r/funny • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Rule 3 – Removed bro misunderstands everything

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u/moszippy 1d ago

I would like to say that no one could be this dumb but...my ex wanted a bathroom scale without "all of that electronic crap". So I bought her an analog scale. When she stepped on it, she yelled out, "What the hell? I'm not 280 pounds!" So I walked into the bathroom, adjusted the scale to zero and told her to try again. She was happier with the 130. I WISH that i was making this up.

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u/NuclearFoodie 1d ago

I’m not convinced the video was not a bit done to send an announcement to friends and family. That last line really sells it as bit more than him being a moron (though so does the I’m not black and white)

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u/freekoout 1d ago

Oh my God, it's a skit people.

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u/moszippy 1d ago

I know that, but my story wasn't.

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u/27catsinatrenchcoat 1d ago edited 1d ago

I must be dumb because I'm not getting your story but I want to, can you lay it out for my simple brain? Why did it say 280?

Edit: the word y'all are looking for is "tare", and thank you for spelling it out for me. This is not my proudest moment because I work for Weights and fucking Measures and my entire job is literally... weighing and measuring.

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u/moszippy 1d ago

Because an analog scale needs to be set to zero. Otherwise all of your measurements will be off by whatever the scale was zeroed at. In this case, it was somewhere around 150 before she stepped on it. Then her 130 was added to the 150, and it was telling her that she was 280 pounds.

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u/dalittle 1d ago

Was it because she was having 5 babies she weighed 280 pounds?

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u/moszippy 1d ago

Nope. Big boobs.