Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoMan busted for carrying Master Sword from Zelda in the streetwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1337arrow-down118
arrow-up1319arrow-down1external-linkMan busted for carrying Master Sword from Zelda in the streetwww.theguardian.comChurbleyimyam@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square144fedilink
minus-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 months agoWait, your toothpicks are about 4 inches long? Is this another case of everything is bigger in America?
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months ago6 inches divided by 2 is 3 inches. Not far off from the 2.5" toothpicks I see frequently in Asia. YMMV re American toothpicks.
minus-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoOh, the article said 6 inches. I was going by what you said, which was 20 cm. That is closer to 8 inches. If it’s 6 inches, your comment made much more sense.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoAh. Probably the difference between the length of the thing entire and the length of the blade alone.
Wait, your toothpicks are about 4 inches long? Is this another case of everything is bigger in America?
6 inches divided by 2 is 3 inches. Not far off from the 2.5" toothpicks I see frequently in Asia. YMMV re American toothpicks.
Oh, the article said 6 inches. I was going by what you said, which was 20 cm. That is closer to 8 inches.
If it’s 6 inches, your comment made much more sense.
Ah. Probably the difference between the length of the thing entire and the length of the blade alone.