Comment on In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud

• JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  They are often also used as a unit of measurement of relative scale, especially amongst practitioners of internet science.

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  • te_abstract_art@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Banana physicist here.

    This is actually due to a really interesting phenomenon called banana dilation. Although they may appear different sizes to the eye, bananas distort local spacetime such that they are all physically identical dimensions. This makes them a perfect and consistent measure of size.

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    • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Makes sense. They always seem to appear slightly bent. Usually to the left, but not always.

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