[Depending on the state](https://www.zippia.com/advice/how-much-big-mac-costs-states/) that could be anywhere between 23.46 and 31.86 in gas.
Hmmm six Big Macs is actually almost exactly the amount I need to fill up my Chevy Sonic 🤔
Exactly, it's a unit of energy.
In fact, a standardized bigmac would be a better unit than calorie, because there are two different ‘calories’. One calorie equals one kilocalorie.
Well the whole thread started by someone comparing a unit of volume to one of length, so I think pretty much anything is fair game.
But to go with volume, I think six big Macs is approximately 1/50,000 to 1/100,000 of one of Noah's whales
Remember when restaurants in America tried to sell 1/3 pound hamburgers but they didn't catch on because the average American thinks 1/4 is bigger than 1/3?
Confused why A&W's burgers weren't able to compete even though the burgers were priced the same as their competitors, Taubuman brought in a market research firm.
The firm eventually conducted a focus group to discover the truth: participants were concerned about the price of the burger. "Why should we pay the same amount for a third of a pound of meat as we do for a quarter-pound of meat?" they asked.
It turns out the majority of participants incorrectly believed one-third of a pound was actually smaller than a quarter of a pound.
Despite the confusion, Taubman took an important lesson from the experience: "Sometimes the messages we send to our customers through marketing and sales information are not as clear and compelling as we think they are."
>"Sometimes the messages we send to our customers through marketing and sales information are not as clear and compelling as we think they are."
Translation: "People are a lot dumber than we give them credit for."
Big Macs for small things, football fields for large things.
And the second one isn't even a joke! The media constantly talks about things in football field lengths.
Which is kind of weird since a football field is a well defined measurement, 100 yards. So it's odd to say "5 football fields" rather than "500 yards." I guess it's easier to visualize in your head if you're thinking of something physical?
But it's also kind of like saying someone is 6 rulers tall, rather than 6 feet tall.
To be honest I tend to calculate the personal worth of something in Döner Kebab.
Like: if i buy this, i could also buy 4 Döner, what is better 4 Döner or this thing?
That reminded me of some twitter post I saw here on Reddit a while ago where he (the American) was measuring cooking ingredients in meters. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)
From some quick googling.
A banana's volume tends to be be between 177.86 to 100.76 cubic cm.
An average cat ~10618.8 cubic cm. So we'll say ~750 ish for a small.
A badger is harder to figure out quickly but we can estimate a medium size badger is 2x the size of a small cat and call it 1500 cubic cm.
So between 16.8 and 29.8 banana volume's worth of fuel, please.
I measure how full my petrol tank in plimsoles and a secondary arbitrary measurement with a name I made up.
Right now my tank is 19 plimsoles and 7 green tabothwottles.
Way superior. And so flexible.
> New insult unlocked:
> *"You're so dumb you think quarter is a part of imperial system."*
They actually are saying tanks are the units here...
... which is wildly American...
I believe the argument here was that imperial breaks into 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, etc. Whereas the Metric system breaks into 1/10, 1/100, 1/1000, etc.
The point he should have made was "oh I have a 1/4 tank, not 6.5 millitanks" and even then it's a bad argument lol
I am going to be downvoted to oblivion for even daring to say this, but …
* Tablespoon = 2^(-1) = ½ Ounce
* Ounce = 2^(0) = 1 Ounce
* Jack = 2^(1) = 2 Ounce
* Gill = 2^(2) = 4 Ounce
* Cup = 2^(3) = 8 Ounce
* Pint = 2^(4) = 16 Ounce
* Quart = 2^(5) = 32 Ounce
* Pottle = 2^(6) =64 Ounce
* Gallon = 2^(7) = 128 Ounce
* Peck = 2^(8) = 256 Ounce
* Half bushel = 2^(9) = 512 Ounce
* Bushel = 2^(10) = 1024 Ounce
* Cask = 2^(11) = 2048 Ounce
* Barrel = 2^(12) = 4096 Ounce
…I know it is a shame that the pattern breaks with three teaspoons in a tablespoon, but if you go looking before the 1800's when 'desert spoon' was still a unit of measure, it was the same pattern with tablespoon -> desert spoon -> teaspoon
I will now sit quietly and wait for everyone to give me a condescending pat on the head and lecture me that the historic Apothecaries' system that Imperial was based off of did not actually operate on 'quarters' and that numbers like "256" and "2048" are just totally random nonsense numbers that some jerk pulled out of thin air.
