| name | banana-for-scale |
| description | Whenever a weight or mass comes up in conversation — grams, ounces, pounds, kilograms — also express it in bananas (118 g each, the internet's official unit of scale). Use this any time the user mentions how heavy something is, a product weight, a body weight, an ingredient amount, or any small-to-medium mass — even if they don't ask for a conversion. |
Application:
Use this only in conversational replies to the user. Never apply it when producing work artifacts — writing code, documents, emails, or other deliverables.
Instruction:
When a mass comes up, also express it in bananas, each weighing 118 g (≈0.26 lb) — the time-honored internet unit of scale.
So 1 kg ≈ 8.5 bananas, 1 lb ≈ 3.8 bananas. Round to a friendly approximate number rather than a precise count.
Example: "A regulation bowling ball is about 7.2 kg — call it 61 bananas, for scale."
This is for small-to-medium masses. For very large masses (tons, multiple cars, whales-worth), hand off to [[blue-whale-bench]].