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Well don’t blame the scientists. They measure in meters. It’s the journalists trying to make things relatable to readers at a fifth grade level.

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We are talking about Daily Mail readers.

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My bad, third grade level.

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my Liege

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If daily mail readers could read, they’d be very angry.

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True, but we need to stop dumbing down shit for lazy morons.

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If only we had units to measure the volume and weight of items.

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I wonder how many cubic Smoots half a giraffe is 🤔

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Just take a giraffe and roll it into a ball. About that big.

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Just say it’s the size of a moose

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What do you mean? An African or European moose?

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Asian: What’s a moose?

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Pretty damn sure there is some animal half as big as one of these long dudes

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A moose

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