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A 15 story building... is the most odd relative measurement to use - wtf?
by znkynz 1y ago
A 15 story building... is the most odd relative measurement to use - wtf?
- hunter-gatherer 1y agoI used to live in a 14 story building, so I have a pretty good approximation of the size.
- mountainriver 1y ago150 foot longs
- 3eb7988a1663 1y agoIs that a pre or post lawsuit foot long? (Subway was sued that the "foot longs" were only 11-11.5 inches in length: https://www.startribune.com/subway-to-ensure-footlongs-measure-up-after-lawsuit/370511581 https://www.startribune.com/subway-to-ensure-footlongs-measu...)
- janderson215 1y ago$750 before tax
- janderson215 1y agoIt’s about 1/4 furlong
- mehwoot 1y agoIt's about 1 olympic sized swimming pool long, although I guess we're only allowed to use that for volume
- owlninja 1y agoAbout 200 hundred ducks stacked on top of each other.
- mark-r 1y agoNo weirder than measuring things by feet.
- aledalgrande 1y agoYou'd be happy to know we measure the size of horses in hands
- janderson215 1y agoAfrican or European?
- Galatians4_16 1y agoHow many SG1 Furlings is that?
- simondotau 1y agoCan you suggest something better? I’ve seen a 15 story building, so I’ve got some idea of scale.
- ac2u 1y agoAround 14 million SEGA Dreamcasts
- znkynz 1y ago~53-67 Metres?
- eknkc 1y agoYou know what, 15 story building is more intuitive. For a couple of meters it works, I can imagine a 3 meter wide asteroid just fine. But at 50 meters it becomes a distance unit for me and I can’t easily imagine an object with a 50m dimension. I’ve seen actual 15 story buildings though.
- nkrisc 1y agoI find it useful, I could immediately picture a several buildings about that height I know.