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[–] 175 points 6 months ago (20 children)
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    Yeah like two extremely relatable and immediately identifiable sizes that are much more visceral than saying ~13.3-16m and ~38cm

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    What is large pizza? The only size of pizza I know is pizza. How many seats does the school bus have? That can easily change by 15 meters.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    In the US, pizzas have basically been standardized by the national chains to be 10 inch (25cm) for a small, 12 inch (30 cm) for a medium, and 14 inch (36 cm) for a large.

    Honestly, this is probably the most effective way to communicate circle sizes to me, as I am quite familiar with exactly how big each of those sizes are.

    I'm obviously familiar with other lengths as lengths, but for flat circles, there's not really a better intuitive comparison.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    In Italy a pizza is a pizza. Size can vary a little bit restaurant to restaurant, but no way you can ask a different size pizza than the one you're being served.

    Some places may offer slightly smaller ones for kids, but that's quite uncommon.

    As you can see, this is not at all a reliable way to communicate sizes: I have no way to decypher how large a large pizza is.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    That's exactly my point. While this may make sense for your average fast food loving American, it just doesn't in the rest of the world.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Them there's also the problem the fast food corpos made themselves when they expand internationally, they have to downsize their portion sizes because the rest of the world doesn't eat like fast food loving Americans.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    bigger than a school bus describes a Bodega, the eiffel tower, Mexico, Jupiter and the entirety of the universe.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Everything except for smaller stuff. You know, things like tires, lug nuts, screws, atoms, electrons, etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Be really easy to say something like "squid the size of a 15 meter bus with eyes the size of a 38cm pizza"

    Now I'm wondering how the search trends look when these stories hit. Does google have a spike of people asking how big a school bus is and/or for average size of large pizza? Is it something they're doing on purpose to gather more data on us?

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  • [–] 53 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Can someome PLEASE get a banana down there?

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    You need specialized hardware - a simple banana would crush under the pressure.

    In order to properly measure and preserve the dimensions of the banana, you would need a miniature submarine with a clear glass window.

    How they managed to get the pizzas and school bus down there is not explained, however I trust that they did the measurements properly with pizza and school bus submarines.

    But most of all, FUCK NY POST

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  • [–] 81 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    But is it a metric pizza or an imperial pizza?

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  • [–] 35 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    This is perfect for the Anything but Metric comm!

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  • [–] 29 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    What's going on in the left photo? Does the squid have bioluminescent danglers at the front?

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

    Yeah, it's wild they do actually have large "photophores" at the ends of their arms. More info here:

    https://www.livescience.com/animals/squids/elusive-octopus-squid-with-worlds-largest-biological-lights-attacks-camera-in-striking-new-video

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taningia_danae

    Taningia danae, the Dana octopus squid, is a species of squid in the family Octopoteuthidae, the octopus squids. It is one of the largest known squid species, and it has one of the largest photophores (light organs) known in any organism.

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    With such statsian measurements, its hard to tell for the rest of us; are the pizzas big for the US or for normal people?

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    In America if you order the largest size pizza and it fits through the door horizontally, you're legally permitted to eat the delivery driver.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago* (1 child)
  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago

    How many double decker buses tall is it?

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Its not metric but thats amore.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    But does the pizza have pineapples on it?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    I'm going to need a bigger jig.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Costco pizza or Little Caesars

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  • [+] 9 points 6 months ago (7 children)
  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it true that Europeans still haven't figured out how to land on the Moon? Aside from the US and USSR doing it 50+ years ago, China, Japan, and India have also managed to achieve it by now. Hell, even Singapore and Pakistan are gonna get there before you.

    It’s because hydrogen is superior to electric batteries in terms of ease of storage, range, filling up, and probably even energy use.

    Confidently incorrect. Love to see it. If only you could ascertain the size of your own head relative to the size of your brain.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    What used to be considered a large pizza is now sold as extra large and it really isn't as big as an old large pizza its like what a medium was . So this thing has a big ass body and beedie little eyes

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    This is the most terrifying thing I've ever studied furiously

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    New pizza topping, Squid Eye!

    You mean squid eyes?

    No, squid eye.

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    [–] 19 points 6 months ago

    Eyes the size of a large pizza

    Which sounds less impressive as it used to, with shrinkflation taking its toll also on Italian food craftsmanship.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    “Longer” would also be more appropriate than “bigger”. To me, the latter implies it is more massive in size than a school bus.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Well now I want pizza, thanks.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Squids have headlights?

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Everything but the metric system

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Is that large pizza like the 1,2m pizza I had in Poland 15 years ago, or a regular sized large pizza at 40-50cm?

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