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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Americans will do anything to avoid using the metric system smh my head

[–] Orbituary 11 points 2 months ago

Omg my god.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Omg my god.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I love when they compare size to so many of something that it's no longer understandable. "The same size 20 Olympic swimming pools!" Ok, I have no idea how much that is now.

[–] kamenlady 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's still easy to imagine, compared to the volume of 6000 gummy bears.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be honest with you I'm not really sure how big a single Olympic size swimming pool is either. 😅

[–] kamenlady 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I just fell into a rabbit hole the size of an Olympic Swimming Pool.

Before your comment, i didn't know this was a thing.

TL/DR

  • Length: 50 m (164 ft 1 in)

  • Width: 25 m (82 ft 0 in)

That's the size.

[–] AngryCommieKender 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Unfortunately, they come in various depths depending on if there is a diving pit or not. Also some of the larger natatoriums will combine up to three of them side by side so they have more lanes. The standard size is 8 lanes IIRC.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Today I learned. Thank you, stranger!

[–] kamenlady 3 points 2 months ago

You are welcome, not a stranger anymore, fellow lemming. ⊂(￣▽￣)⊃

[–] Daerun 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Petition to make Danny DeVito a unit of international standard of measurement.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I'm on the fence, but about a microdevito from agreeing

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Magnum dong for scale.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Then where is the skull's huge horn?

[–] frigidaphelion 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So how many DeVitos wide is the wingspan of quetzalcoatlus?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well I don't know what that is but my educated guess is 3.5

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Its closer to 8, Devito is 1.47 m and the wingspan is 11-12 m

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How much is that in smoots?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

0.8636897767 Smoots

[–] Etterra 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How many Danny DeVito's long is a Boeing 747?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Around tree fitty

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

please recommend me your favorite Danny Devito comedy movies and shows.

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

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

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

Thanks, but I have just finished episode 1 and there's not a single sight of Danny DeVito? He's not even listed in the main casts? Is he just a side character or guess star in this show?

[–] Denalduh 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He joined the show starting season 2 and is in almost every episode from that point forward. If you're seriously just starting Always Sunny, I'm extremely jealous of you. Being able to watch it for the first time is always a wild ride!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Should I just skip season 1? Do you think it's worth watching?

I'm at episode 3 and honestly I haven't felt it "click" yet. The comedy is based on the main 3 guys being idiots, and that's not the kind of thing I enjoy.

[–] Denalduh 1 points 2 months ago

He does add a lot to the show, but at the end of the day, the gang acting all stupid is the entire show's shtick.

[–] bitchkat 1 points 2 months ago

I don't know about watching it without having seen all the prior episodes but "The Nightman Cometh" is funniest half hour comedy ever produced.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

This page has a good list.