Yes. My comment was entirely about the unit difference and not at all about the colloquial use of units when estimating distance visually. /s
The person didn’t measure the distance dude. They used a range from 300-400 meters. This isn’t about being accurate. It’s about giving someone a sense of scale. 300-400 yards gives that same sense of scale. If it was accurate the estimate wouldn’t have a 100m range.
That was the entire point of my comment. That someone that doesn’t have the sense of scale of what a “meter” is can easily understand that scale by knowing “a yard is few inches less than a meter”
Like, you can’t “confidently incorrect” my comment when you missed the entire point of it.
A yard is a fundamental unit of measure that people, who don’t have a sense of scale for meters, can understand. And vice versa.
No one has a colloquial understanding of the distance of a furlong. Are you saying they do?
Dude, you literally said a meter is a few inches shorter than a yard. That is completely incorrect in any context, wether measuring accurately or illustrating orders of distance.
I mean you could have said “oops my bad i meant a meter is a bit longer than a yard” and i could have said “my dude, you are mistaken about the size of a meter” but its t’internet i guess.
Btw many people have jobs that depend on them knowing how long a furlong is… Ask any racing horse trainer or jockey.
You could have also said “I think you reversed that. It’s a few inches longer than a yard” instead of being a dickhead. Especially when the point of the comment is about absolute difference, where which is larger does not factor.
Yes, I meant to say “a meter is a few inches more than a yard”
See how I didn’t even realize that I reversed it because you were so bad at communicating it?
See how it being more or less didn’t actually matter to the point I was making in my original comment? Whether it was a few inches more or less doesn’t actually matter to the point of the comment. The point is that they are close enough to give an approximate equivalent when speaking about visually approximating a distance?
Are you the person that screams at the barista for giving you a Large Americano and a Small Latte when you asked for a Small Americano and a Large latte? Do you tell “oh my God you made my drink wrong!” Or do you calmly say “hi, I think you reversed the size of the drinks. My friend wanted a large latte.”
Yes. My comment was entirely about the unit difference and not at all about the colloquial use of units when estimating distance visually. /s
The person didn’t measure the distance dude. They used a range from 300-400 meters. This isn’t about being accurate. It’s about giving someone a sense of scale. 300-400 yards gives that same sense of scale. If it was accurate the estimate wouldn’t have a 100m range.
That was the entire point of my comment. That someone that doesn’t have the sense of scale of what a “meter” is can easily understand that scale by knowing “a yard is few inches less than a meter”
Like, you can’t “confidently incorrect” my comment when you missed the entire point of it.
A yard is a fundamental unit of measure that people, who don’t have a sense of scale for meters, can understand. And vice versa.
No one has a colloquial understanding of the distance of a furlong. Are you saying they do?
Dude, you literally said a meter is a few inches shorter than a yard. That is completely incorrect in any context, wether measuring accurately or illustrating orders of distance.
I mean you could have said “oops my bad i meant a meter is a bit longer than a yard” and i could have said “my dude, you are mistaken about the size of a meter” but its t’internet i guess.
Btw many people have jobs that depend on them knowing how long a furlong is… Ask any racing horse trainer or jockey.
You could have also said “I think you reversed that. It’s a few inches longer than a yard” instead of being a dickhead. Especially when the point of the comment is about absolute difference, where which is larger does not factor.
Yes, I meant to say “a meter is a few inches more than a yard”
See how I didn’t even realize that I reversed it because you were so bad at communicating it?
See how it being more or less didn’t actually matter to the point I was making in my original comment? Whether it was a few inches more or less doesn’t actually matter to the point of the comment. The point is that they are close enough to give an approximate equivalent when speaking about visually approximating a distance?
Are you the person that screams at the barista for giving you a Large Americano and a Small Latte when you asked for a Small Americano and a Large latte? Do you tell “oh my God you made my drink wrong!” Or do you calmly say “hi, I think you reversed the size of the drinks. My friend wanted a large latte.”