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[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I don't mind the "size of common everyday thing" for a news article. It gives an easy to understand measure of the scale.

It's the "half" part that is infuriating. Like, you couldn't just pick another common object of the right size? Like, I'm pretty sure you could just say "a sedan" and be pretty close to the size. Is this just AI writing titles?

Just another method of getting clicks. Writing stupid titles like "half a pickup truck sized"

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are we talking like a 2005 Ford ranger or a 2024? F350? Because there is no standard size for a pickup truck.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Carsized.com

Cars have gotten bigger but trucks have too.

A Honda Civic today is like half the "size" of an F150

SUVs are technically more "volume" then a lot of trucks though. Since they don't lose all the volume having a flat bed. But "volume" is kinda silly. Anyway. None of this is meant to be specific because, I mean, it's literally just about a title to give a person an idea of the scale of an object they know nothing about.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don't know why that's more frightening

Edit: I realized it's childhood trauma.

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