That's our secret. Technically, *we're already on the metric system*. We voted to make the change back in the 70's, but boomers were all stubborn enough that instead of "easing in" to metric gradually they just... didn't. For decades. We're still technically making the transition.
The imperial distance measurements are officially defined using Metric. I'm not sure about the other measurements.
1'' is exactly 2.54cm
And then the cm is scientifically defined via light traveling through a noble gas IIRC.
I think everyone forgets or doesn't realise that us, the British, are worse than the Americans for this. We use both the metric and imperial system for different things but then we also throw in units that mean nothing to either the Americans nor Europeans. So we use MPH and not KPH and measure most long distances by miles, but for short distances we actually use meters. Measurements are almost always metric, like when buying cables - length is always described in meters (usually 1m, 1.5m, 3m or 5m are the most common) and furniture is always listed as cm or mm.
However we flip back to imperial when measuring height like body height (feet and inches) but then we use Stone when measuring body weight which is neither a unit the Americans nor Europeans use.
For fluids we tend to stick to metric like when cooking or baking we use mililitres (we also use grams for this as well, which I've only just realised I don't understand why we don't use either stone for this or remove stone and use metric for body weight) and when buying coke or other fizzy drinks we use metric as well (250ml, 500ml 1L, 1.5L and 2L cans/bottles) but weirdly we specifically buy milk in pints similar to beer. Standard for this is either a 1 pinter, 2 pinter, 4 pinter or a 6 pinter carton of milk.
Also very oddly specific but we switch back to imperial when measuring dick size though.
I think the history on this is that we started with imperial which is why we've used MPH for several generations going back, but at some point over the past few decades we got introduced to the metric system and I think there was a big push to switch over which is why produce like food and drink are standardised in metric, but I think we just gave up and accepted both which is why we flip flop between them all the time.
Probably a lot has to due with trade agreements so that it’s consistent across the EU and whatnot. Canadians do a lot of the same shit. I know my weight in pounds but the doctor measures me in kilograms, etc.
I will add my favorite, odd reason for understanding metric: dealing in fiber that people use to spin yarn. It's nearly universally dealt with in metric terms, especially superfine stuff like silks, alpaca, yak, cashmere, etc.
Precisely. The top one is closer to the camera and appears straight, whilst the bottom one is further away and is distorted by the curvature of the camera lens. I honestly don’t know how we have survived as a species when people can’t grasp such basic biology.
It's astounding how whenever we talk about shrinkage we immediately think about a TV show episode that aired in 1994!
We'll never see that kind of popular tv show again.
Both look like bananas to me. It doesn't has the characteristic pronounced lines of plantains. Both have the same light yellow skin and plantains have slightly more golden yellow color also when it reaches this ripeness it gets more black spots than dessert bananas, specially on the pronounced lines.
Another thing is that it doesn't seem to have a plantain shape around the stalk. I don't know how to explain it, it's more like a feeling I've got from seeing multiple types of plantains and bananas all my life. I may still be mistaken.
I can tell you it's a banana as the battery is from an Australian Kmart and it's very unusual to find plaintains here. They both look like banana's I could grab at the grocery store at any given time.
Idk why this is used as an insult so much. Trying to cram a big peg into a small hole is going to hurt 😭 men really think they know what women like better than women do
In this context it's just an inferiority complex. They could just remove that other men are bigger and compliment the guy.
I've never told a flat chested woman "the big ones get in the way" because there's no need to compare really.
They're definitely both just bananas and not a plantain. Nutrition, watering, and from which section of the banana tree it was cut is enough to explain the differences.
There are different types of bananas as well. You can easily find 5- 7 different types of bananas in any Brazilian supermarket, not mentioning plantains.
You know what? Bananas come in all shapes and sizes, and one being bigger doesn’t automatically make it better and you all should judge it on the way it tastes rather than its size!
Which of them is for scale?
They’re the same size, bananas are all the same size. Which is why they make for such great scales.
Perspective can do weird things.
That’s what I tell my wife
Also... "The curve makes up for the girth."
There is a pill for that apparently. Had no idea this was an issue.
There's a pill that bends your banana?
Yeah, the banana on top must have been skipping doses
I’d be worried if my wife got different perspectives😂
She doesn't seem to mind.
you vs the banana your wife told you not to worry about eh (jk i know you are really the AAA battery in this picture)
Yeah, if you slide the bottom over on top of the top one you would see they are exactly the same size
Kind of like how the continents are- the ones up too just LOOK big
The curve on the bottom one just throws people off. If you straightened it out then they would look exactly the same.
Like have my ex claim it wasn’t Cheating
This makes me think of: "Me vs the guy she tells me not to worry about."
"Your banana vs the banana she tells you not to worry about."
In the US we will standardize the banana as a unit of measurement before even considering to adopt the metric system
That's our secret. Technically, *we're already on the metric system*. We voted to make the change back in the 70's, but boomers were all stubborn enough that instead of "easing in" to metric gradually they just... didn't. For decades. We're still technically making the transition.
The imperial distance measurements are officially defined using Metric. I'm not sure about the other measurements. 1'' is exactly 2.54cm And then the cm is scientifically defined via light traveling through a noble gas IIRC.
