Giant asteroid the size of 1,000 capybaras to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA
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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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American really will use any measurement except metric
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.
Or the military, they use it a ton
The ton is a metric unit too isn't it?
A metric ton is 1000 kg. Source: Aerospace Military Industrial Complex drug dealer.
Yea, but the dealers only go to 900kg, because of their commission.
I only got 800kg from my guy to begin with, not sure where your numbers are coming from
“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
It's both, or rather all three, because the Brits have their own ton as well.
And people give the Americans shit for their relationship with units and measures
At least American kids aren't weighed in stone lol
The fastest way to find out is to ask how many grams are in an ounce.
28.8? Engineer
28? Dealer
Wtf is an ounce? Scientist
TIL only aerospace engineers and drug dealers buy soda at the grocery store.
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?
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.
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.
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.
We talking length or width?
Volume.
It really was a disservice to my generation and after (late 30s) that they gave up on it.
Is 1,000 capybaras equal to 10,000 guinea pigs or is it 99,729.372456 guinea pigs? I'm bad at conversions.
It depends on your motivation to pack them in the allotted space.
If it were an American measurement it would be made in Hamberders
You may deny it, but capybara measurement is peak measurement.
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.
We’ve all seen the memes, thank you very much.