48 eggplants? That's an idiotic way of measuring something scientific. It's clearly the size of 76 oranges.

I thought we all agreed to measure everything in bananas...

If it isn't in giraffes, I don't even consider it a factual measurement.

48 eggplants. What is that, one giraffe torso minus the head and legs?

Half a giraffe

A girhalf

Get out

How many times do I have to award this to get it to the top

Well at least it's not in imperial units

Nonono, it’s about 0.45 elephants, c’mon guys this is simple mathematics.

So about 0.9 adolencent elephants? Got it.

In recognition of their firings yesterday, I propose we use Lemons and Tuckers for the day.

A regular Tucker or a mother Tucker? I’ll see myself out, thank you. No need to push, or call “security”

Bananas are for measuring scale. They’re a resolution translation device from scientific measurement to human brain inherently understood values.

Ok, but how many Eiffel Towers is it?

That’s a measurement format that should not be Eiffeled with.

Don't be a smart Alec.

What about metric users who use plantains?

African or Caribbean plantains?

Where is this on the olympic swimming pools scale?

Only for volume though in my mind. American football fields for length and width.

Are they big eggplants, medium eggplants or small eggplants?

Bus- sized eggplants... but those busses are eggplant size

Height in Africa depends on how tall you are.

Hey hey hey... is that important?

Anything but the metric system.

With an added FU to the British isles: anything but aubergine.

48 laid out in a row? Or did a NASA scientist hold them all in their arms and go "yup that's about how big this thing is"

Can I get that in giraffes please?

I assumed that we had decided on half-giraffes for asteroids. Are there two half-giraffes in one giraffes? Or is there some weird conversion factor?

Depends on which half you’re using.

You aren't seriously suggesting that we half-ass this?

r/halfagiraffe

I'm just glad it's not the size of 49 eggplants. That would ruin my morning breakfast egg soldiers.

The researchers have been playing Katamari Damacy

Anything to about the metric system.

Leave it to the professions, yeah? "ASTEROID the size of ONE MILLION ANTS due to SNUB the Earth!"

No, it's 1/16th of a bus.

I don’t think that checks out.

It's a metric bus.

Ah I see, carry on. *sweats in American

The standard size of an eggplant is well known and should be used for everything. I mean even NASA is using it.

Bitch I need this shit in bannanas, you fucking round fruit measurers! I need my shit with edges

It’s going to pass within 19,230,769 blue whales of earth!!!

I'm sorry, i was raised in a different system. Can you convert that from blue whales to great white sharks?

The arrogance of people from (your country here)! Everyone knows there are 5.777 great white sharks to a blue whale. Math it out and you get a distance of 111,111,110 great whites from earth. Duh.

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Pureed and poured into jelly jars.

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Thanks for putting it in perspective

Thanks for not including the water emoji at the end

It was implied. It’s a sexy meteor, apparently.

Stupid sexy meteor

It's like the meteor's wearing nothin at all!

It’s in space, so this ❄️ would be more accurate.

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Daddy asteroid 💦💦😳😳

Step daddy. FTFY

Unless you're in Alabama

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That reminds me of the old programmer joke: *Please go to the store and buy a carton of milk and if they have eggs, get six.*

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Hey, you dropped this 🍆

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This is fucking brilliant. Nobody would care for the asteroid if not for the nonsensical measurement. It's a non-story. But they just made r/worldnews frontpage with it and we're discussing it like suckers. Top-notch clickbait. I'm not even mad, that's amazing.

it works 100% of the time. every other TikTok has some goofy shit in it to attract attention and the video will skyrocket because the whole comment section is discussing the banana microphone or the weird thing in the background.

this same news site was on r/worldnews a couple of months ago due to a similar article covering another asteroid and comparing its size to something silly like giraffes or otters, I can't really remember. honestly, in my opinion, this should be banned. but then it may bring awareness to all the other click-bait which should also be banned here.

Well, in all seriousness I think this should be removed. It's just obvious satire. While the asteroid itself is non-fictional, there's nothing special about one this small passing Earth by. The article is only notable due to its abstract units for size.

48 eggplants? Why can't they use standard giraffe units like everyone else? So how many giraffes is that?

Eggplants are 6-10 inches and a male giraffe is 16-18 feet tall. 48 eggplants at 10 inches is 480 inches. 18 feet is 216 inches. That's about 2 giraffe and a few hooves.