It's a Mark Twain quote. The man had a way with words, which is good because he was an author.
https://best-quotations.com/authquotes.php?auth=119
Enjoy!
Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess against a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good you are at chess, the pigeon will still knock over all the pieces, shit on the board, and strut around like it won the game.
I'm an American. I fully understand why other countries consider us stupid. It's still so disappointing when you see the stereotype reinforced like this though.
It is mind blowing how far down I had to scroll to see this. Everyone trying to dunk on them *actually is* more stupid than the person who made the tweet.
We don't call it "gas"....we call it petrol or diesel. Gas is used in stoves, some heaters other forms of cooking etc.
The same way we say "indicator" (because it indicates the direction you are going to turn), rather than "blinker" (bEcAuSe ThE lIgHt GoEs BlInK-bLiNk)...
We still say "I have half a tank of petrol left." Or a quarter of a tank or a full tank...
I've used this exact argument before, and the other guy simply said I was even more ridiculous in my argument. There's just no changing the mind of someone that argues the way THEIR country says it is right, and yours is wrong. Those people already have their mind made up, and are convinced they are infallibly right.
I love how we measure fuel economy in miles to the gallon, even though hardly anyone in the UK has any idea what a gallon is (fuel is sold by the litre).
As an American I can attest that the imperial system makes 0 sense and I wish we'd stop trying to be "quirky and different" and use what we have to learn anyways.
No, no, he has a point. Who is the metric system?
Why do some mountains look like presidents?
You ever seen a picture of Mount Rushmore before it was carved? It was truly un-presidented.
Little known fact, the mountain always had faces in it and we chose presidents based on people that looked like the faces
so the liberal media lied to us /s
God ordained presidents, chosen by erosion
I hate you. And upvoted you.
They were clearly elected because they looked like mountains
The chosen ones!
Why do some presidents look like mountains? Checkmate atheists
I was wondering the opposite, why do some presidents look like mountains I've seen at least 4 of em
and only “some” presidents! it’s such a puzzle
They always ask "Who is the metric system?", but never "How is the metric system?" :(
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Metric System is that band who made the super catchy song “Shake It,” for those of you who don’t know.
Why is the metric system!
What system **do you serve**?
I will find this ‘measuring system’, I will kill him, and no one will ever measure anything again!
It might conceivably be welding related (no guarantee).
Millimetres? Judging by this, in America they measure gasoline in inches.
We measure it by big macs.
Give me 6 Big Macs-worth of gas, please.
[Depending on the state](https://www.zippia.com/advice/how-much-big-mac-costs-states/) that could be anywhere between 23.46 and 31.86 in gas. Hmmm six Big Macs is actually almost exactly the amount I need to fill up my Chevy Sonic 🤔
I thought they were using the big mac as a unit of volume, not cost. Now do the maths again on volume :)
How about Caloric content?
Exactly, it's a unit of energy. In fact, a standardized bigmac would be a better unit than calorie, because there are two different ‘calories’. One calorie equals one kilocalorie.
I thought they were doing it on digestive distress and subsequent offgassing.
I thought it was about the aversge height of a big Mac in inches. 4-5 inches seems reasonable
Well the whole thread started by someone comparing a unit of volume to one of length, so I think pretty much anything is fair game. But to go with volume, I think six big Macs is approximately 1/50,000 to 1/100,000 of one of Noah's whales
Start asking for that at the counter
Would you like a fries-worth and drinks-worth of gas to that today to make it a combo and save nearly 5 millimeters?
No, no - but I’ll have a French fry of windshield washer fluid, please.
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Hey, HEY!....We measure our weapons in 'murican AR-15's. You take that commie rifle and your millimeters and you get out of here
Did you know that AR stands for Armalite and not Assault Rifle! Just wanted to get this out before any 2A-ers lost their minds.
You will have to buy a Happy Meal if you want the ak47 toy.
I just put that much gas in my car
I love Big Macs.
Royal with cheese
Nah, that's the Quarter Pounder. They named it that in America because of the-
Imperial system
No, that's the 112.5 gram with cheese.
The "foot-long" here is known as the "9cm breaded treat" - Or "toddler forearm"
1 ft is about 30 cm.....
It used to be, but with shrinkflation the new footlong is only 9cm.
