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[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 7 points 7 hours ago (1 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?

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 hours ago

Big

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Is this because Americans are so fucking stupid they can only guess the size of things relative to the size of other things?

[–] janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Hey! That's not nice. It's true, but it's not nice.

[–] sibannac@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

Its not metric but thats amore.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 121 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Anything but metric.

[+] Soulg@ani.social -26 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (5 children)

Yeah like two extremely relatable and immediately identifiable sizes that are much more visceral than saying ~13.3-16m and ~38cm

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 36 points 10 hours ago

Both school busses and pizzas change in size around the world. Metres do not

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 40 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I hate to break it to you, but when someone states anything in metric, I immediately have a feel for how large that is. That's because we usually state everything in metric, so we don't need to refer to random stuff and just learn the sizes of everything.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 20 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

And yet I still have no idea how big the squid is. Buses range in size dramatically.

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 20 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

So do large pizzas.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

How much is that in football fields?

[–] cenzorrll@piefed.ca 4 points 10 hours ago

About a 200th of a football field.

[+] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world -7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

No they don't? And we can see the proportions.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

A "school bus" can be a local mini that's like 8-10?m long, or a medium like 15-metre one. A "school bus" (as it would be near me) can also be an articulated main route bus that has three high schools and a major university on both ends of the corridor, at like 30 metres long.

Ditto pizzas. A "large" is such an arbitrary measurement.

as for "seeing" the proportions... if you gave me that picture and told me it was shrimp-sized (also a bit ambiguous), I couldn't question it. At best, the "pizza" and "bus" provide order of magnitude estimates.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

It says bus-sized, and it's long. That makes it a standard bus, not a short bus. And we can assume it's not a city bus, because it says school bus. It's pretty clear what the approximate size is.

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 13 points 13 hours ago (1 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.

[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 12 hours ago (2 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.

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 11 points 11 hours 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.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago (1 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.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 3 points 9 hours 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.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

What about the Uniroyal tire, the Lansing Lugnut , and the JK welding screw?

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I am the first to shit on the imperial system. I have to admit I agree with you on that one

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 45 points 13 hours ago

Can someome PLEASE get a banana down there?

[–] ik5pvx@lemmy.world 77 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

But is it a metric pizza or an imperial pizza?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

How many pizzas in a school bus?

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 8 points 14 hours ago

About 8 pizzas the size of small/large boulder.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 16 points 15 hours ago

Metric you filthy barbarian!

[–] AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours 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

[–] jlow@slrpnk.net 37 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This is perfect for the Anything but Metric comm!

[–] jlow@slrpnk.net 10 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Also nice detail that it's a large pizza not small oder medium 👌

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Found the German.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 points 2 hours ago

Not enough capital Letters on the Nouns

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 25 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 hours ago

Yeah, it's wild they do actually have large "photophores" at the ends of its 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.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 13 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Maybe it’s like my cat when I catch her on my security cams in night mode. Fuckin lasers.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 points 2 hours ago

Goddammit, Donut

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 8 points 14 hours ago

Lasers, how do they work?!

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They've been washing up on shore for over a century. What do you mean 'evidence discovered'?

[–] xzinik@feddit.cl 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

they got a bus next to one and put pizzas over its eyes

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 5 hours ago

put pizzas over its eyes

We all know that pizza was still eaten.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 15 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

original article here: https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/science/evidence-of-giant-squid-spotted-off-australia-in-historic-find/

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/giant-squid-edna-australia

btw the second image is from 2020

https://schmidtocean.org/schmidt-ocean-institute-offers-online-educational-science-content-for-students/

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

New pizza topping, Squid Eye!

You mean squid eyes?

No, squid eye.

[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 3 points 15 hours ago

I'm going to need a bigger jig.

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

How big in terms of burgers

[–] shath@hexbear.net 3 points 11 hours ago

at least 3 burgers

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

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