supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to A Boring Dystopia@mander.xyz · 3 months ago‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattanwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down11 cross-posted to: infrastructure@sh.itjust.workspolitics@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-link‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattanwww.theguardian.comsupersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to A Boring Dystopia@mander.xyz · 3 months agomessage-square9linkfedilink cross-posted to: infrastructure@sh.itjust.workspolitics@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareAsafum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months agoJesus Christ… Manhattan is gigantic too… To keep with US media traditions, that’s over 70,000 hot dogs long! Over 2,800 school buses long. Over 30,000 medium sized boulders set end to end. Over 3,500 elephants long!
minus-squarecertified_expert@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoWhat! 70,000 hotdogs? That is about 50,000 costco hotdogs
minus-squareSmeagol666@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoKeep your metric units over there, commie! /s
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAn elephant is only 20 hot dogs long?
minus-squareAsafum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIt would seem so! I’m using the American standard measuring hotdog, the “footlong”
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoA standard hotdog is 6 inches long, not a foot. Footlong hotdogs do exist but they require an adjective to function.
minus-squareAsafum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI was just making a joke about the “American standard measuring hotdog” being the footlong.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoAh, common mistake, you’re thinking of the American standard measuring sandwich.
Jesus Christ… Manhattan is gigantic too…
To keep with US media traditions, that’s over 70,000 hot dogs long!
Over 2,800 school buses long.
Over 30,000 medium sized boulders set end to end.
Over 3,500 elephants long!
What! 70,000 hotdogs? That is about 50,000 costco hotdogs
Keep your metric units over there, commie! /s
An elephant is only 20 hot dogs long?
It would seem so! I’m using the American standard measuring hotdog, the “footlong”
A standard hotdog is 6 inches long, not a foot. Footlong hotdogs do exist but they require an adjective to function.
I was just making a joke about the “American standard measuring hotdog” being the footlong.
Ah, common mistake, you’re thinking of the American standard measuring sandwich.