• prettybunnys
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    2 days ago

    People understand units of measure.

    A kilogram or a pound have no real tangible comparison to real world things unless you yourself make the comparison.

    It’s fun to equate two things, here they’ve taken things people understand as “huge” and compare them using actual measurements to draw that comparison.

    It’s fun.

    I hope this helps.

    • labsin
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      2 days ago

      A kilogram or a pound have no real tangible comparison to real world things unless you yourself make the comparison

      A kilogram is a 1l bottle of water. A ton a 1m3 cube of water or a car. 10 ton a truck.

      Anything bigger is just unimaginable ^^

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        1 day ago

        Anything bigger is your mom

        • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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          13 hours ago

          everyone makes this comparison, in the mind of a normal person 1kg is a 1l bottle, they’re the same concept in the brain

    • lunarul@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      On the other hand, I can pretty much estimate by hand that something weighs around 1kg from experience, but I’ve never actually seen a blue wale in real life or have a real understanding of its weight.

    • rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com
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      2 days ago

      That’s a good point. I tend to see the comparisons as comedy, like a car as big as a whale, but maybe I need to get off the scales and into the books 😅