So how much is a shit-ton?
A while back I did a comic about the International Standards Organization (ISO) and their attempts to standardize the shit-ton. It’s here, if you want to see it. An anonymous fan (he signed it “Anonymous System Fan”), sent me the following note:
Hey! So I read your System Comic about how much a “Sh*t-ton” is in comparison to a “Sh*t-load”. Well, I found the iPhone conversion app that settles that argument
Well, good thing we answered that question. Now we know how to convert between shit-loads and shit-tons. How to convert to a “Metric Shit-Ton” is anyone’s guess, but I suppose the Queen’s Measurements make more sense for this kind of shit anyway.
By the way, if you want to send anything my way, send it over to systemcomic at gmail dot com. It might sit in my inbox for two months, but I’ll get to it. Eventually.
January 17th, 2012 at 4:11 am
So what's that iApp called then?
January 17th, 2012 at 1:03 pm
I'll ask!
January 17th, 2012 at 3:46 pm
The app’s math is obviously off. The Metric system uses repeated powers of 1000, e.g. 1 ton is 1000 kilograms, each of which is 1000 grams. The app apparently missed an intermediate level: A sh*t-ton must be 1000 sh*t-loads, and a sh*t-load must be 1000 individual sh*ts. So the sh*t-ton should be 1,000,000 sh*ts = 1000 sh*t-loads.
You can thank me later.