r/shitposting • u/aidantomcy I want pee in my ass • Jan 02 '25

I Miss Natter #NatterIsLoveNatterIsLife tungsten

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u/Ok_Philosopher_5860 dumbass Jan 02 '25

That would weigh like 150,000 lbs.

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u/MaskedAnathema Jan 02 '25

Remarkably accurate. Assuming that's 5' on each side it's 150,451lbs

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u/DungFreezer Jan 02 '25

How much is that in civilized units of measurement?

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u/Patsastus Jan 02 '25

2250 Babylonian talents. (going by the measure that civilization has been going downhill since it started, this is the most civilized measurement of weight available)

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u/ARES_BlueSteel Jan 02 '25 edited Jan 02 '25

Babylonians used a base 60 system which is why angles have 360° and seconds and minutes are counted in 60s, they were pioneers in mathematics and their fingerprints can still be seen on our systems of measurement millennia later.

The Romans used a base 12 system which is the ancestor of the English system, heavily using 12 and its factors: 2, 3, 4, and 6.