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I propose a new ASME standard, the Scaling Banana™.

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 45 points 1 month ago (5 children)
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

More information: Your size is fine

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But what size is the metal one?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Banana sized. Or, 1.

[–] ratel@mander.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

Left banana is 1.4 standard bananas, right banana is 0.7 standard bananas.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Without a banana for scale, it's hard to tell.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

...those are some tiny potatoes or ginormous bananas in either case...

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 4 points 1 month ago

The bananas on the left are just closer to the camera. Everyone knows bananas are all the same size.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

This is due to the Mercator map correction!

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 7 points 1 month ago

You need a standardized banana, not some random banana.

[–] Por_que_pine@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

Ah, I see the confusion. What you have there are troy bananas and avoirdupois (AVDP) bananas. Not to be confused with fluid bananas.