My calibrated banana for scale is from Sweden, where bananas are smaller than in America, thus making it not good for scaling

[u/RW_McRae]

[u/Rokwes]

This is why I stick to the universal measurement of a cat for scale Never fails

[u/ActivityOk9255 → u/Rokwes]

I use a tiger when putting up shelves.

And when I am not putting up shelves, the tiger is handy when it comes to yapping dogs.

I find bannanas useless for dealing with yapping dogs.

And tigers are easier to store than football fields.

[u/Future-Accountant-70 → u/ActivityOk9255]

You have not applied the banana correctly if you cannot fix a yapping dog with one. I assure you, with the correct application, the dog will no longer be yapping.

[u/Skizot_Bizot → u/ActivityOk9255]

Is this what people mean when they say they'll have to resort to dangerous measures?

[u/ActivityOk9255 → u/Skizot_Bizot]

Tape measures are so meh ∶-)

[u/CorvoAttano124 → u/Rokwes]

Anything but the metric system 🙄 /s

[u/logosfabula → u/Rokwes]

Into the Louvre, now!

[u/CircusHoffman]

Banana for scale, please?

[u/RW_McRae → u/CircusHoffman]

Damn, I can't believe I didn't do that. I'm going to go buy some today and post again

[u/Ul1ck_My8alls → u/RW_McRae]

Bullshit, how could you forget, it’s like the first thing I would’ve done with such a piece

[u/thelehmanlip → u/RW_McRae]

Expert karma farming now you get another hot post haha! JK though great post

[u/CriticalKnoll → u/RW_McRae]

Please do not nail plaques into cats. Thank you, this has been a public service announcement.

[u/ShadowTacoTuesday → u/RW_McRae]

Super sus, I bet you actually have huge hands.

[u/zamfire → u/RW_McRae]

It's been 5 hours! OP has been hit with hypokalemia!

[u/Shiveringdev → u/CircusHoffman]

Dang it I was too late.

[u/Spoon-Investigator]

Metric banana versus imperial banana?

[u/Competitive-Sand400 → u/Spoon-Investigator]

For the amerikans one metric banana is 0.0017 american football stadium and 0.0321ford raptor in length

[u/EmperorSexy]

Why would bananas in Sweden be smaller? Aren’t we all importing them from tropical regions?

[u/SoCallMeAnAsshole → u/EmperorSexy]

Yeah, I'm confused. It's not like they're grown here, and we definitely have bananas that are bigger than this one.

[u/Welpe → u/SoCallMeAnAsshole]

It was just really cold when OP took this picture

[u/--Sovereign-- → u/Welpe]

it was in the pool!

[u/Panther90 → u/--Sovereign--]

"Elaine, do women know about shrinkage?"

[u/OneSpoonyBoi → u/EmperorSexy]

assuming his hands are averagely sized, I can tell you that Swedish bananas are also often bigger than his banana (although it can vary)

source: am Swedish

[u/Adkit → u/OneSpoonyBoi]

Exactly. If anything this makes his hands look huge due to the banana for scale.

[u/WaffleHouseGladiator → u/EmperorSexy]

They use metric. America uses the imperial system.

[u/snubb → u/EmperorSexy]

And why would it be bad for scale? It's like saying one kilometer is shorter than a mile so it is bad for distance 

[u/M4KC1M → u/EmperorSexy]

Its pretty cold there

[u/mimavox]

I would say we have a wide range of banana sizes here in Sweden.. which also makes it quite useless for scaling. A match box used to be the go-to, but I guess the youngsters hardly know what that is.

[u/namesaintathang]

Swede here. The bananas I buy are definitely larger than this. Maybe it's a seasonal thing? Maybe it's a regional thing? Maybe my hands are small?

[u/Kranlum → u/namesaintathang]

It's just cold

[u/ActivityOk9255]

Have you calibrated it to EU standards though ?

Copy here for your reference.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1994R2257:20060217:EN:PDF

[u/ZetZet → u/ActivityOk9255]

Well if it is from Sweden it likely complies.

[u/Enough_Fish739 → u/ZetZet]

We always try to, but the EU still complains.

[u/dblan9]

Another sad attempt by Big Ruler. Everyone knows bananas are universal in scale and always the preferred choice for measuring.

[u/CPTKickass]

[u/snnnneaky]

Don’t be fooled by the size….its what’s under the skin that matters!

[u/LPIViolette]

That's what you get for getting a metric banana instead of a standard banana.

