← Back to context Comment by FabHK 5 days ago > Placing a penny on top of skyscraperGreat intuitive metaphor, btw. 2 comments FabHK Reply stuartjohnson12 5 days ago I wanted to see how this compares.---Burj Khalifa - 828mUS Penny - 1.52mm (0.00152m)Adding a US penny to the Burj Khalifa would therefore make it 0.000183% taller.--Original work - 4,000,000,000,000,000,000OP's work - 70,000,000,000OP's work added 0.00000175% to the current record.---Conclusion: adding a penny to the Burj Khalifa is actually >100x more constructive than this effort. Philpax 4 days ago Good lord, man, you don't have to be that much of an asshole about it.
stuartjohnson12 5 days ago I wanted to see how this compares.---Burj Khalifa - 828mUS Penny - 1.52mm (0.00152m)Adding a US penny to the Burj Khalifa would therefore make it 0.000183% taller.--Original work - 4,000,000,000,000,000,000OP's work - 70,000,000,000OP's work added 0.00000175% to the current record.---Conclusion: adding a penny to the Burj Khalifa is actually >100x more constructive than this effort. Philpax 4 days ago Good lord, man, you don't have to be that much of an asshole about it.
I wanted to see how this compares.
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Burj Khalifa - 828m
US Penny - 1.52mm (0.00152m)
Adding a US penny to the Burj Khalifa would therefore make it 0.000183% taller.
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Original work - 4,000,000,000,000,000,000
OP's work - 70,000,000,000
OP's work added 0.00000175% to the current record.
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Conclusion: adding a penny to the Burj Khalifa is actually >100x more constructive than this effort.
Good lord, man, you don't have to be that much of an asshole about it.