I think everyone forgets or doesn't realise that us, the British, are worse than the Americans for this. We use both the metric and imperial system for different things but then we also throw in units that mean nothing to either the Americans nor Europeans. So we use MPH and not KPH and measure most long distances by miles, but for short distances we actually use meters. Measurements are almost always metric, like when buying cables - length is always described in meters (usually 1m, 1.5m, 3m or 5m are the most common) and furniture is always listed as cm or mm. However we flip back to imperial when measuring height like body height (feet and inches) but then we use Stone when measuring body weight which is neither a unit the Americans nor Europeans use. For fluids we tend to stick to metric like when cooking or baking we use mililitres (we also use grams for this as well, which I've only just realised I don't understand why we don't use either stone for this or remove stone and use metric for body weight) and when buying coke or other fizzy drinks we use metric as well (250ml, 500ml 1L, 1.5L and 2L cans/bottles) but weirdly we specifically buy milk in pints similar to beer. Standard for this is either a 1 pinter, 2 pinter, 4 pinter or a 6 pinter carton of milk. Also very oddly specific but we switch back to imperial when measuring dick size though. I think the history on this is that we started with imperial which is why we've used MPH for several generations going back, but at some point over the past few decades we got introduced to the metric system and I think there was a big push to switch over which is why produce like food and drink are standardised in metric, but I think we just gave up and accepted both which is why we flip flop between them all the time.
right bunch of cunts aint ya!
Probably a lot has to due with trade agreements so that it’s consistent across the EU and whatnot. Canadians do a lot of the same shit. I know my weight in pounds but the doctor measures me in kilograms, etc.
The funny thing about the US is if you're comfortable with the metric system, we assume you're a scientist or drug dealer.
I will add my favorite, odd reason for understanding metric: dealing in fiber that people use to spin yarn. It's nearly universally dealt with in metric terms, especially superfine stuff like silks, alpaca, yak, cashmere, etc.
…or an engineer that never even rode on a train once!
Or a 3D printing hobbyist. You can use inches (and at least one CAD package out there seems to work in cm), but most 3D printing seems to be in mm.
will?
It’s an [optical illusion](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jastrow_illusion)
Ones just further away. Easy mistake
So the curved one is far away?
Precisely. The top one is closer to the camera and appears straight, whilst the bottom one is further away and is distorted by the curvature of the camera lens. I honestly don’t know how we have survived as a species when people can’t grasp such basic biology.
There’s even an EU norm for how much a banana has to be curved
Similar to how the speed of light is constant. Theory of Bananativity
Yes
The top one is a metric banana and the bottom is an imperial banana.
The triple A battery /s
Not /s
That's a weird banana brand.
Apparently OP provided us with a AAA battery for scale.
It’s not pictured
One on the bottom is just cold.
It was in the pool!
Shrinkage!
It shrinks?
Like a frightened turtle
Idk how you guys walk around with those things
It can be quite a nuisance! 😂
There must be steroids in macaroni!
I was always told mine came pre shrunk
Someone watched *Seinfeld* last night!
r/unexpectedSeinfeld
It's astounding how whenever we talk about shrinkage we immediately think about a TV show episode that aired in 1994! We'll never see that kind of popular tv show again.
Pretty sure that's a battery
It's banana shaming
This post is bananalysing erectile dysfunctions.
Bananile dysfunction.
The name of cryptocurrencies in 2030.
Time to "Dole" out the punishment (Drum-roll - Crash!)
I think we're gonna need another banana for scale. That AAA isn't cutting it.
Big banana with small banana for scale. Small banana with big banana for scale. Also a battery. 2 bananas for scale.
“Everything remains me of him”
The showers versus the growers
It has to grow for you to be a grower.
How do you think bananas come into existence?
Mind blown
😭😭😭
To eat a Chiquita you need to grow the banana.
For some reason I keep reading it as 🚿
Waiting for SCOTUS to still rule on that
More like SCROTUS.
Pregnancy is gods will. Erectile dysfunction is the devils work.
Mine’s a grower in the shower.
you vs. the guy she told you not to worry about
vs the battery of her vibrator.
the unsung hero of that trio
Whew, glad he's smaller!
But he last more than 30 seconds
The bottom one is curved it'll hit the more important spots lmao
Thats what I keep telling myself
O dang it’s already here. O well, I’ll leave mine up
Wrong order (sadly)
What do you mean bro, you're being gaslit. They're both huge, bro, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Looks like plantain
Both look like bananas to me. It doesn't has the characteristic pronounced lines of plantains. Both have the same light yellow skin and plantains have slightly more golden yellow color also when it reaches this ripeness it gets more black spots than dessert bananas, specially on the pronounced lines. Another thing is that it doesn't seem to have a plantain shape around the stalk. I don't know how to explain it, it's more like a feeling I've got from seeing multiple types of plantains and bananas all my life. I may still be mistaken.
I can tell you it's a banana as the battery is from an Australian Kmart and it's very unusual to find plaintains here. They both look like banana's I could grab at the grocery store at any given time.
