Comment on I'm not kidding when I say for the FIRST time I actually can grasp the size

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Hotdogman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s like, half of a half mile.

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  • soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I came to Lemmy to avoid this Reddit style comment

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    • BleatingZombie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s funny. I came to Lemmy to avoid this style of comment where somebody has nothing to add except negativity. I get you don’t like it, but for the “culture” of Lemmy, please just use the freaking downvote button in cases like this

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      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Or just block the user.

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    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Going to Lemmy to avoid this type of comment is like going to Arby’s to avoid diarrhea.

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      • RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I came to Lemmy to avoid libelous commentary about Arby’s!

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    • Palerider@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Humans gonna be Human.

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    • kaitco@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This.

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      • Haywire@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Word

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  • Szymon@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s as if it’s two times half of a half of a half of a mile

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    • ChillPenguin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Can you put it into bananas?

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      • WarmSoda@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        At least three, maybe twenty microwaves

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      • joelfromaus@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Hey, no need to be silly! I do wonder what it is in thousandths of an inch though. The true freedom unit!

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      • Teal@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Around 4,545 bananas according to Convert to bananas

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    • nexguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Finally I get it!

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• PlasmaDistortion@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Thanks because this image still didn’t help. Most people don’t see container ships very often.

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• hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Or 40% of a kilometre.

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Nobody knows what kilometres are.

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    • hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Really, it’s quite easy. Just picture a container ship. Now double it and add an eighth of a mile. Simples.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Sorry, they use miles in Star Trek. Ha ha, America wins. Stupid Europe and your stupid metric system and stupid rail network and stupid universal healthcare.

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    • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Never heard them use fantasy imperial system, are you sure?

      Maybe in TOS, but didn’t see much of that. But definitely not in TNG and everything that followed.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Definitely in TOS.

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• Album@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah but youre also saying that the bridge of the enterprise was about the size of a container, which i am not sure is accurate.

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Have you seen a container?

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    • Gordon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      52ft or something long. Go look for a RV or camper. Simply because they are sold by the foot.

      A 40ft camper is pretty huge and can easily fit 6-10 people comfortably.

      People turn containers into apartment type buildings for a family of 2-3.

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• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We get oil exploration rigs docking in our little port downtown. Mind bending is right.

  Sat in the park and watched one roll in one day. Went from:

  There it is!

  Damn, looks pretty big.

  My. God.

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  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    wait, exploration rigs?

    Those things that look like platforms rather than boats?

    they can dock?

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Nah, you’re talking about drilling platforms that are pretty much set in place. These are giant ships that explore and lay pipe.

      Not sure which one this is, but it’s what I’m talking about.

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      • peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You know I’m something of a giant ship that can lay pipe myself.

        but that’s a great picture to show this scaled in

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    • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Even those things aren’t build on location. They build them on land and then sail them to the location they want.

      They can even be moved after they were done drilling

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• caesar_salad83@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  that’s the origin of picard’s famous saying “I live my life a 1.304E-14 parsec at a time”

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Parsecs are units of distance, Han.

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