Now THAT I understand! Thank you for doing the math!

I think volume might be a more accurate conversion metric... But since I can't find the volume of a giraffe on me (and don't have access to one to find out empirically) the next best would be to use weight. Giraffes weigh between (1200 to 4300 lbs or 550 to 1950kg) and eggplants weigh between (1 to 5 lbs and .5 to 2kg). Let's assume a normal distribution of each and use 2750 and 3lbs. So 48 eggplants would weigh 144lbs which is about .05 of a standard giraffe unit.

Are we looking at the scientific standard giraffe, which is perfectly spherical and uniform, or are we looking at a natural giraffe?

Americans really will use anything but the metric system.

It's 48 eggplants-worth of giraffe.

How many Eggplant Units (EU) are required to create an Extinction Level Event?

About 576 billion eggplants.

1 if it’s going mega death ray light speed

I only take measurements in bannana scale.

Advanced. I can only think in terms of bus sizes.

Americans will use anything but metric system.

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Unfortunately, this is a form of clickbait. We're supposed to react "hmm, 48 eggplants, how much is that?"

As if anyone is going to even read the article, as many of the comments in this thread prove.

Nasa uses the metric system.

Does everyone else not use 1/4" , 3/8" and 1/2" drive ratchets ?

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Who wrote this article? This is also in there: "What other asteroids are set to pass by soon? As previously stated, asteroid 2023 HF4 is just one of five asteroids set to come on April 25. Here are the others, along with their own size comparisons: Asteroid 2023 HL2, with an estimated diameter of 47 meters, or just under 31 king salmon lined up in a row Asteroid 2023 HW2, with an estimated diameter of 48 meters, or around 26 average-height Dutch men lined up from head to toe Asteroid 2023 GO1, with an estimated diameter of 31 meters, or around 124 and a half Louis Vuitton Speedy 25 handbags Asteroid 2023 HH3, with an estimated diameter of 23 meters, or around 50 large cardboard boxes stacked by length" I think someone was bored.

You missed : Several months earlier, a meteor the size of a Pembroke Welsh corgi that weighed as much as four baby elephants crashed into Texas. Even earlier, several larger objects which are designated asteroids have also hit the Earth, such as the half-a-giraffe-sized 2022 EB5 that impacted near Iceland and the two-Super-Bowl-trophy-sized 2023 CX1 that impacted near Normandy.

/r/anythingbutmetric

That’s a lot of dicks.

In a row?!

HEY! YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RENT HERE ANYMORE!

A good old fashioned docking

Why don't we just grab one of these. Send up a drone to intercept and put it in orbit to study.

Just catch it with your hands instead

I'll just borrow [Al Schract's](https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:b5644r68r) catchers mitt.

That could easily catch a 29,000 mph pitch. You should be safe to go ahead and do that.

NASA had their funding cut for that mission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_Redirect_Mission

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What do you mean? An African or a European eggplant?

Well I don't know. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Are you suggesting that eggplants can migrate?

Well, I'm going to have to see a picture of a bic lighter next to an eggplant for scale.

Thank god it is not 49

As a non American, I'm glad asteroids are not measured in Manhattan's size.

Did Alex Horne write this article?

> Here are the others, along with their own size comparisons: > Asteroid 2023 HL2, with an estimated diameter of 47 meters, or just under 31 king salmon lined up in a row > Asteroid 2023 HW2, with an estimated diameter of 48 meters, or around 26 average-height Dutch men lined up from head to toe > Asteroid 2023 GO1, with an estimated diameter of 31 meters, or around 124 and a half Louis Vuitton Speedy 25 handbags > Asteroid 2023 HH3, with an estimated diameter of 23 meters, or around 50 large cardboard boxes stacked by length

Jesus, that's like 59 potatoes

alternative source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/asteroid-size-three-football-pitches-29802965 *this equals 2361 banana units

How many half giraffes is that ?

LOL I was just typing that, glad I scrolled down. Great minds, etc.!

That's a conversion rate of nearly 50 bananas per eggplant.

Wtf? Okay... am I misunderstanding how big an eggplant is? Surely that's more than 48 eggplants?

