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[–] 42 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Even if you think height divided by two, why even describe it that way? Giraffes are tall, but not so unfathomably tall that something half its size is incomprehensible. That’s 7-9ish feet. You couldn’t say the size of Andre the Giant?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Sorry, I don’t get the reference and the Wikipedia page didn’t help!

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    In his show Taskmaster he is well known for both writing tasks and making jokes through intentionally obtuse language and uncommon phrasing. Frequently the "obvious" interpretation of a task turns out to be non-obvious, or the answer to a riddle is this kind of nondeterministic situation that trips up the contestants and makes for better funny.

    Which is to say, the author of the headline is a troll, and did it internationally to bait this very kind of conversation. You won't know which way they sliced the giraffe unless you read the entire thing! Of course, after you do, you still won't know.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Ah, no wonder the Wikipedia page didn’t help… the top result when I searched was for a cult leader named Alex Horn. Thanks for the explanation!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The above explanation is correct, but specifically, he uses weird measurements. Like if a task involves counting a distance, he won't use something reasonable like meters, but how many rubber ducks long.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    People usually measure asteroids by mass (but then, those people are already abnormal, so who knows?), if so, it's something around the size of a cow.

    Or maybe they could use metric...

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    A big rock, maybe this is the appropriate time to use stone

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