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(DIR) Post #B5wEt3TLMD9e0jWOki by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T01:53:31Z
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People make fun of Americans and our units, but this is a real infographic about hail size from a news station.
(DIR) Post #B5wF2w3fmFr1udE3LU by skewray@mathstodon.xyz
2026-05-04T01:55:18Z
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@futurebird Did this graphic get cut off on the left? I don't see Trump's testicles.
(DIR) Post #B5wF6BOBEagmKRMliS by GeePawHill@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T01:55:53Z
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@futurebird I've been outside in quarter-sized hail, which *hurts*. I cannot *imagine* how bad anything bigger than that would be.
(DIR) Post #B5wFBfpZTocaBqnRc8 by jrdepriest@infosec.exchange
2026-05-04T01:56:53Z
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@futurebird "Hen egg"
(DIR) Post #B5wFE1CH0nwB2FX7dA by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T01:57:21Z
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@jrdepriest Rooster egg hail means it's really bad.
(DIR) Post #B5wFIP5c7cECIMVe0u by victorvonvortex@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T01:58:06Z
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@futurebird I don't see a canned ham on there.
(DIR) Post #B5wFMBD9fBIaPVpyFs by Tock@corteximplant.com
2026-05-04T01:58:45Z
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@futurebird Still a lousy graphic as most of those vary in hardness.I don't mind being bombarded by raw Hen Eggs in the 100s, my paint is already peeling off. But compared to 100 Grapefruit falling from the sky, eggs won't kill me.
(DIR) Post #B5wFWYnunflMTiyuK8 by maxleibman@beige.party
2026-05-04T02:00:40Z
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@futurebird What would you have us do—describe hail size in terms of METRIC balls?
(DIR) Post #B5wFdC5rdTKU4PXXrU by wtrmt@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T02:01:51Z
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@futurebird [with fake French accent] in the metric world we compare hail with perfect spheres made of platinum-iridium, in decimal steps.
(DIR) Post #B5wFeraErXpL2RXl0S by theogrin@chaosfem.tw
2026-05-04T02:02:07Z
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@futurebird @jrdepriest I don't think anyone's seen ostrich egg hail for a while, but I can't imagine it'd be healthy to be out in.
(DIR) Post #B5wGVAiAzS6tQBCO7U by adriano@lile.cl
2026-05-04T02:11:35Z
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@futurebird -big-ass pea-or small-ass tennis ball -or por qué no los dos
(DIR) Post #B5wGWNA4BgOCK6ohrk by dpiponi@mathstodon.xyz
2026-05-04T02:11:49Z
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@futurebird There's a clearly visible gap. Pity Americans don't play cricket.
(DIR) Post #B5wHV2XVTQrM1vi23k by sollat@masto.ai
2026-05-04T02:22:47Z
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@futurebird Somebody just really wanted to stick a mothball on there.
(DIR) Post #B5wHdM3YnHVGsTfP1M by chessert@mastodon.online
2026-05-04T02:24:17Z
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@futurebird I have personally witnessed ping pong/golf ball sized hail. You do not want to be outdoors when that's coming down.We had a good hail storm in 2014 when I lived in SC. $5k damage to my truck (parked outdoors), and every roof in our subdivision wound up being replaced. Fortunately insurance covered almost all of the cost!
(DIR) Post #B5wHvESLn1ggWDmqUS by count_01@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T02:27:31Z
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@futurebird No bumblebee? No cod? This size chart is missing all the flying wildlife.
(DIR) Post #B5wIKUn4CGkSPxWVCC by petabites@mastodon.world
2026-05-04T02:32:02Z
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@futurebird and Mountain Oyster size, in West Virginia.
(DIR) Post #B5wJcAGxJwK9wuUbzM by lina@neuromatch.social
2026-05-04T02:46:28Z
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@futurebirdwhat commie units do other countries use for hail?
