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I recently found out Shigeru Miyamoto (the creator of Mario and Zelda) likes to carry a tape measure around with him, guess how big things are, and measure them to check how close he was (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by CelloMike@lemmy.world to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world

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I've started doing the same thing and it's a lot of fun 📏

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[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago*

He's said that even years later it has held up remarkably well. Obviously not millimetre precision, but enough to measure bolt sizes and such.

Edit: I know you said it tongue in cheek, but just an FYI for anyone curious

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