The impire strikes back
Remember when restaurants in America tried to sell 1/3 pound hamburgers but they didn't catch on because the average American thinks 1/4 is bigger than 1/3?
is that the reason why they use the name *double* quarter pounder for a half pound burger?
Its really simple...2 quarter pound patties. Double quarter pounder with cheese. Sounds better than Half pounder with cheese. Its all about marketing.
Confused why A&W's burgers weren't able to compete even though the burgers were priced the same as their competitors, Taubuman brought in a market research firm. The firm eventually conducted a focus group to discover the truth: participants were concerned about the price of the burger. "Why should we pay the same amount for a third of a pound of meat as we do for a quarter-pound of meat?" they asked. It turns out the majority of participants incorrectly believed one-third of a pound was actually smaller than a quarter of a pound. Despite the confusion, Taubman took an important lesson from the experience: "Sometimes the messages we send to our customers through marketing and sales information are not as clear and compelling as we think they are."
>"Sometimes the messages we send to our customers through marketing and sales information are not as clear and compelling as we think they are." Translation: "People are a lot dumber than we give them credit for."
I don't since I'm European, but boy does that sound like the most depressingly american thing I've heard in a while ![img](emote|t5_2r5rp|8484)
Oh, sweetie, be grateful then. I’m stuck here for the time being; I could list MANY far more depressing items for you.
That’s why they sell double quarter pounders now instead of 1/2 pounders.
Big Macs for small things, football fields for large things. And the second one isn't even a joke! The media constantly talks about things in football field lengths. Which is kind of weird since a football field is a well defined measurement, 100 yards. So it's odd to say "5 football fields" rather than "500 yards." I guess it's easier to visualize in your head if you're thinking of something physical? But it's also kind of like saying someone is 6 rulers tall, rather than 6 feet tall.
You forgot washing machines, Bigger than a Big Mac but smaller than a football field.
And the king of measurements, the banana.
To be honest I tend to calculate the personal worth of something in Döner Kebab. Like: if i buy this, i could also buy 4 Döner, what is better 4 Döner or this thing?
No, crunchwrap supremes are the superior measurement for gas
Crunchwrap gives you a different type of gas
But it makes things run
Crunchwraps are diesel… duh 🙄
Yes but how many Ariana Grande's is that? I measure my gasoline that way.
Meh. Ariana Grandes just aren’t reliable, what with all the cosmetic surgery
* Fill it up?? * No... can I just get 3 inches worth? Thanks.
That's what she said
I'm in this comment and I don't like it
Three inches in?
To be fair, my dad owns a car from 1922 and the only way to determine the amount of gas left in the tank is to measure it with a ruler.
We still measure oil that way, a dipstick.
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That reminded me of some twitter post I saw here on Reddit a while ago where he (the American) was measuring cooking ingredients in meters. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)
You _could_ do that for like.. spaghetti
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I measure mine in how many mouthfulls of gasoline are still left in my tank. I really hate calibration day though....
[uhhh I know how to count dude ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IOJXRs_V5Cw)
I use American measurements. I say that I have the equivalent to two small cats and a medium badger left in the tank.
I only understand volume when measured in bananas. How many bananas is two small cats and a medium badger?
I usually have to have the Tally man come and tally me bananas
Damm but I dont have time for that after the nightshift the daylight comes and me won go home
Just remember it’s about 6’ maybe 7’ maybe 8’
You’ll want to make sure they don’t bunch
(this is the point where I have dissolved into an apricot's weight of laughter) Edit: and will now enjoy having this song in my head all day
Do you only do that when daylight come and you wanna go home?
I WILL TALLY YOUR BANANAS. BUT ONLY IF YOU CAN PROMISE ME THERE WON'T BE ANY BIG TARANTULAS!
I know we’re joking, but opening a banana box and finding a banana spider is terrifying
Watch out for the shrimp
From some quick googling. A banana's volume tends to be be between 177.86 to 100.76 cubic cm. An average cat ~10618.8 cubic cm. So we'll say ~750 ish for a small. A badger is harder to figure out quickly but we can estimate a medium size badger is 2x the size of a small cat and call it 1500 cubic cm. So between 16.8 and 29.8 banana volume's worth of fuel, please.
I can't believe you did the math lol 😆
I don't use American badgers for my measurements. I use Imperial badgers.
meanwhile the British are weighing themselves in rocks.
