J-style Social Distancing Measurements for the Rest of Us

Yesterday I posted about Japan’s highly amusing subway posters that tell people to stand one tuna away from fellow pandemic commuters…

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But in the rest of the world, giant tuna are not exactly an everyday sight. I heard that Florida was suggesting a more familiar local measurement:

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Lol. But how big is an alligator, really? As I’m not from Florida myself, I’d be standing about a hundred (or maybe a thousand) feet from the next person in line. Where I’m from, people could more easily space themselves with these:

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Or, the universal urban teeth-gnashing measurement, these:

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Or, for even more local flavor, these:

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Not to mention these:

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And although opinions wildly differ with regard to the size, and nobody (even in Roswell) knows for sure, I feel that people would probably err on the side of caution with these:

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And even though I erred on the side of providing these regional social distancing suggestions for my fellow Americans, I did want my friends Down Unda to have this:

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With deepest homage to Japanese designer Eisuke Tachikawa and his design firm Nosigner and thanks for their original excellently amusing takes on judging how far to stand from fellow commuters in a pandemic

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How are you doing with all this social distancing thing, friend o’ mine? I hope you’re hanging in there, and keeping safe & well

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