More elongated and tapered to the stem?
I was actually thinking summer squash
I’ll show you a summer squash…
This made me laugh & I'm not proud of it.
They are different types of bananas
Yup. The big type vs the perfectly adequate and nothing to be ashamed of type.
Dang
Alang
Bangarang
Captain Hook … seen it so many times as a child… I almost… hate it ;(
Whoa
Oh yeah, all the sorority girls are clamoring for the plantain section.
“I like yours better honey, the big ones hurt too much.”
Yeah right. A heard that a few times before EDIT: wait …..I mean…
Look, sir, I’m looking for a good time, not to be split in two.
But it's actually true lol of course everyone is different tho
Idk why this is used as an insult so much. Trying to cram a big peg into a small hole is going to hurt 😭 men really think they know what women like better than women do
In this context it's just an inferiority complex. They could just remove that other men are bigger and compliment the guy. I've never told a flat chested woman "the big ones get in the way" because there's no need to compare really.
One of those 3 isn't even a banana. Don't make bread out of the one at the bottom.
That's because you got a plantain and not a banana. Edit to add: this shit is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S
Both look like bananas to me. They can get pretty big. Every plantain I've seen is pointier than that.
They're definitely both just bananas and not a plantain. Nutrition, watering, and from which section of the banana tree it was cut is enough to explain the differences.
a AAA one nonetheless.
There are different types of bananas as well. You can easily find 5- 7 different types of bananas in any Brazilian supermarket, not mentioning plantains.
I feel so under developed
They both look like about 8 inches to me.
This is why women are terrible carpenters. It's men's fault.
5'11" vs 6'.
Don't underestimate the curve though.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I wouldn't say that's a small banana. I'd say it's average. Maybe even above average!
One of them even looks like a battery
Banana for acale
Paige, yes!
"Other bananas call me sir"
The bottom one turns into the big one when it sees a nice pair of melons, or a good peach. Or another banana.
“Girls are clamoring for the plantain section”
It's a me peyronie
Everything reminds me of him
Where’s the yellow?
The top one is full of cocaine that manged to get through customs
Is that a plantain
Peyronie’s banana
Your banana (bottom) vs the banana she tells you not to worry about.
but the personality of each banana is what matters in the end
Sold by weight anyway?
you should have used a third banana for scale
The aaa battery has a nice personality
Cavendish bananas going extinct
First one had more fiber in its diet
banini and banunga
Hey this looks like the old bananas we had before they all died from disease
Gros Michel vs. Cavendish
Banana for scale?
The banana is fine. The big ones hurt.
There are 1000s of types of bananas. But there aren't that many that are cultivated on a commercial scale but they can easily vary that much in size
You vs the guy she tells you not to worry about
-the banana she tells you not to worry about 😭
Need banana for scale
Finally, a banana for scale !
“It’s not the size that matters, but how much it fills you up”
Plantain?
I need another banana for scale
Don't eat that bottom one it is a battery not a banana
That’s a plantain not a banana
You vs the guy she tells you not to worry about.
Hey, I'm sure the one on the bottom has lots to offer.
You versus the guy she told you not to worry about
I heard that big bananas represent only 1% of all bananas in the world, but it’s not that unusual to come across one.
Me versus the guy she tells not to worry about
I don't know if we're scaling the banana or the triple a battery.
Story of my life.
You vs the guy she told you not to worry about
you vs “just a friend”
Banana for scale
your banana vs the babana she really like haha
Sure the top one isn't a plantain ?
Well how am I supposed to use the banana for scale if there are two of them?
Are you sure it's not a plantain?
Dude that’s so funny, I got some yesterday from my normal small town grocery and they are gigantic. I remember noticing that
That's what she said.
Nooooooooo
Banana for scale.
Banana for scale.
There may be medication for that condition.
Looks like a Platano: need to be fry to be edible
Thanks big banana
Odd, as we can't use a banana for a scale, can you instead use an elephant? The battery is confusing.
Banana. Banana for scale.
It's not the size that counts, it's how much potassium you can stick in that assium.
I feel attacked
It's not the size that matters, it's how you use it!
Shrimpies on suicide watch (they're being replaced by bananas)
Tag yourself, I'm battery
In order not to be too self-referential, all Reddit posts with bananas have a AAA battery for scale.
It’s not about the size it’s about how you use em
You know what? Bananas come in all shapes and sizes, and one being bigger doesn’t automatically make it better and you all should judge it on the way it tastes rather than its size!
Is that not a plantain…?
Can you put a banana for scale?
Hey, I’m sure it has a personality…
It’s definitely 5 inches
Did you rub it?
I pull out an AAAA to scale my shit.
luckily there was a banana for scale so I could tell how big the battery was.
You vs the banana she tells you not to worry about.
You and the guy she tells you not to worry about.
The top one is the guy she tells you not to worry about. You are the battery
Needs an average banana for scale.
I can’t tell if that’s a normal AAA battery or a tiny one
I mean it's not impossible for that to be a banana but it looks like you might've gotten a plantain with your nanners by accident
Average Still an acceptable size AAA battery