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While the asteroid is traveling too far to pose any risk to the Earth, a possible impact event with it could become a worldwide catastrophe.

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[–] Protoknuckles 165 points 1 year ago (8 children)

American really will use any measurement except metric

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

If you regularly use metric in the US, you're either an aerospace engineer or a drug dealer. lol

Edit: Thank you everyone who ackshually'd my obvious joke. I'm aware metric is more widely used that that.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or the military, they use it a ton

[–] AbidanYre 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or the military, they use it ~~a ton~~ 907kg.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The ton is a metric unit too isn't it?

[–] GopherOwl 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A metric ton is 1000 kg. Source: Aerospace Military Industrial Complex drug dealer.

[–] FuglyDuck 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea, but the dealers only go to 900kg, because of their commission.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I only got 800kg from my guy to begin with, not sure where your numbers are coming from

[–] FuglyDuck 0 points 1 year ago

“This is why you need to pick up your drop promptly. The coast guard and DEA have been using sharks to go after drops. Honest!”

Your dealer, probably

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's both, or rather all three, because the Brits have their own ton as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And people give the Americans shit for their relationship with units and measures

At least American kids aren't weighed in stone lol

[–] Chainweasel 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The fastest way to find out is to ask how many grams are in an ounce.

28.8? Engineer

28? Dealer

[–] Phrodo_00 2 points 1 year ago

Wtf is an ounce? Scientist

[–] grue 3 points 1 year ago

TIL only aerospace engineers and drug dealers buy soda at the grocery store.

[–] Bytemeister 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd switch, but I've been on the Capy system my whole life, and it's just much more intuitive for me. Everyone knows how long a Capybara is. How fucking long a meter is? Beats the fuck out of me, maybe a half cap?

[–] unoriginalsin 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And we'll misapply it as well. The asteroid isn't the size of 1000 capybaras, it's as wide as 1000 capybaras lined up. Assuming it's roughly spherical, it's actually closer to the size of 524,000,000 capybaras.

[–] jarfil 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Asteroids can be wildly non-spherical though, in shapes way different than capybara non-sphericalities, so it's not only misapplied but likely also nonsensical... unless, it's a giant capybara shaped asteroid.

[–] unoriginalsin 1 points 1 year ago

True, but we're only given the one measurement and can only assume it to be true and accurate. Even if it is non-spherical, so long as the "diameter" given is a true average we can treat it as spherical for this purpose. And, the 1000 capybaras "measurement" is still of by many orders of magnitude.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] unoriginalsin 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Chainweasel 13 points 1 year ago

It really was a disservice to my generation and after (late 30s) that they gave up on it.

[–] Neto 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is 1,000 capybaras equal to 10,000 guinea pigs or is it 99,729.372456 guinea pigs? I'm bad at conversions.

[–] sylver_dragon 2 points 1 year ago

It depends on your motivation to pack them in the allotted space.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

If it were an American measurement it would be made in Hamberders

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You may deny it, but capybara measurement is peak measurement.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Jerusalem Post

Look I think the joke is as funny as anyone else but the "unit" is an animal most of the Americans its meant to lampoon most likely wouldn't have even heard of.

[–] FuglyDuck 1 points 1 year ago

We’ve all seen the memes, thank you very much.