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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

About 3/200 of a football field, or roughly 24 Big Macs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Real Big Macs, or ad photo Big Macs that are twice as big?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Around 20 ad-tier Big Macs, or ~31 shrinkflation Big Macs in 2025. Unfortunately the Big Mac as a unit of measurement was standardized way back in '89 so it may not be as consistent with modern-day readings.

Now measuring in Baconators is likely to be more reliable when looking across a longer period of time, but you'll have to factor in the different conversion ratios depending on whether you're dealing with a single, double, or triple. The double is the base unit and is defined as 1/71 of a 1995 Ford F150.