(DIR) Post #B5wJtwYn2dNYdLJPma by JoshuaACNewman@xeno.glyphpress.com
2026-05-04T02:49:39Z
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@futurebird that ... grapefruit...?
(DIR) Post #B5wKSI0jnJkV0XlIQK by terribletowelie@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T02:55:55Z
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@futurebird we still measure distance by the size of a big dude's foot
(DIR) Post #B5wKbI4avsO7o5rFuC by d1@autistics.life
2026-05-04T02:57:30Z
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@futurebird it was about the size of a hen-fruit
(DIR) Post #B5wLQg9j9XYjGclLEW by NealAStidham@mstdn.social
2026-05-04T03:06:49Z
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@futurebird At least some of those are standardized, which makes them valid frames of reference. All baseballs are the same size, all golf balls, etc. It's when the point of comparison is incredibly variable that the absurdity happens. Potato-sized hail? That could be baby Yukons, or it could be russets, and that makes a *hell* of a difference.
(DIR) Post #B5wLci240CgmYsukrI by JosephMeyer@c.im
2026-05-04T03:09:00Z
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@futurebird No basketball-sized hail? Maybe climate change will bring it.
(DIR) Post #B5wMAuivK4djljGuzg by richardwrightfan@surf.social
2026-05-04T03:15:06Z
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@futurebird Lordt...🤦🏿♂ hahaha!
(DIR) Post #B5wN4OPMeqyxlEZs6C by 12thRITS@mstdn.social
2026-05-04T03:25:11Z
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@futurebird One of my favorite Don de Lillo lines is "hailstones the size of hailstones."
(DIR) Post #B5wOjqQtT3IAVMcey8 by KanaMauna@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T03:43:54Z
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@futurebird at least there’s no hail the size of hail nonsense
(DIR) Post #B5wOouFkgux9njpCCG by AnnonBudgie@theblower.au
2026-05-04T03:44:45Z
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@futurebird we use cricket balls instead of baseball 😂
(DIR) Post #B5wPYCCIoyesUBo5fU by JimmyWalnuts@noauthority.social
2026-05-04T03:53:02Z
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@futurebird No bowling ball?
(DIR) Post #B5wQMSErSEB4iSy8GW by machinaecrire@mstdn.social
2026-05-04T04:02:05Z
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@futurebird Do you know the source of this image?
(DIR) Post #B5wQgEUAIWt3qxYfKa by Mattsdspatch@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T04:05:39Z
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@futurebird I understand David Letterman once lost an earlier job as a TV weatherman in Indianapolis for reporting hail, "... the size of canned hams." A wonderful sense of humor that was, perhaps, not appreciated fully by some in his audience at the time. Still cracks me up because, of course, canned hams come in a wide variety of sizes; although I don't suppose any of them would be welcome hammering down from he skies!
(DIR) Post #B5wQnANdxXAX9FoWrg by Monsieur_Lepetit@toot.community
2026-05-04T04:06:54Z
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@futurebird "Global Warming Meter: your are at tennisball on a scale of pea to grapefruit"
(DIR) Post #B5wRv7ATt0brSM0kyW by glocq@mathstodon.xyz
2026-05-04T04:19:32Z
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@unitedemesure
(DIR) Post #B5wWwXZDiisHOM599s by tonwood@mathstodon.xyz
2026-05-04T05:15:48Z
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@futurebird Does the arrow mean the tennis ball is especially laughable? Why?
(DIR) Post #B5wgY2BjjWtyfE3DyS by flaki@flaki.social
2026-05-04T07:03:25Z
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@futurebird I know the food rules/FDA been messed up in the US long before the current admin has taken a sledgehammer to it but do US folk really only have/know one size of chicken egg?
(DIR) Post #B5wikC0HGZpAULcH9k by rubinjoni@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T07:28:03Z
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@futurebird The Nut Scale is more intuitive: hazelnut, chestnut, coconut.
