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this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2024
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Ah, an adult rhino. A unit I work with on a daily basis and can easily comprehend, unlike arcane measurements of pounds or kilograms.
I assume we are talking about an unladen adult rhino... And why didn't they specify the time in some understandable increment, for instance, it will re-enter in the time it would take a normal human to devour 18 triple cheeseburgers from the Burger King in Schenectady NY?
I just can't imagine this impact... How many rhinos is the Earth and how many times faster than a cheetah will it be traveling??? Plus, really, how far even is space??? You could at least tell me how many CVS receipts or flea jumps away the satellite is.
Joke's on you, CBS knew that using this odd measurement in their headline would provoke discussion which would spread the story a lot more widely.
AND LOOK, IT'S WORKING
Joke's on you, I didn't read the article. lol
I mean, I didn't either. I'm just here to talk about the rhino comparison.
We've got to stick to the important matters, or we'll never get anything done. I mean geeze, they didn't even specify which kind of rhino!! I mean there are 5 living species White, Black, Indian, Javan, and Sumatran, that range in size from 700 to 3200kg. All of which I've just learned from wikipedia in the last few minutes. Standards, dammit, we need STANDARDS!! :-D