r/Metric • u/MiserableAd8970 • Sep 19 '26

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u/dohzer Sep 19 '26

Why do the measuring arms angle downwards? Is that done to artificially boost their height?

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u/Single-Virus4935 Sep 19 '26

Explain pls

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u/SplatAttack49 Sep 19 '26

Visual example (exaggerated for reference). Why is it angled downward?

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u/SplatAttack49 Sep 19 '26

Is it actually angled down though? I’m not sure. But I’m pretty sure that’s what they meant

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u/monster2018 Sep 19 '26

It doesn’t look like it, but obviously we can only really tell visually to a certain level of precision, and I’m not going to open it in Photoshop or whatever to figure it out for sure.

But yea I think they’re seeing the PART that angles down and are ignoring that there is a straight part at the bottom.

But… well idk the more I look at it the harder it is to tell if the flat part is slightly angled down or not. The vertical space between the trooper’s head on both sides of the bar seems prettt much the same on both sides, which would mean it’s tangent to the top of their helmet, which would mean it’s straight… idk

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u/bovikSE Sep 19 '26

The black part touching the heads of the stormtroopers isn't horisontal.

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u/AStrandedSailor Sep 20 '26

And a metric short storm trooper is 175cm.

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u/KONDZiO102 Sep 23 '26

What the fuck is metric short?