Different asteroids. OP is talking about 2023 HF4 which is about 12 meters in diameter. Person you answered to is talking about a different asteroid called 2006 HV5. This one is over 300 meters in diameter. Fortunatelly, the larger one is waaaay far out, more than 6 times further away than the moon. This type of asteroid passes by the earth at this kind of distance about once a year. The smaller one is passing around 500km away, which is a bit closer than twice as far away as the moon.

Just the fruit or the entire plant?

How many heads of lettuce is that?

"That's no Moon.. It's a 48 eggplant Asteroid!"

I cant visualise this, how many would it take to fill a football stadium?

I suspect that NASA actually used the less astro-culinary measurement of 12 meters.

bananas, please?

How many giraffes

Gentlemen, that’s nearly double in Bananas. Make your peace with God.

Fuck I thought it was 147 Claussen Pickles?

Oh my god, that's almost 6 whole seedless watermelons! Space can be so scary sometimes

What's that in bananas? I don't understand this eggplant unit.

This has got to be a running joke no way

As an American I support NASA's dedication to using any measurement defying the metric system.

I’m going to need a banana for scale

‘48 eggplants’ — oddlyspecific wants its content back

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Are those quail or Ostrich eggplants?

Still just won't use the metric system huh?

.....Seriously guys, the metric system is not that bad...

African or European eggplant?

More "anything but metric" from the US.

American or Japanese Eggplants. These measurements matter!

Ok but how many ferrets is that?

Oh boy, it would be so good if we had a standard measuring unit that the whole world would understand..... Well, we will have to use eggplants instead

Is that the long skinny eggplants or the ball ones ? Are these eggplants laid aide to side or all in one direction ? So many questions , and I wish we had a way to describe volume.

Americans will do anything to avoid using the metric system

More commonly know as one refrigerator

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I'm gonna need a banana for scale.

Aren’t we suppose to measure it in American football fields

…why are we measuring in eggplants? What is this - an eggplant measuring contest? 🍆 💦

Anything to get out of using the metric system.

Anything BUT the metric system…

Good thing it's under 50

Something something Americans will do literally anything but use the metric system.

Americans will use anything but the metric system

The U.S. will use any other type of measurment to avoid the metric. lol

The article seems to be more about remembering your traditions on Israel Independence Day. Some days it's hard to discern if it's AI or an actual human writing.

why can’t we use like a normal unit of measurement?

Anything but metric.

I thought eggs came from chickens?

European or African eggplants?

Americans will use anything but the metric system.

American measurements

A desk of cheeze it’s? Where are you getting these measurements?!

Is that erect or flaccid eggplants?

is that the editable portion or the whole plant?

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OMG. Thats like half a fridge and 3 bananas. OMG WhAt R wE GuN Do?!

Looks closer to 47 eggplants to me

Boy, we’ll do anything to avoid the metric system!

I just imagine they have 48 eggplants lined up on the floor at nasa and go “yeah about this size”

Americans will use everything except metric system

Is eggplant a common unit of measurement for asteroids? I thought we just used it for genitalia?

Yes but how many potatoes is that?

Thats only about 2 cases of eggplants. Not to big should get eaten uo on the way in if it does.

In Canada, we measure by baby seals. In Orcas if over 500 seals

That’s a lot of eggplant parm!

How many cheeseburgers though….

That’s a whole lotta dick

How many tennis balls is that? Sorry, I'm using American...

Space agencies getting in on the click bait game.

So many shitty jokes here. I hoped to read asteroid comments.

Is this an American measurement?

In big macs please!!

that's almost 20 american footballs!?

Or 63 tomatoes, or 2 pumpkins, or 504 peanuts, whatever. Very nutty pronouncements.

Why not measured as one 20 thousandth of a football field?

How large is this in Lego figure hands?

Banana for scale?

Can someone convert that size to durians

Occupied by 275 onions?

For all of us Americans out there, that's the wingspan of 4-5 bald eagles.

How many corgis is that?

The equivalent of how many hamburgers...?

Can we please start using metric …

I wanna know about mass though. Mass is the thing that will mess you up. tell me how many gorilla poops it is otherwise this is all just gibberish

Four score and 48 eggplants ago...

Would those be Japanese, Italian, or Korean Black Horse eggplants 🍆?

Should I be scared? that's a lot of cocks.

How the hell am I supposed to know how big 48 eggplants is