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zapkyeskrillyesterday at 8:46 PM3 repliesview on HN

But everyone knows, by experience, what 3300 individual roughly one pound bags of sugar weighs and what sort of force is needed to hold it up. Mid sized car is ambiguous, and nobody saw anybody hold that up (seeing hulk doesn't count)


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jaapzyesterday at 9:57 PM

You think people are better at estimating what 3300 bags of sugar look like - as opposed to estimating the size of a car?

How often has anyone ever seen 3300 bags of sugar together in their lives, do you think?

Loughlayesterday at 10:55 PM

But what is it in football fields?

That's the usual measurement of size in the States and it's absolutely unbelievably ridiculous.

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saberienceyesterday at 9:34 PM

Do they? I don't recall ever seeing a bag of sugar in my life. I'm not a baker though so maybe that explains it.

A car is more easier to picture for me.

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