(DIR) Post #B5wjb9pA6EED4rfllQ by ptoothfish@beige.party
2026-05-04T07:37:36Z
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@futurebird we don’t need your metric nonsense we have inches“okay, two-inch hailstones”well, how big is that? are we talking golf balls or goofballs here?
(DIR) Post #B5woyWDvU6bKymDNnk by zappes@mastodon.online
2026-05-04T08:37:51Z
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@futurebird
(DIR) Post #B5wrMJs9G2GlWyVO8e by benroyce@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T02:53:57Z
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@geckzilla @futurebird that's because these are fruits and vegetables, which Americans don't eat because they are too healthy, and thus aren't familiar with them(/s)
(DIR) Post #B5wrMKZ2gYa3g0Zdzs by dgar@aus.social
2026-05-04T03:20:09Z
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@geckzilla @benroyce @futurebird they’re “artist impressions” of fruit and vegetables.
(DIR) Post #B5wrMKwnGFZyrfgc1A by benroyce@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T04:03:49Z
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@dgar @geckzilla @futurebird American artists are great because I think it really captures the fanciful impression of these mythological items
(DIR) Post #B5wrMLRHQtxwODwxXM by ModestinoSycamore@mastodon.online
2026-05-04T07:55:34Z
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@benroyce @dgar @geckzilla @futurebird Although Spain uses the decimal metric system, for some time now, when news programmes want to convey to the public just how large an area is (for example, a piece of land that has caught fire), they say: “An area equivalent to X football pitches has been burnt.”Sad but true.
(DIR) Post #B5wrMLrVrMwvhaDuQS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T09:04:24Z
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@ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla I don't know if I'd call it sad. Standard objects of comparison can make numbers and communication more clear. I get a little tired that it's always SPORTS but things are standardized in sports. Frankly I wish I had a list of small object that were *globally* familiar that I could use when asking people the size of the ant they saw. I need:Something about 2.5mm longSomething about 1cm longSomething about 1.8cm longAny ideas?
(DIR) Post #B5wrbyNuuq2RWOpSKG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T09:07:26Z
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@ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla This is because ants come in about 3 sizes. Ant people will know what you mean by "tiny ants" (2mm) "little ants" (3mm) "regular ants" (5mm) and "big ants" (over 1cm)Though do you measure the legs too? It can get messy. Which is why sometime you just say "tiny ants"
(DIR) Post #B5wrhh1WNS3hPk55Ci by GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org
2026-05-04T09:08:17Z
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@futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla The diameter of a two tips toothpick is 2 mm (just checked).
(DIR) Post #B5wrqnHeTI53R5xveK by bruce@darkmoon.social
2026-05-04T09:10:07Z
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@futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla Grains of rice?
(DIR) Post #B5wrwPDQrvTsWmfTO4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T09:11:09Z
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@bruce @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla Grains of rice was my first thought until I started looking at rice and HOOBOY does it come in a lot of different sizes.
(DIR) Post #B5ws3bZVKO8qsOQOi8 by Phosphenes@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T09:12:25Z
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@futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla 1 cm might be a green pea.
(DIR) Post #B5ws4M4GSM4z57Ac2i by bruce@darkmoon.social
2026-05-04T09:12:29Z
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@futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla Yes, I thought of that, too. But I think it's still okay. Unless you specify a particular variety, most people will just assume long grain white rice or something similar.But maybe I'm wrong. 🤷
(DIR) Post #B5wsGVvpblLb9J1Wa0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T09:14:47Z
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@bruce @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla Rice might help one tell if they saw a "big ant" or not but that's not the most common problem. Mostly I want to know if the ants were tiny 1 to 3mm at most or medium. Sometimes medium ants are the smallest ants people have ever noticed and they think they are tiny and they aren't. I guess just get out the ruler.
