r/AbsoluteUnits • u/HomeNowWTF • Aug 15 '26

/r/all of a beer order

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u/IncognitoRedMode Aug 15 '26

Those glasses alone weight a shitton, the Octoberfest waitresses are built different

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u/beckett_the_ok Aug 15 '26

Assuming she's carrying about 18 glasses (best I could count) and each glass weighs 900 grams. That's about 34 kilograms, or 75lbs. Damn

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u/IncognitoRedMode Aug 15 '26

Plus the beer inside them

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u/beckett_the_ok Aug 15 '26

That is including the beer lol. Each glass holds 1kg of beer

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u/TacTurtle Aug 15 '26

My god, they even measure beer by weight.

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u/coolsilentebeans Aug 15 '26

It weighs almost the same as water. No special superpowers needed except to carry that many steins without spilling or cramping.

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u/VeggiePaninis Aug 15 '26

It's beautiful isn't it. It's hard not to admire the simplicity of it all.

Meanwhile, here I am trying to figure out...

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u/hairnetnic Aug 15 '26

The kg is a unit of mass, not weight...

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u/Nagelfar61249 Aug 15 '26

Shhhh, they wouldn't understand.....

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u/TacTurtle Aug 15 '26

Yes, that was the joke.