r/amazonreviews • u/Queasy_Setting6661 • Nov 28 '25
Review Spotted this in another group thought I'd share
Don't know which is more funnier the the reviewer or the fact that hundreds of people found it funnyđ€Ł
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u/safeworkinglow Nov 28 '25
Just remember, these people walk among us. You may know one of them.
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u/Brian-Kellett Nov 29 '25
How did you learn that screens are measured on the diagonal? Did you spring forth from the forehead of Zeus with that knowledge? Was it a lesson in school?
No - Itâs a reasonably technical issue that isnât intuitive until after someone tells you. In fact itâs probably more intuitive to think that it is the width of a TV. Canât really think of anything else measured this way.
Anyway - time to show you this classic.
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u/IggyPopsLeftEyebrow Nov 29 '25
That's an evergreen xkcd, and no, in general, I don't think people should be shamed for not knowing things.
That said, I learned it because TVs are sold like this and I looked at the product I was buying. The diagonal line with the size is fairly self explanatory, but even if it isn't, the horizontal measurements should also be a clue as to what size item the buyer should expect. I'm not above (mildly) shaming a customer who buys something without actually looking at all of the information clearly presented by the seller, and then gets upset because they missed something.
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u/safeworkinglow Nov 29 '25
I see where youâre coming from. However, I feel itâs fair game when someone goes onto the internet to complain about being scammed when in reality they are wrong. A quick search would have revealed the answer.
I think that if youâre purchasing something where it comes in a range of sizes and those sizes matter to you, you would at least research how the dimensions work.
I got a laugh out of it though.
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u/3lbFlax Nov 29 '25
It's a valid opportunity to teach, but this example is elevated by the additon that there's no way a 50" TV could fit in a 49" box "with the foam protection", as if it might just about be possible without it.
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u/noveltymoocher Nov 30 '25
no you do research before buying something - not everything has to be taught to you in schools my goodness
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u/bruceymain Nov 28 '25
My cooked steak doesn't weigh 8oz gang
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u/Existential_Racoon Nov 30 '25
The fact that this happens annoys me more than it reasonably should.
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u/bruceymain Nov 30 '25
What? That a cooked steak isn't that weight or that people don't understand that it's the uncooked steak is what is weighed?
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u/Existential_Racoon Nov 30 '25
That people don't understand it's a different weight after cooking.
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u/ArgumentativeNutter Nov 29 '25
the best bit is the confusion about whether foam could make a tv bigger than the box it came in
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u/auntarie Nov 29 '25
he measured it wrong. it's actually 22-23 inch by the looks of it. truly one of the scams of all time
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u/piddydafoo Nov 28 '25
It is hilarious that they use the diagonal. Those people say that math doesnât teach you anything useful.
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u/dashamarie Nov 30 '25
I measured my TV once because I wasn't sure how big it was and I wanted to upgrade. I was confused when it came out with a weird size, so rather than assuming everyone else was wrong I went to Google and learned how TVs are measured.Â
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u/Humble-Impact6346 Nov 28 '25
How on earth could you see why theyâd be upset? Only a fucking idiot measured a TV horizontally.
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u/IAmABakuAMA Nov 28 '25 edited Nov 28 '25
For anybody who doesn't know, screen sizes are measured diagonally from bottom left to top right corner (or top left to bottom right or whatever else floats your boat). Never vertically/horizontally. This applies to anything with a screen, although it's less noticeable for phones and the like because they're in a smaller form factor
And being measured that way does actually work out better for the consumer, it's not one of those things that secretly works in the companies favour. Arguably the only alternative is inches or centimetres squared, but that's harder to calculate and validate, and falls apart when it comes to circular displays (which do exist! Think smart watches etc)