Keith D Johnson
Some elevators help you envision equivalent measurement classifications.
(Not my photo. Just for fun I searched "Volskwagen". It's a common misspelling, apparently) https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22volskwagen%22&atb=v375-1&ia=web
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Mar 13, 2024 at 2:16amWeb
Show threadAI6YR BenMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson There is (was?) a website that gives you those alternatives... punch in a weight and it gives you equivalent measure in other things. I wonder what the site is and if it is still up.
Show threadDavid FrewMar 13, 2024
@ai6yr @KeithDJohnson
The Register has an online converter which includes: weight measured in
* Adult Badger
* Great White Shark
* Skateboarding Rhinoceri
* Australian Trams
https://www.theregister.com/Design/page/reg-standards-converter.html
The Reg online standards converter

Show threadAI6YR BenMar 13, 2024
@Dr_Von2 @KeithDJohnson Ha! Fun.
Show threadA.C. TupperMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson Another random equivalent because I'm somewhat hyperfixated: 10,313.38 kilowatt-hours worth of chemical energy as stored in magnesium, which would be a solid cube 95.2 cm on each edge.
Show threadDavid ConradMar 13, 2024

@KeithDJohnson

12,712 bananas for scale.

I would not get on an elevator with a hippo or six grizzlies, but 454 chihuahuas sounds adorable.

Show threadLord egeltje 🦔 🇪🇺   Mar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson so a chihuahua is 6.75 seagulls. 😃
#learnedsomething
Show threadBomengidsnlMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson @mlmartens how many treetrunks is what we want to know
Show threadSkip LacazeMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson It appears that the creator of this plaque missed the State of the Union address, during which President Biden used the current smaller #Snickers bar (44 grams since last September) as an example of #Shrinkflation. 30,000 Snickers bars now weigh only 1320 kg. #SOTU
Show threadHannekeMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson @snipe I imagine this is very useful to Americans
Show threadMarlene DeepDish, VSOPMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson It feels incomplete without a partridge in a pear tree.
Show threadSeiðrMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson You know what I don't see there? Imperial or American Customary Units. And that's as it should be.
Show threadKelvin n0mql EN35ldMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson
I need to share this with Callum @ #DXCommander
Show threadMax AlmonteMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson someone please fill this elevator with 30,000 Snickers bars as a gag.
Show threadLaurens 🐐Mar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson But how many small boulders the size of a large boulder? 🪨
Show threadMichael WeissMar 13, 2024
@ElBeeToots @KeithDJohnson definitely a bolder choice of measurement.
Show threadYesterday's RoseMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson As usual, "1500 kg" is the only Metric unit in sight
Show threadDuncan BluesMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson please load the Snickers bars into the Passat and send them my way!
Show threadWombatadonMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson I assume, then, that's a metric hippo?
Sensible units ftw!
Show thread0xC0DEC0DE07EAMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson Americans will use anything but the metric system.
Show threadDavid BMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson is that a laden or unladen Passat?
Show threadBenediktMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson tbh "Volskwagen" doesn't even sound as wrong as it's spelled 🤣
Show threadLucomoMar 13, 2024

@KeithDJohnson

"Could you all quickly eat your 28 bananas so that I can squeeze in my chihuahua, please?"

Show threadLarry GarfieldMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson Americans will use anything but the metric system, or whatever.
Show threadDany Mar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson For this recipe you'll need:
- 4 eggs
- 3 chihuahuas of all purpose flour
- 1 seagull of water
- 4 bananas of sugar
- 1 snickers bar of salt
Show threadHomaMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson May I use this (with credit) next time I do a training about writing contract scopes of work? I think it is a fun example of different ways to express information.
Show threadJorge Saturno Mar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson they should provide an uncertainty range, something like 12712 ± 15 bananas 😁
Show threadquello che perde i pezziMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson 454 chihuahuas is, from this very moment, my worst nightmare
Show threadVessOnSecurityMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson It's just for the convenience of the Americans who don't understand the metric system.
Show threadDoug 🌈🇨🇦 Mar 13, 2024
@bontchev @KeithDJohnson
I was repairing something and needed a short length to scarf in. Metric was easier for an odd length so I asked the wood lot guy to cut this to 347mm.
"I don't know how to do that!" He exclaimed.
I took him to the saw and pointed at the scale saying "100, 200, 300 and forty, 7. Right there."
"Wow is that ever easy! We should use that all the time!"
Show threadPassengerMar 13, 2024

@KeithDJohnson

I press the elevator button. There's a whirring sound as it comes to my floor. The door opens. 3,061 seagulls explode out into my face, angrily flapping, trying to get away from one another. I die within seconds.

Show threadTito CiuroMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson @ThePaulMcBride For those not being able to visualize 20 people, try with 3 cows.
Show threadtrelaneMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson Seems like pretty normal American units to me.
Show threadWoodswalkedMar 13, 2024

@KeithDJohnson
So… I have to do the conversion myself to tell if 12,000 bananas plus one grizzly is okay or too much?

Sigh… maths is hard.

Show threadOggieMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson I think this is what happens when an EU engineer gets exposed to enough of the US's absolutely crazy measurement system and just snaps.
Show threadRabbit CohenMar 13, 2024
@KeithDJohnson I like that they included hippos, seagulls, etc but not lbs.
Show threadMichaelMar 13, 2024

@KeithDJohnson Here’s a list of even more Units to convert to…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humorous_units_of_measurement?utm_campaign=mb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew

List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

Show threadCarsten O. 💚🌻📯Mar 14, 2024
@KeithDJohnson I cannot even say it in this way.
But here is a picture of a Passat.
But its weight is about 1.800kg because its an #phev
Show threadAlopexMar 17, 2024
@KeithDJohnson I knew hippos were large, but equal to *6* grizzly bears? Damn!