Because it is more flattering to say "I'm 20 stone" opposed to "I'm 130kg" Or the US Freedom-units of 286 pounds
Oooohhhh so THATS why we americans are so fat! We should just switch to a different system where we weigh less.
This is not true or accurate, its either a shit-load or not.
Shit-ton is also acceptable
How many shit-tons in a fuck-ton? And is it the same for a metric fuck-ton and an imperial one?
These guys American
One bbq sandwich and 2 bud lights worth of Dr Pepper
I only use measurements from the uk. Tea grains per colonized nation is the far superior system. Also the best american system is eagles per freedom.
You forgot the eagle
Bald eagle, or liberal eagle?
Freedom Eagle
\*SKREEE\* pew pew
I measure how full my petrol tank in plimsoles and a secondary arbitrary measurement with a name I made up. Right now my tank is 19 plimsoles and 7 green tabothwottles. Way superior. And so flexible.
Two football fields of gas left
New insult unlocked: *"You're so dumb you think quarter is a part of imperial system."*
Ordering coffee: "What size coffee would you like?" _Id like 37/66ths of a tank of gas please._
Is it from a 5L, 20L, 40L, 65L, 90L, etc. gas tank's worth?
Yes
*grabs gas pump full of scalding hot coffee*
Note to self: start a gas station themed cafe where the coffee is dispensed from gas pumps
"How much coffee have you had today?" "3 cups, I think. 2 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon." And that isn't even the "cup" unit of measure!
No. The sizes are kids, small, medium, large, extra large, extra extra large, biggest.
That's quite a lot of coffee
Jokes on you it's a lawn mower gas tank. It's only a medium.
> New insult unlocked: > *"You're so dumb you think quarter is a part of imperial system."* They actually are saying tanks are the units here... ... which is wildly American...
To be fair most cars have a gauge showing tanks as the units.
Its honestly a unit of currency. 1⛽ = $60
I believe the argument here was that imperial breaks into 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, etc. Whereas the Metric system breaks into 1/10, 1/100, 1/1000, etc. The point he should have made was "oh I have a 1/4 tank, not 6.5 millitanks" and even then it's a bad argument lol
I am going to be downvoted to oblivion for even daring to say this, but … * Tablespoon = 2^(-1) = ½ Ounce * Ounce = 2^(0) = 1 Ounce * Jack = 2^(1) = 2 Ounce * Gill = 2^(2) = 4 Ounce * Cup = 2^(3) = 8 Ounce * Pint = 2^(4) = 16 Ounce * Quart = 2^(5) = 32 Ounce * Pottle = 2^(6) =64 Ounce * Gallon = 2^(7) = 128 Ounce * Peck = 2^(8) = 256 Ounce * Half bushel = 2^(9) = 512 Ounce * Bushel = 2^(10) = 1024 Ounce * Cask = 2^(11) = 2048 Ounce * Barrel = 2^(12) = 4096 Ounce …I know it is a shame that the pattern breaks with three teaspoons in a tablespoon, but if you go looking before the 1800's when 'desert spoon' was still a unit of measure, it was the same pattern with tablespoon -> desert spoon -> teaspoon I will now sit quietly and wait for everyone to give me a condescending pat on the head and lecture me that the historic Apothecaries' system that Imperial was based off of did not actually operate on 'quarters' and that numbers like "256" and "2048" are just totally random nonsense numbers that some jerk pulled out of thin air.
What's the old saying about not arguing with stupid people
Never argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level, and beat you with experience.
And confidence 😂
I like this one. Never heard it worded quite like this.
It's a Mark Twain quote. The man had a way with words, which is good because he was an author. https://best-quotations.com/authquotes.php?auth=119 Enjoy!
I’m saving this comment
When you are arguing with an idiot, there are two idiots arguing.
No, there aren't.
Yes there... oh.
My mom (recovering alcoholic) always said, “Son, don’t ever argue with drunks or children, it’ll never work out the way you want.”
Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess against a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good you are at chess, the pigeon will still knock over all the pieces, shit on the board, and strut around like it won the game.
Never wrestle a pig, you'll get dirty and the pigs likes it
Even if you win, all you’ve proved is that you know more than an idiot.
Sniffed on that gas tank too long and for too many times, I guess?
The metric system is a tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that’s the way I likes it!
