@talia_christine that's a standard measurement. everyone uses it

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Why not just measure it in the standard microtexas?

@talia_christine A hundred of these? Really?

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I know we're bad at math, but honestly, figuring out the width of 100 pugs strains my brain more than "a generous 36 yards."

@talia_christine So lazy. They should know that the proper scientific measurement in the US is 10.3 Volkswagen Beetles.

@talia_christine The metric system is too confusing for us!

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A hundred Franks are coming home!

@talia_christine I loathe clickbait headlines.

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Americans will really go to any lengths (or widths or heights) to avoid using the metric system, won't we?

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I thought that said 2 astronauts...

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In the American system:

100 pugs = about the size of 10,000 Maniacs.

@talia_christine 1 football field = 100 capybaras = 5000 Baluchistan pygmy jerboa

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This should give you a fairly good idea of what the asteroids are like. (in the US)

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I liked the 1000 capybaras one, myself.

@talia_christine I do believe you mean 100 “Freedom Pugs”.

@talia_christine are you *sure* they meant adult pugs? Could also be baby pugs.

@talia_christine What’s that in football fields or Olympic swimming pools? Or Volkswagens?

LB Would you rather fight ...?

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But how did all those pugs get into space?

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Wait, are the two asteroids 100 pugs big together or 100 pugs each. That headline is confusing.

@talia_christine nose-to-tail or shoulder-to-shoulder?

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How many quarter pounders does it weigh?

@talia_christine are these pigs nose to tail or stacked side by side? I don’t think this new sizing system compares favourably to the standard cubit.

@talia_christine but what's that in schnauzers?

@talia_christine pugs??
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on an another side, their customary units is too complicated and I can understand them, trying to find more visual reference :ablobcatcoffee:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units

@talia_christine that’s a choice. Not one that helps me understand the size or scale of a meteor. But it is a choice.

@talia_christine head to tail or shoulder to shoulder?

@talia_christine How many London buses though? That's the UK post-Brexit standard measure for such bodies.

@talia_christine We would support this unit of measurement!

@talia_christine funnily enough, I commented on a tech article today about these new TSMC fabs in the US. The area involved was measured in football fields. Football fields? Wtf is a football field? It makes as much sense as measuring satellites using elephants.

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Thank you! We deserve this.

@talia_christine In the UK the standard unit of volume is a washing machine.

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This is from the Jerusalem Post.

They always do this.

It is so that people post the article on social media tagging it "Mericans amiright??"

And it always works!! 🤣

@talia_christine How big is that in siamese cats?