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Zeusia@whereswoozle.bsky.social |
Okay, but this is wildly infuriating: "as tall as an NBA centre", "half the length of a pool cue" - just state the size of the things! I'll even cope if it's expressed in feet or inches, the NYT being American and all. These comparisons are daft for such easily comprehensible length measurements.
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Neil Gaiman
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
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Each day the @nytimes.com fills two Olympic sized swimming pools with size and measurement analogies.
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Arantor
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Anything, anything at all to avoid using metric.
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Chamber of Gouf Unsealer
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I had a textbook in high school that said 180 liters was as much as 90 2-liter bottles.
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Bruce Arthurs
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A useful diet app some years ago used hand portions to estimate servings: Thumb for smallest, then two fingers, palm, and fist. Then the app was updated to use sport balls (golf, tennis, baseball, softball) instead. Could never remember if baseball or softball was larger. Less effective, somehow.
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