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labster · 2016-12-24 05:46:06

A metric buttload.

psyclobe | karma 311 | avg karma 2.17 · | 2024-01-05 21:57:44

A metric shit-ton!

dotancohen | karma 9525 | avg karma 1.72 · | 2022-02-03 02:44:19

An absolute shitload. That's a metric shitload plus 273.

D-Coder | karma 748 | avg karma 1.55 · | 2021-01-16 05:24:47+00:00

It's about 10% larger than an Imperial assload.

tomcam | karma 20387 | avg karma 2.53 · | 2019-08-13 21:08:57+00:00

Amazing numbers. Can you give me a more accurate number than metric buttload? Closer to 8K or 64K, for example?

webmaven | karma 13964 | avg karma 2.46 · | 2014-04-16 09:05:58

How many Metric Buttloads in an Imperial Buttload?

elderK | karma 87 | avg karma 2.9 · | 2018-10-17 02:08:38+00:00

A metric @!#$ton? :D

water554 | karma 142 | avg karma 1.95 · | 2023-11-07 18:27:32

Metric shit tonne*

walrus01 | karma 33280 | avg karma 4.42 · | 2016-08-05 00:17:48+00:00

interesting fact: a butt is an actual unit of measurement, so there really is such a thing as a buttload.

ljw1001 | karma 1330 | avg karma 2.04 · | 2015-04-13 22:41:12+00:00

how many shitloads in a fuckton? i forget

hornbaker | karma 2083 | avg karma 4.95 · | 2017-07-25 11:30:57

A metric TON of them are.

deeviant | karma 1433 | avg karma 1.94 · | 2015-04-13 22:49:15

Let's see here.

* 1 shitload = 1.68 shitslugs

* 68.5 shitslugs = 1 fuckton

So, there are about 40.77 shitloads in a fuckton.

Just don't ask me to convert to metric shitloads, that gets hairy.

ModernMech | karma 4737 | avg karma 1.28 · | 2018-03-27 14:32:06+00:00

The article also uses a unit ive never seen before, the "metric butt ton"

dredmorbius | karma 63069 | avg karma 2.05 · | 2015-04-20 14:02:37

A couple of tons, generally.

ashleshbiradar | karma 700 | avg karma 3.4 · | 2021-01-11 06:49:17+00:00

what TON stuff?

hyperbovine | karma 9882 | avg karma 4.18 · | 2017-04-29 19:25:35+00:00

Why do people always say this, "a metric [shit] ton"? It's within about 10% of a regular ton.

buttocks | karma 321 | avg karma 3.73 · | 2022-05-23 10:26:47

I’m fond of the shit ton.

The Canadian metric equivalent is the metric crap tonne.

MOARDONGZPLZ | karma 1397 | avg karma 4.72 · | 2024-01-22 15:06:55

Basically 1,000 grams.

gnarbarian | karma 3966 | avg karma 2.96 · | 2016-01-27 21:39:28+00:00

I left out a metric ton of shit for the sake of making it easier to convey the concept.

sjs382 | karma 4180 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2018-06-29 13:04:59+00:00

> 40 trillion trillion trillion packs of butter

I have a new favorite unit of volume.