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carlos for scale

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carlos for scale

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- Shhh... it's not 9/11.
  
  Carlos can melt steel beams.
- God, the way my laugh echoed in this house.

I need Carlos to hold a banana for scale .... who knows ... Carlos could be a dwarf ... or a ten foot giant.

Anything but metric
- Never seen this applied to South America before. Pretty sure they'd be just as pissed off if you called them Americans as Canadians are if you call them Americans, even if America is in their continents name.

That ain't nothin on Great A'Tuin
- Ssh, you'll give the flat-earthers ideas!
- Of course you don't get giant turtles that small

Is that a standard Carlos, or an imperial Carlos?
- Given that South America has a greater native genetic pool but still mixed genealogy, International Standard would be adept.

I'm not good with car sizes, how many Dr Pepper is that ?
- It's the size of a small boulder.

This is Stupendemys geographicus from Urumaco, Venezuela, and Rodolfo Sánchez from Coro, Venezuela.
- Thank you!
  So why did it say Carlos? Just to make a joke on 'car'?
  
  Racism.
  
  Hmmm
  Take concept of e.g. “Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston” -> Audrey Hepburn…
  Add “stereotyping”…
  ¡Hola Carlos!

Turtle pope is real
- Behold, dog!

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?
- He's just lying on a box sticking his legs out.
- I came to ask if we were witnessing the plank master at work. Glad I wasn't the only one.
- Pretty sure he's just been hung vertically. For we know he's a stuffed exhibit

Idk... is Carlos an SI-compatible unit? Because if not, this could be any size. Maybe he is a dwarf, maybe a giant. It could be anything! /j
- Carlos is 5 meters.

Carlos looks like a cool guy. We should use Carlos in more measurements.

How many football fields is Carlos?
- About 3/200 of a football field, or roughly 24 Big Macs.
  
  Real Big Macs, or ad photo Big Macs that are twice as big?

I really hope Carlos is getting paid to work there. Bet he has abs of steel, though! Dudes rockin' washboard abs but is far too modest to show them off.
- You can literally see his beer belly, what are you on about.
  
  Carlos is a master of deception!

Carlos is smaller than a turtle! LOL
He smol.

I'm gonna need a Carlos to Cubit to Banana diagram.
With a slinky for scale.

I'm disappointed that nobody here has asked the right question yet:
How many Smoots is a Carlos?
- 1 smoot, +- an Ɛar

The US with it's imperial system 🤦‍♂️
- The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 52,008 Carloses to the gallon and that's the way I like it!

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.
- Death by turtle stampede would be a unique way to die.
  
  Slow and unique.

But how many bananas tall is Carlos?
- Looks about two and hald freedom eagles tall

How big is Carlos though? My man could be 6cm.
- Five Carlos

Need a longer Carlos. This Carlos is too short for accurate measurement.

Thank you, Carlos.

Dudes rock

Which one is which?

Teenage Mutant Dumptruck Turtle?

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

How large per Carlos squared?

Carlos

I want to know more about this turtle!

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

What's the exchange rate of Carlos to Carbonemys?

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

The classic Carlos comment thread hijack.

Miriel my beloved

Those are some nice slip-ons

Carlos!

Carlos is only 4'5"!

I want a world where riding a turtle is possible. It would bite my head off, but it would be worth it for 3 seconds

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