(DIR) Post #B5wscp8OtS9j4mXagC by bruce@darkmoon.social
2026-05-04T09:15:08Z
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@futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla Maybe you should start measuring other small things using tiny ants as a comparison. "Yeah, it was about the size of three tiny ants."Give folks something to think about. :P
(DIR) Post #B5wscqHecX9UdlsUk4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T09:18:48Z
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@bruce @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla She was 340 tiny ants tall.
(DIR) Post #B5wsi81M6N0T6Cm6sK by TheSecondVariation@graz.social
2026-05-04T09:19:43Z
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@futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla Well in school we were always told a tumbnail is around a cm, although that is probably very rough and depends on the person.One thing that was a surprise to me in that regard is that in TV shows and so on we always got told that carob seeds were used as a standard of weight because they always weigh the same. A year ago I got my hands on some actual carob and had a very precise scale with me and turns out they differ in weight by a lot like 20 % or more. Maybe if you take packs of 50 or 100 you get statistical averaging.
(DIR) Post #B5wsq99Lmvi6uvL0q0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T09:21:14Z
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@TheSecondVariation @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla 20 percent isn't that bad in variation compared to rice. Some rice is like 5 times longer than other rice.
(DIR) Post #B5wswGoEDwbWPSNVfk by esnyder@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T09:22:17Z
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@futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla 2.5mm ~ width of a quinoa seed, 1cm ~ width of a AAA battery 🤷
(DIR) Post #B5wtI8cPMCrPNTHDVY by krans@mastodon.me.uk
2026-05-04T09:26:13Z
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@futurebirdRoughly half the length of index fingerRoughly length of index fingernailRoughly twice the length of index fingernail Most people will have access to at least one index finger, either their own or borrowed@ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla
(DIR) Post #B5wtUjoosDqSE85eme by MamaLake@beige.party
2026-05-04T09:28:32Z
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@futurebird @bruce @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla couscous sized ant is rather cute to see and say
(DIR) Post #B5wtoM46tibOLgb2RM by ModestinoSycamore@mastodon.online
2026-05-04T09:32:04Z
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@futurebird @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla "I get a little tired that it's always SPORTS but things are standardized in sports."This is the point: here, everything is explained using football as a comparison: it’s a monoculture, my friend! 😅😅
(DIR) Post #B5wtp6JcwMLXn8D50q by bruce@darkmoon.social
2026-05-04T09:29:27Z
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@MamaLake @futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla Quinoa is also fun
(DIR) Post #B5wtp7vEy01mm4odHM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T09:32:08Z
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@bruce @MamaLake @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla There are some other problems with using seeds for comparison. If you are dealing with harvesters she will steal your means of measurement.
(DIR) Post #B5wuQSjwWtWW3QKnZY by MTP@musicians.today
2026-05-04T09:38:57Z
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@futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzillaA barleycorn!https://youtu.be/GDUt-Kbxqsg
(DIR) Post #B5wuRKHnRl5w7la5CK by grob@mstdn.social
2026-05-04T09:39:01Z
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@futurebird I guess peanuts are quite known globally? And they have multiple sizes incorporated: length of a single nut core and length of 2 nut cores within their shell, for example. Downside is, you always have to say which you mean.
(DIR) Post #B5wwHErmwQ0AKQjXkW by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T09:59:44Z
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These are real american news infographics with real american units of measure. They have taken us for absolute fools!(This is paraphrasing an ancient meme. Bless be if you know, you are an old one too then.)
(DIR) Post #B5wwOzQSEYwGkwe0QK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T10:01:07Z
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@bruce @MamaLake @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla When I was in college I always studied mathematics or computer science. But as an adult I've grown to love biology. It's charming that your object of study has a mind of its own and might just walk away. I wish that would happen in math too.
(DIR) Post #B5wwSGsTnuyXkeJkn2 by wyatt_h_knott@mstdn.social
2026-05-04T10:01:43Z
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@futurebird @bruce @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla "what's your shoe size?" "well, I usually wear something about 130 ants long, but I definitely need wider than the standard 40 ant shoe"
(DIR) Post #B5wwfIX8xW0YeSY7iC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T10:04:05Z
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@bruce @MamaLake @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla What is d/dx(e^[2x])?As soon as I coax it out from under the couch I will tell you.
