Stamets@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 year agoI'm not kidding when I say for the FIRST time I actually can grasp the sizestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1754arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1742arrow-down1imageI'm not kidding when I say for the FIRST time I actually can grasp the sizestartrek.websiteStamets@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoHave you seen container ships? They’re perpective-bendingly massive. 400m is a quarter of a mile.
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoOr 40% of a kilometre.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoSorry, they use miles in Star Trek. Ha ha, America wins. Stupid Europe and your stupid metric system and stupid rail network and stupid universal healthcare.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNever heard them use fantasy imperial system, are you sure? Maybe in TOS, but didn’t see much of that. But definitely not in TNG and everything that followed.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoNobody knows what kilometres are.
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoReally, it’s quite easy. Just picture a container ship. Now double it and add an eighth of a mile. Simples.
minus-squarePlasmaDistortion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoThanks because this image still didn’t help. Most people don’t see container ships very often.
minus-squareHotdogman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThat’s like, half of a half mile.
minus-squareSzymon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s as if it’s two times half of a half of a half of a mile
minus-squareAlbum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoYeah but youre also saying that the bridge of the enterprise was about the size of a container, which i am not sure is accurate.
Have you seen container ships? They’re perpective-bendingly massive. 400m is a quarter of a mile.
Or 40% of a kilometre.
Sorry, they use miles in Star Trek. Ha ha, America wins. Stupid Europe and your stupid metric system and stupid rail network and stupid universal healthcare.
Never heard them use fantasy imperial system, are you sure?
Maybe in TOS, but didn’t see much of that. But definitely not in TNG and everything that followed.
Definitely in TOS.
Nobody knows what kilometres are.
Really, it’s quite easy. Just picture a container ship. Now double it and add an eighth of a mile. Simples.
Thanks because this image still didn’t help. Most people don’t see container ships very often.
That’s like, half of a half mile.
It’s as if it’s two times half of a half of a half of a mile
Yeah but youre also saying that the bridge of the enterprise was about the size of a container, which i am not sure is accurate.