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[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are apples a standardized measurement? How many centimetres is an apple? How do you measure the apple? Is this person using this measurement jokingly or are they serious? So many questions.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Keyboard nerd Chyrosran22 usually makes fun of imperial units in his videos.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You use apples because they didn't have bananas back then

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 1 day ago

And gooseberries are just too small to be convenient.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Hello Kitty unit of measurement is recognized by all.

[–] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

She also weighs three apples, and is a human -not a cat.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Me And my wife argued about this all the time. It took forever for her to realize she was arguing weight instead of height. 😂

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the smurfs are three apples tall, she may have mixed them up

That is an interesting factoid. I always figured the top be 1 apple at least.

[–] spinne@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

!anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I need something more modern. How many sauce packets is that?

[–] Soku@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Before or after shrinkflation?

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago
[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

A convincing system to end a discussion, while crushing a coco with the other hand.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Looks to me somewhere between two fingers