(DIR) Post #B5wwghUfdwiwLz3sR6 by wyatt_h_knott@mstdn.social
2026-05-04T10:04:19Z
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@futurebird @bruce @MamaLake @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla that's also why Florida smugglers switched from cocaine to humans: the cargo loads and unloads itself 🤣
(DIR) Post #B5wwrECUtXBigia5Gi by jgrg@mstdn.science
2026-05-04T10:06:10Z
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@futurebird 2.5" is actually slightly too small for a tennis ball, and they can be up to 2.7"
(DIR) Post #B5wxamwYZI0DTLqk88 by sinvega@mas.to
2026-05-04T10:14:27Z
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@futurebird love my metric grapefruit
(DIR) Post #B5wxeybd9Jkcnk3hbs by raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie
2026-05-04T10:15:11Z
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@futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla "Something about 2.5mm longSomething about 1cm longSomething about 1.8cm long"Long grain rice or match head.finger nail or top of key cap.toe or keyboard key spacing
(DIR) Post #B5wxgMD8s7GKIhGMNc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T10:15:29Z
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@MTP @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla People keep asking me where #PicaThecat got her name. She is named after the unit of measure in this video and I was delighted that he remembered to mention it!
(DIR) Post #B5wxkXzf0Sxw0AxGSm by raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie
2026-05-04T10:16:11Z
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@futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla I've only seen one size of ant here.
(DIR) Post #B5wxwJGBbwLNmXIFvs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T10:18:22Z
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@raymaccarthy @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla Impossible! Judging by the lovely photo of mossy rocks you have pinned you will find all sizes of ants in your area. The only people with just one size of ant are in Antartica I think. Because there are no native ants and only two introduced species and both are "little ants"
(DIR) Post #B5wy2NHxXtAu0v0ytk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T10:19:28Z
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@raymaccarthy @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla Really giving the ubiquity of ants maybe using them as a unit of measure isn't as silly as I thought at first.
(DIR) Post #B5wyn94mCnl7Xp9OyG by Taco_lad@aus.social
2026-05-04T10:27:46Z
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@futurebird here are 4. I have to put the kids to sleep, so no alt text for now #ALT4me
(DIR) Post #B5wyoIjJnXNLm7fHWK by raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie
2026-05-04T10:28:06Z
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@futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla In fact I rarely see ants here IRL. Even spilling sugar doesn't work. Every size of spider including a few giant ones that don't match the large spiders on Irish wildlife sites, which is a little worrying.Also no moles, snakes or woodpeckers.No wolves since 18th C.
(DIR) Post #B5wyyDYFuEwsbuDdA0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T10:29:55Z
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@Taco_lad "it's a box full of demons"ain't that the truth, brother
(DIR) Post #B5wzbaTMcUR2zbhgvo by GinevraCat@toot.community
2026-05-04T10:37:00Z
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@futurebird Better get it quick! They tend to double! @bruce @MamaLake @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla
(DIR) Post #B5wzzzhWTNl8BexrYe by vonxylofon@witter.cz
2026-05-04T10:41:16Z
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@futurebird I'm calling fake because it says "hen" and not "chicken"./s in case it's needed
(DIR) Post #B5x0EwkPjfsZN4RlGS by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
2026-05-04T10:44:05Z
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@futurebird am I the only one to be disturbed by a huge gap between baseball and softball? What of the hail size is 3⅜"?
