumes

Interestingly, the link I just shared would fall under the category "Lording it over Britannica" in OP's meme.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Whoa that's super cool!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

That’s still comprehensible. I would’ve thought Wikipedia was bigger.