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carlos for scale (mander.xyz)

submitted 10 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 hour ago

Thank you Carlos, very cool

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

That ain't nothin on Great A'Tuin

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

Ssh, you'll give the flat-earthers ideas!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Okay but is Carlos standing on a platform with a wall behind him, or is Carlos planking on a platform with the floor behind him?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago

He's just lying on a box sticking his legs out.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago

I came to ask if we were witnessing the plank master at work. Glad I wasn't the only one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

Looks like he's laying next to a giant Tollhouse cookie.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Carlos is only 4'5"!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

What's the exchange rate of Carlos to Carbonemys?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Having accidentally stood between a galloping leatherback and the ocean, I can confirm that some turtles are still as big as cars, or at least they look a lot like it when approaching you at 40mph.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 hours ago

I'm gonna need a Carlos to Cubit to Banana diagram.

With a slinky for scale.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Carlos!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Is that a standard Carlos, or an imperial Carlos?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

Given that South America has a greater native genetic pool but still mixed genealogy, International Standard would be adept.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 27 minutes ago)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago

Thank you, Carlos.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

I want to know more about this turtle!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

Miriel my beloved

[–] [email protected] 74 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

God, the way my laugh echoed in this house.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Shhh... it's not 9/11.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Carlos can melt steel beams.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

And my heart.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 34 minutes ago (1 children)

And my axe!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 25 minutes ago* (last edited 24 minutes ago)

And my dick!

Edit: Bow! I meant bow, I swear!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 hours ago

Carlos is smaller than a turtle! LOL

He smol.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago

The US with it's imperial system 🤦‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Turtle pope is real

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago

Behold, dog!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

This is Stupendemys geographicus from Urumaco, Venezuela, and Rodolfo Sánchez from Coro, Venezuela.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Thank you!

So why did it say Carlos? Just to make a joke on 'car'?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

I'm sure it was a friend to all children.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not good with car sizes, how many Dr Pepper is that ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

It's the size of a small boulder.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'm disappointed that nobody here has asked the right question yet:

How many Smoots is a Carlos?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

1 smoot, +- an Ɛar

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

Teenage Mutant Dumptruck Turtle?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

The classic Carlos comment thread hijack.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

Pretty sure that one’s turtley enough for the turtle club.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

How many football fields is Carlos?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours 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.

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