(DIR) Post #B5x0OAbJbCTOwUaZUm by clayfoot@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T10:45:46Z
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@futurebird They got that from the US National Weather Servicehttps://www.weather.gov/boi/hailsize
(DIR) Post #B5x2UTwEocbsYvVrFo by 3janeTA@beige.party
2026-05-04T11:09:19Z
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@futurebird they forgot the tea-cup sized hail
(DIR) Post #B5x2vTmXVNVttbqkXw by PetraPhoenix@beige.party
2026-05-04T11:14:09Z
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@futurebird @bruce @MamaLake @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla I don't know, I found that when I studied maths it regularly got away from me
(DIR) Post #B5x4z8Sgulaiq6R9zE by benroyce@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T11:37:16Z
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@futurebird @bruce @MamaLake @ModestinoSycamore @dgar @geckzilla 🤭
(DIR) Post #B5x67v2uGPphn782ds by iwein@mas.to
2026-05-04T11:50:02Z
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@futurebird that's a tricky challenge 😅Torx 8M10M18Meh, but using standardized hardware, even if it seems less obvious, makes sense because I guess every human has access to them. Even football field means different things across the globe, and dandelions don't grow in all climates. Plum or cherry pits assumes the same cultivar, so could surprise someone at some point. @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla
(DIR) Post #B5x9ZfXxmYmXgzZxtA by spacemagick@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T12:28:42Z
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@futurebird Yes we do. And I apologise.(Well, sort of.)🙂 #units #measurement #metrology
(DIR) Post #B5xAo1IjnRSlAereOu by Wharrrrrrgarbl@an.errant.cloud
2026-05-04T12:42:28Z
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@futurebird 2.5mm a fork tine?1 cm a fingertip? (which one as needed for hand size - fingernail also an option) 1.8 cm two fingertips/nails based on the reference hand above
(DIR) Post #B5xDkKJFTwuspP29wm by N33R@fops.cloud
2026-05-04T13:15:25.435267Z
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@4censord @futurebird yes because its falling from the sky, it arranges itself in the most aerodynamic way
(DIR) Post #B5xN3nfrQbWIzTyGOW by lowlevel@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T14:59:49Z
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@futurebird please stop this mess, use just a banana for scale.
(DIR) Post #B5xP8lNZaVyVEGuZ0q by TheLancashireman@hostux.social
2026-05-04T15:23:05Z
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@futurebird Some more objects at the larger end of the scale:https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8lhzk2Hail the size of one of these landing nearby could spoil your whole day.There's a bit of step up from grapefruit but I'm sure we can find some everyday objects to fill it. 😜
(DIR) Post #B5xQZ8uIpmgJgPMZCi by gbargoud@masto.nyc
2026-05-04T15:39:01Z
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@futurebird I recently got a 10cm tattoo on my forearm and it's been really useful for making those sorts of measurements tangible.I don't play ball based sports nearly enough to have an intuitive sense of what those measurements mean.Went with cm instead of inches because 2.5 cm is close enough to an inch for the resolution I get here.
(DIR) Post #B5xQw4aH4baWw4vePQ by gbargoud@masto.nyc
2026-05-04T15:43:14Z
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@futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla There are apps aimed at people expecting a child that tell you how big the fetus is. They usually have multiple comparison scales but they all annoyed the hell out of me because they don't use anything standardized and sometimes even have product placement in them.If you get a good scale of actually standard sized objects going it would be nice to see one that isn't garbage
(DIR) Post #B5xcfQzhhNBQxzeiwK by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-05-04T17:54:42Z
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@futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla I will note that in the rest of the world, they have a sport called futbol, which is played on a field that is exactly one hectare. Fortunately, futbol-sized hail is rather rarer than any of the sizes in the above chart.
(DIR) Post #B5xeWsn7BGGuTmok64 by australopithecus@mastodon.social
2026-05-04T18:15:31Z
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@futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla All 3 (very rough): a piece of Chiclet chewing gum
(DIR) Post #B5z3Xiisn937YTIHxo by rubinjoni@mastodon.social
2026-05-05T10:30:27Z
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@futurebird Speaking of hail...