hbar@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoTitanic asteroid the size of 84 orcas to pass Earth on Monday - NASAm.jpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up17
arrow-up17external-linkTitanic asteroid the size of 84 orcas to pass Earth on Monday - NASAm.jpost.comhbar@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareAdaAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI mean, I know Orcas are big, but I wouldn’t call 84 of them mooshed together “titanic”
minus-squaredarkmugglet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYeah, the comparison is straight up odd. 84 busses? Sure. A shit ton of watermelons, ok. How many of us see orcas enough to use as a frame of reference?
minus-squareNic Dafis@toot.waleslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago@ada I asssume it was the Jerusalem Post, and not NASA, who decided to convert meters to orcas? (Also, excuse me, this is mostly an experiment to see how replying to comments on Lemmy via Mastodon works…)
I mean, I know Orcas are big, but I wouldn’t call 84 of them mooshed together “titanic”
Yeah, the comparison is straight up odd. 84 busses? Sure. A shit ton of watermelons, ok. How many of us see orcas enough to use as a frame of reference?
@ada I asssume it was the Jerusalem Post, and not NASA, who decided to convert meters to orcas?
(Also, excuse me, this is mostly an experiment to see how replying to comments on Lemmy via Mastodon works…)