I've started doing the same thing and it's a lot of fun 📏
I recently found out Shigeru Miyamoto (the creator of Mario and Zelda) likes to carry a tape measure around with him, guess how big things are, and measure them to check how close he was
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davepleasebehave 45 points a year ago
go over it with an erasable white board marker and then wipe it down. should work on that surface.
reseller_pledge609 16 points a year ago
Wanted to recommend the same. Something I learned on the job and it has saved me and some colleagues a few times.
expatriado 34 points a year ago
how big were their dongs?
reseller_pledge609 12 points a year ago
They were of a size that made measuring necessary. Whether that is big or small is something I'll let you decide for yourself.
refurbishedrefurbisher 10 points a year ago
Or just cut out the middleman and use isopropyl alcohol, which is what you're doing with the marker anyway, but without adding the extra ink.
Basically the same stuff as that whiteboard cleaning fluid.
BreadOven 2 points a year ago
This. Also methanol, but I'd much rather use isopropanol. I know higher proof (>70 %/140 proof) ethanol also works.
But isopropyl is the best/easiest. Just don't drink it....or methanol at that.
Also anhydrous ethanol ~99 % ethanol, as it contains benzene or other things you don't want to consume.
DjMeas 19 points a year ago
I was with a friend at Home Depot and I asked if he thought a piece of wood I was holding was a foot long.
Friend: Let me just whip it out real fast.
Me: What are you going to do? Measure it 12 times?
That was 20 years ago and we still laugh about it today.
Adderbox76 53 points a year ago
I have a small keychain laser measurer that I originally bought to use when calculating focal distance with manual camera lenses.
But I find I'm often whipping it out to randomly check how far away I am from random things.
It's oddly very fun.
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Adderbox76 34 points a year ago
I lied....in my brain it feels smaller than it is because ive gotten used to it. But now that I actively look at it again, "keychain" sized is a bit of a stretch.
Although I do use it on my keychain, so maybe ive just gotten accustomed to it.
neatobuilds 11 points a year ago
Mine is like three times that size so I would call it Keychain sized too haha
Adderbox76 4 points a year ago
I eventually did invest in a bigger boy to carry in my filming kit that can store two measurements at once. It's super handy when you've got two subjects and you need to rack focus between them.
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Adderbox76 3 points a year ago
9 meters max. But as far as focal distance goes, if you have to measure anything more than about 5 meters away, you're just throwing your focal ring to unlimited anyway on most lenses.
Adderbox76 6 points a year ago
Once I manage to stop hitting the snooze button and crawl my lazy ass out of bed I'll take a photo of it. I bought mine at Canadian Tire. Should be similar in any hardware stores.
neatobuilds 4 points a year ago
I did the same thing lol trying to learn how to hyperfocus, now i keep it at work in my tray of knick knacks and every time someone sees it they start measuring and guessing and don't believe things are certain distances
DrDickHandler 38 points a year ago
Adam Savage has a tattoo for that.
SkunkWorkz 25 points a year ago
Calibrating that thing is a pain.
HereIAm 10 points a year ago
He's said that even years later it has held up remarkably well. Obviously not millimetre precision, but enough to measure bolt sizes and such.
Edit: I know you said it tongue in cheek, but just an FYI for anyone curious
BuboScandiacus 2 points a year ago
Username checks out
Treczoks 29 points a year ago
I did the reverse. I went into the hardware store to buy some chain. As it has to be cut, it is not self-service, I told the Lady that I need this much chain and held my hands apart, and added "50cm". She said "Hold it", took her tape, and measured the distance between my palms. It was exactly 50cm.
Same at the butchers. "I take that piece, it should be 800g." Scale: 802g
ScrotusMaximus 24 points a year ago
Is that a DC or Marvel Superpower? Introducing…THE ESTIMATOR!
Opinionhaver 7 points a year ago
If the ability to measure with millimetre accuracy without tools were a superpower, there would be two types of people: those who’d hardly notice it, and those for whom it would be life-changing.
Cheradenine 2 points a year ago
You left out the two most important types, Passenger and Freight
Electricblush 3 points a year ago
Schrodingers little known side hustle was to make pens.
SuperRecording 19 points a year ago
You'll get good at estimating lengths fast doing that, the feedback loop works. Do the same thing with scales for weights. Do the same thing with wrist watch/timer for durations. Pretty soon you get a nickname from your wife 'master of time and space'
RizzRustbolt 2 points a year ago
For all the good it does ya in the bedroom. ;p
TrojanRoomCoffeePot 15 points a year ago
Just when I didn't think that it was possible to like this guy more.
SkunkWorkz 14 points a year ago
And when he’s depressed he resorts to desperate measures.
sexual_tomato 9 points a year ago
I have a tiny 3ft tape measure on my keychain for similar reasons. It's so handy!
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paraphrand 8 points a year ago
A man with a good sense of scale.
Contemporarium 3 points a year ago
so sexy 😍
Cris_Color 7 points a year ago
Thats sincerely such a silly fun fact, thank you for sharing 😂
greedytacothief 5 points a year ago
I worked for a bit as a high end roofer (USA), this is the first I'm hearing about different classes of measuring tape. We always used Stanley fatmax tapes, and so did just about every carpenter we worked with. I wonder how accurate that tape is?
I assume it was pretty accurate because we would always fuck with the new guys when they drew a cut line and asked what side of the line your supposed to cut from.
vxx 5 points a year ago
Stanley doesnt have class 1 measuring tapes, theyre all class 2
Class 2 is enough for a roofer.
A metal worker or machinist might require that extra bit of accuracy.
But generally, everyone that claims they're a professional should get a class 1, even if class 2 is accurate enough for most work.
greedytacothief 3 points a year ago
Ha! Gonna let my old boss know. We also did sheet metal fabrication, but very rarely did things need to be accurate to a 1/32nd
PyroNeurosis 3 points a year ago
That's fucking with people? Maybe in roofers' world it's good enough, but kerf matters!
greedytacothief 2 points a year ago
It did matter, making them take measurements all over again was the part that fucked with them.
Madison420 6 points a year ago
Pleb, all of the real metrologists like me measure their forearms and fingers to use as measuring devices. Bonus if your forearm is an actual cubit.
GreatAlbatross 2 points a year ago
"Yep, feels like 16'C today. Write it down, and do the forecast lads"
Madison420 1 point a year ago
I just like to answer my boss is strange measurements. What's the wheelbase on that vehicle? Oh that's 26 hands boss man.
Hossenfeffer 1 point a year ago
My foot is a cubit. My cubit is a yard, if you know what I'm saying. Yeah, you know, you know.
BuboScandiacus 1 point a year ago
Standing ?
Hello_there 5 points a year ago
If you realllly get into it. Or if you're into plant ID: you can tattoo a little ruler onto your hand. e.g., along your index finger. Makes it easy to get pictures of plants to scale. The tattoo will eventually get a little inaccurate, but still seems like a good point of reference.
Retro_unlimited 7 points a year ago
Adam savage has a ruler tattoo on his arm.
Bo7a 5 points a year ago
I have a leather bracelet that is a measuring tape when I remove it. Super handy.
It has gone out of whack by about a 16th of an inch over the last 5 years, but still very helpful for measurement that don't need a lot of accuracy.
RizzRustbolt 2 points a year ago
All slap bracelets are also measuring tape.
synapse1278 4 points a year ago
📏 hum... I thought so.
selokichtli 2 points a year ago
He already uses that tie. Also, he already earned his weirdness.
barnaclebutt 0 points a year ago
It's five inches. Always, only five inches.
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