Index Entry · Modern Conveniences
A PlayStation 5
Prevailing market value: $499
Equates To
Tater TotsTaters Seasoned Shredded Potatoes
11,88817,896
Crisped, Golden Cylinders
"Tots filling the console's box twelve times — and far easier to share with a sibling."
Eight teraflops of processing, weighed in starch.
Equivalent Cost
$499
Total Weight
222.8 lbs
Total Volume
4.2 cu. ft.
End-to-End Length
297.2 m
Buries a 2,000 sq. ft. home
0.03 inches deep
Floods a standard pool
0% of a pool
End-to-end, to the moon
0.0001% to the moon
Council Methodology
At the prevailing rate of $0.14/oz for name-brand Tater Tots® or $0.093/oz for the generic equivalent, with each tot standardized to 8.5 grams. The thrifty consumer is directed to the Calculator for additional dimensional conversions.
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A New Premium Smartphone
Equates To
Tater TotsTaters
23,79935,827
Crisped Cylinders
"A pile of tots that outweighs the phone by a factor of two hundred."
Pocket-sized device, pocket-sized accounting?
Modern Conveniences $2,499
A Professional Laptop
Equates To
Tater TotsTaters
59,53489,621
Crisped Cylinders
"Tots enough to fill ten backpacks brimming over the zipper."
Modern computation, weighed against tradition.
Modern Conveniences $800
A 65-inch 4K Television
Equates To
Tater TotsTaters
19,05828,690
Crisped Cylinders
"A wall of tots, sized exactly to the screen, five full inches thick."
The big screen, in its starchier denomination.