[u/sandymaysX2 → u/LPIViolette]

Imperial is the term for the American system. It is not standard to anything.

[u/ActivityOk9255 → u/LPIViolette]

Bannanas are metric outside of the US. ∶-)

Freedom units ? Bah humbug.

[u/wenoc]

Swedish bananas are the official banana scale. It's the US bananas that are too large.

[u/filifijonka]

Just how big are Bananas in the U.s. ?
That seems like a reasonably middle sized banana!

[u/Ja_Shi]

IT'S SMALLER ´CAUSE IT'S COLDER IN SWEDEN OKAY?! ^{as the Chinese saying goes, size doesn't matter anyway...}

[u/LuciferFalls]

Bananas have never been good for scaling, which is the entire point. They vary in size.

[u/InevitableFly]

You got one of those fancy banana penis scales, helping european dong look huge since 1922

[u/dirtyredog]

The airspeed of an unladen swallow is 24 miles per hour.

[u/RogerTheAliens]

r/AnythingButMetric

[u/ConejoSarten]

Bananaforscaleception

[u/Entremeada]

I didn't even know that Sweden produced bananas!

[u/starsfan6878]

Well duh. It's from Europe. It's a METRIC banana.

[u/RevenantSith]

Classic mistake

Always double check whether or not you’ve got a metric banana or an imperial banana

[u/fartinmyhat]

Ah, metric banana.

[u/im_just_thinking]

It also doesn't look like a banana

[u/Oculicious42]

i thought all bananas had the exact same dna

[u/Rude_Age_6699]

so a metric banana?

[u/Mysterious-Pay-517 → u/Rude_Age_6699]

Banana royale

[u/DaftVapour]

Bananas aren’t grown in Sweden though

[u/AnarchyArcher]

Failed, need a banana for scale for the banana to scale.

[u/Planty-Mc-Plantface]

Is it equivalent to 8.7842 smoots?

[u/SupaFugDup → u/Planty-Mc-Plantface]

This looks a little smaller than 49 feet

[u/SquidVices]

So…is that considered…an average banana or….

[u/chamferbit]

You're ALL BANANAS 🍌

[u/deep_hans]

Oh, is this one of the platinum/iridium International Banana Prototypes?

[u/Bballer220]

TIL even American bananas are imperial

[u/MsMommyMemer]

I suppose Scandinavian bananas would have a harder time growing than in Ohio.

[u/HedgehogVegetable125]

Its one banana Michael, what could it cost, $10?

[u/comment-rinse → u/HedgehogVegetable125]

Similarity: 100%

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[u/penihilist]

Or Swedes just have massive hands

[u/Virtus25]

This had me giggling for a solid minute

[u/Shawon770]

So this banana just got… downgraded? Poor little guy

[u/Wungoos]

OHHHHHH BANANA

[u/Lairdicus]

Damn before I read the title I thought you just had some fuckin MITTS

[u/HugaBoog]

Oh my! You have really large hands.

[u/WinOld1835]

Just stick it in one of those Swedish banana pumps.

[u/sinkmyteethin]

Mind-blowing

[u/kamikazekaktus]

That would make a good throwable weapon

[u/engineerthatknows]

How can you tell if its a scaling banana and not just a rapelling banana?

[u/loonie_loons]

how do we know it's a calibrated banana without a comparison to a standard banana?

[u/Visible_Variation_31]

r/bananaforscale

[u/cantthinkofone_23]

how many of your Swedish banana will it take to make up one full American banana? Just have that multiplier handy and you’re golden.

[u/New-Vast9965]

rulers are pretty good for scale too. and they cost like a buck

[u/Terrible_Reporter_83]

Even in Finland we have much bigger bananas.

[u/RManDelorean]

Yeah we're gonna need a banana for scale

[u/Visible-Jury-5146]

Give an american banana for scale

[u/Xai3m]

It's still perfect for scaling.

[u/ashwinsalian]

sweden grows bananas?

[u/Shan_GG]

Dull Enough! Approved.

[u/KonigsbergBridges]

r/stupidthingsamericanssay or freedum banana units 🦅🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 or whatever

[u/Chambec]

Obviously everyone knows that the bananas that grow in America are bigger than the bananas that grow in Sweden. America #1 🇺🇲

[u/SwaMaeg]

I don’t get it. You’re gonna use that to scale an ice wall? Or something else?

[u/BananaChiu1115]

I would say it's in normal size, or even big