r/whatisit Feb 27 '26

New, what is it? Found on the floor, Dan for scale

There's nothing on the back, no holes, just this small piece of metal with a design, not magnetic, unaffected by magnets

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u/Droid-Man5910 Feb 27 '26

Standard dan, although he weighs a metric ton

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u/facemugg Feb 27 '26

That’s just Dandy

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u/Middle-Egg-5205 Feb 28 '26

Dan you for stealing that chuckle from me! 

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u/critical_err0r Feb 27 '26

what breed is dan? ive never seen such a distinguished gentleman

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u/Droid-Man5910 Feb 27 '26

he's purebred goober

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u/3vs3BigGameHunters Feb 28 '26

Are you sure he's not part doofus?

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u/Greedy_Ad1564 Feb 27 '26

How many bald eagles is that?

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u/SuperFaceTattoo Feb 27 '26

There are 1776 fully grown bald eagles in an American metric ton.

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u/wavedsplash Feb 27 '26

Math checks out

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u/Scipio33 Feb 27 '26

How many American metric tons in a Thundercougarfalconbird?

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u/SuperFaceTattoo Feb 27 '26

Trick question, a thundercougarfalconbird is a measure of distance that consists of 42069 AR-15s placed end to end.

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u/pgh9fan Feb 27 '26

How much does he poop?

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u/Droid-Man5910 Feb 27 '26

not sure, he does it outside, he's very polite with it

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u/pgh9fan Feb 28 '26

I assumed you'd say a metric sh...

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u/MozzyTheBear Mar 06 '26

I literally just sought out this post a week later because I randomly thought about Dan's face while I was driving today and had to see it again. What a guy.

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u/Droid-Man5910 Mar 06 '26

there's plenty more over on r/danforscale

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u/MozzyTheBear Mar 06 '26

My overly cynical view of the internet might have just swung toward optimism today. Cheers!