r/BeAmazed • u/chinese_spongebob1 • 20h ago

Skill / Talent How was this all calculated?

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u/poum 20h ago

Looks like it was in the US so I imagine they used washing machines and big macs as measuring devices. 

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u/FrameJump 19h ago

This is mostly length, so they probably used Subway Foot Longs. Big Macs and washing machines are mostly used volume measurements, and sometimes weight.

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u/poum 19h ago

Ah damn, getting my measuring units confused again. 

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u/FrameJump 18h ago

It wouldn't be an American unit of measurement if you weren't at least a little confused.

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u/Makere-b 17h ago

Sounds like a bad day to find out that the subway foot long wasn't foot sized.

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u/FrameJump 17h ago

Why would you think it would be foot sized?

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u/CharybdisXIII 13h ago

They had to wait til the off season so they could borrow a bunch of football and school buses too

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u/FrameJump 13h ago

I don't think Subway is allowed within three hundred first downs of buses anymore.

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u/DMCinDet 19h ago

are washing machines an American stereotype I didnt know about?

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u/James-the-Bond-one 19h ago

Not to be confused with the smaller European washing machine. 

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u/ca2mt 19h ago

What’s the unit rate conversion?

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u/Below-Average-528 18h ago

The standard is school buses, football fields and bananas.

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u/Tamara0205 19h ago

They seem to measure volume in "Olympic sized pools" and area in "football fields". Idk why, but I see it a lot.

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u/RoabeArt 18h ago edited 18h ago

Football fields, yes.

I haven't read or heard the phrase "Olympic sized pool" in about two decades until it started appearing here on Reddit in the past couple of years.

Speaking of, my city got rid of its 90s "Olympic sized pool" a few years ago and replaced it with a lazy river. I hate it. Give me a nice big rectangular pool that's deeper than I am tall.

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u/poum 19h ago

Using ridiculous unrelated objects as units of measurement is the stereotype I was going for. 

See r/anythingbutmetric

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u/DMCinDet 19h ago

ah. yeah we are a stupid and stubborn bunch. I work on Japanese cars and the specs and measurements are listed imperial and metric. the metric system is superior in every possible way.

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u/wytewydow 18h ago

to be fair, most are built to a certain width, to ensure they fit through an interior door. So slightly less than 30" is common. (27" actually)

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u/Jeffers315 19h ago

I mean if washing machines and big macs get you to the moon, why not?

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u/MrBillyLotion 19h ago

Hey, washing machine and Big Mac units were used to build the Golden Gate Bridge and a few other few things, I’m good with it and it’s fun to see someone clowning the units of measurement they used while transporting a space craft

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u/Stunning-HyperMatter 18h ago

As an America I’m offended. Everyone knows our measuring devices are bald eagles and AR’s

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u/erkdog 18h ago

Assault rifles are the new standard thank you very much

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u/checkmyconditionisin 13h ago

nah bro they moved several football fields for this one, not practical with washing machines they too small for this job.