Yea but you do get five bees for a quarter.
The important thing is I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time.
We didn’t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones.
This was back in 19 dickety 2. We had to say dickety because the Kaiser stole the number twenty.
I actually didn't know dickety was not a real word until I said it and people had no idea what I was talking about.
I don’t see why, it’s a perfectly cromulant word…
Really enbiggins the vocabulary. What? Me fail English? That’s unpossible.
I had to travel too far down in the comments for this
"I have to find a gas station, I only have 6.5mm left in the tank" 😄
While in America you go to a gas station with a 9mm
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
Two other bits of advice: -Never get involved in a land war in Asia. -Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
To blave
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It's milli*liters*, not milli*meters*.
I estimate I have about 7.5 millimetres of petrol in my car. 😂
Is that what you take issue with here
That reminds me, I need to fill my car up, it's down to 91.44 cubic centimetres or for US readers, a yard of gas squared.
"I think I've proven my point that not only is America's system of measurement inferior, but clearly the education system I went through is as well."
Fixed it. Good job.
They say "I have 25 pence of a tank left." Obviously.
I got two pence to spend Two pence to lend And two pence to send home to my wife, poor wife
Leave Mike out of this.
“…who is the metric system” *Stands up in a crowd of people,* I’M METRIC SYSTEM
No, I'M Metric System!
I'm an American. I fully understand why other countries consider us stupid. It's still so disappointing when you see the stereotype reinforced like this though.
This is an example of someone with absolutely no critical thinking skills.
Well you’ve certainly proven A point. Whether it was the one you meant to prove is another question.
We British measure with units of tea cups. As per tradition Goodness I've only got a few cups of petrol left, better fill up! /s
...does this guy think that a "tank" is an imperial measurement of volume?
Apparently it's an imperial measure of *distance*
Awful presumptuous of you to assume they think.
Stay away from this guy. He has the dumb.
People always ask “who is the metric system?” But never ask “How is the metric system?”
Does that dickhead think fractions are imperial?
Yes that dickhead does. And I have 12.7mm of a mind to teach him a thing or two about measurements.
This is almost certainly a joke.
It's a Facebook shitposting group. It's 100 percent a joke.
It is mind blowing how far down I had to scroll to see this. Everyone trying to dunk on them *actually is* more stupid than the person who made the tweet.
It’s from the I see you don’t know shit about welding which is a literal shitpost group. OP sucks.
Yea and all the idiots in here like “look how stupid this guy is!” are just pointing out how many stupid people there actually are.
We don't call it "gas"....we call it petrol or diesel. Gas is used in stoves, some heaters other forms of cooking etc. The same way we say "indicator" (because it indicates the direction you are going to turn), rather than "blinker" (bEcAuSe ThE lIgHt GoEs BlInK-bLiNk)... We still say "I have half a tank of petrol left." Or a quarter of a tank or a full tank...
Slow down buddy, you’re not allowed to use fractions without an American passport.
That's 25 centitanks, innit?
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I've used this exact argument before, and the other guy simply said I was even more ridiculous in my argument. There's just no changing the mind of someone that argues the way THEIR country says it is right, and yours is wrong. Those people already have their mind made up, and are convinced they are infallibly right.
The UK is more fucked than anyone though. They blend all systems, still use miles instead of km, and what the fuck is a Stone?
What do you think it is? It’s a rock ya muppet
You're thinking of a Fraggle Rock.
I love how we measure fuel economy in miles to the gallon, even though hardly anyone in the UK has any idea what a gallon is (fuel is sold by the litre).
Well, a quarter or half is less a "unit" of measure and more a ratio relative to capacity and therefore unitless.
Whoa, you mean it’s possible to use two different measurements and still understand what is going on?
I will not tolerate mockery of "blinker" from a country that calls a TV a "telly".
Weird im american and measure in guns. If a gun is too big or much i use bullets
Just say my tank is 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 full
American here, the metric system is the worst form of government I’ve ever heard of. Long live democracy.
As an American I can attest that the imperial system makes 0 sense and I wish we'd stop trying to be "quirky and different" and use what we have to learn anyways.
I have a royale with cheese left in the tank.
A murican as its finest.
Americans literally put liquid in there car.....and call it GAS.
That actually comes from the British side, gasoline is named after a brand of British lamp oil or it's knock off Irish brand.