I think the craziest comparison I'd ever heard was at a space "convention" (more like a get together) in Hawaii back in 2011. A couple people who operated the telescopes out there had some time to speak and one of them fired out this gem. "Next week we will have an asteroid the size of 37,000 .22 bullets, WITHOUT the brass casings, do a flyby".
Not only are they ridiculous and "anything to avoid metric", but when you say "the size of" I automatically assume it's referring to volume. And the volume of 100 hotdogs even if it's metal is pretty insignificant and I assume it would just burn up fairly quickly in the atmosphere. But if I understood this video correctly "the size of multiples of x" means the approximate diameter of an asteroid (which generally are rather potatoe shaped) is the same as the height/length of multiples of x when laid end to end? That's a _very_ big difference!
I am very conflicted about this one. I find those comparisons ridiculous. I agree with you in regards to the marketing value of such a headline. But then again... I am from the metric side of things, so these comparisons truly seem to me - like you said - just one of the many excuses to not have to use the metric system.
🤣🤣 Now hang on, why did Aaron have to update his Taylor Swift article a day later? Was Taylor re-measured? Did the stress of the Super Bowl shrink her? I feel you need to dig deeper into that anomaly, Ian. Don’t forget these issues with standard units of measurement are what caused the Hubble telescope to be blurry when it first went up….
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They are never, ever going to destroy Earth together...
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I think the craziest comparison I'd ever heard was at a space "convention" (more like a get together) in Hawaii back in 2011. A couple people who operated the telescopes out there had some time to speak and one of them fired out this gem.
"Next week we will have an asteroid the size of 37,000 .22 bullets, WITHOUT the brass casings, do a flyby".
American Geese. Canadian Alligators.
I'll patiently be waiting for the Gobi Desert Polar Bears
Reminds me of the "Large boulder the size of a small boulder"
Not only are they ridiculous and "anything to avoid metric", but when you say "the size of" I automatically assume it's referring to volume. And the volume of 100 hotdogs even if it's metal is pretty insignificant and I assume it would just burn up fairly quickly in the atmosphere. But if I understood this video correctly "the size of multiples of x" means the approximate diameter of an asteroid (which generally are rather potatoe shaped) is the same as the height/length of multiples of x when laid end to end?
That's a _very_ big difference!
I am very conflicted about this one. I find those comparisons ridiculous. I agree with you in regards to the marketing value of such a headline. But then again... I am from the metric side of things, so these comparisons truly seem to me - like you said - just one of the many excuses to not have to use the metric system.
I saw one the other day that said 51 Canadian geese
You may not know what a capybara is but no cap, that video was fun
Glad you enjoyed it!!! It was fun to make
Excellent! Your pug asteroid description reminded me of Sam O'Nella Academy's "Literal Animal Planets" episode. I think you'd get a kick out of it.
I'll check it out!
There's no way these articles are real. 🤣 I size everything in terms of numbers of Marshall amps. Everything.
Dude, these are 100% real hahaha
Yeah, I've noticed this, too. I couldn't figure out what was going on.
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Now hang on, why did Aaron have to update his Taylor Swift article a day later? Was Taylor re-measured? Did the stress of the Super Bowl shrink her? I feel you need to dig deeper into that anomaly, Ian. Don’t forget these issues with standard units of measurement are what caused the Hubble telescope to be blurry when it first went up….
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Funny.
Thanks!
69, nice!
Love that movie
Do it like germany and standardize, here we only use football fields for size comparison