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Do newspapers in non-US countries do this stuff? How are these comparisons helpful đ Nope, I have no experience with a pound/kg/stone but now whales, yes, that really helps đ
People understand units of measure.
A kilogram or a pound have no real tangible comparison to real world things unless you yourself make the comparison.
Itâs fun to equate two things, here theyâve taken things people understand as âhugeâ and compare them using actual measurements to draw that comparison.
Itâs fun.
I hope this helps.
On the other hand, I can pretty much estimate by hand that something weighs around 1kg from experience, but I've never actually seen a blue wale in real life or have a real understanding of its weight.
A kilogram or a pound have no real tangible comparison to real world things unless you yourself make the comparison
A kilogram is a 1l bottle of water. A ton a 1m3 cube of water or a car. 10 ton a truck.
Anything bigger is just unimaginable ^^
Anything bigger is your mom
unless you yourself make this comparison
everyone makes this comparison, in the mind of a normal person 1kg is a 1l bottle, they're the same concept in the brain
That's a good point. I tend to see the comparisons as comedy, like a car as big as a whale, but maybe I need to get off the scales and into the books đ